Gadgetory

Apple's never been one to shy away from bowing inspiration from other companies and this year was more clear than ever at the latest Developers Conference first we have apples photo app which will now organize all your photos into albums based on date location sub J sound familiar that's because everything from the facial recognition features to the cheesy theme songs on the movie montages were basically a repeat of last year's Google photo presentation but there is one key difference that may actually give Apple the upper hand and in this case it's privacy who will resorts to the cloud to help you organize photos whereas Apple does it locally next we have apple maps trying to take on google maps yet again face it guys it's never gonna happen in another case of ketchup Apple maps finally gets live traffic information and nearby stops like gas stations on your route necessary updates but definitely not enough to pry users away from using google maps or ways the silver lining Apple did open up its maps to developers meaning we could order an uber or book a restaurant reservation without leaving the app but again it's ketchup Siri on max seems like a no-brainer but for some reason we've had to wait years for this one to happen an apple finally delivered on a personal assistant for your computer in Sierra its latest version of Mac OS where a list of things Siri will be able to do on your computer just take a look at what Cortana does on Windows 10 because it's basically the same launch programs conduct searches on your computer or online set up appointments and play some tunes and last but not least we have I message where do I even start after a 30-minute presentation I'm now convinced that I message is going through somewhat of an identity crisis it went from being clean and simple peer-to-peer communication app to a bad blend of facebook Messenger we chat and a low bigger chat bubbles and emojis like the whisper shout function we make fun of on a low scribbles to text doodles can't contextual responses and stickers galore like well every other chat app out there the standouts here were peer-to-peer payments and inline videos but they weren't exactly novel either but wait you can now send your heart beat like on the Apple watch that's one for the history books