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Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by mynameisvlad »

recursive wrote: post #158
hamax wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But being in the same building doesn't mean he was already there. When I'm at work I still want a reminder for a meeting.

He wasn't going to the exploratorium for a meeting. I'm not sure what the solution is, or if there is one, but the point is that it was not useful.

It was in a calendar (this case G+). It's not going to know you don't want a reminder for something because it's not a human and it can't read your mind.

I'd rather have it remind me of things that I don't want to be reminded of than not be reminded of things I do.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by smackfu »

pkulak wrote: post #80
epo wrote: post #44

Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms. Guess whether a walled garden is a bad thing depends on your particular brand of fanboyishness. Personally speaking, the idea of Google displaying things based on my email history, diary and a knowledge of my location makes me shudder, "You're near that motel where you had that quickie last mo…

People are "up in arms" about Google's email reading _constantly_. Microsoft is producing brand new ads about it as we type. Maybe it's just hard to care after this long? Google has been traipsing through my email for a decade now and all that's ever come of it has been my personal convenience.

Yeah, even the comment you are responding to is complaining about Google's email reading.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by smackfu »

tambourine_man wrote: post #21
lawdawg wrote: post #2

Glad to see this coming to iOS, the more users, the more feedback Google will get on how to improve the service for everyone . Hope Apple can try their hand at creating some cross platform applications as well.

Hope Apple can try their hand at creating some cross platform applications as well. iTunes? QuickTime?

I think that's the entire list.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by smackfu »

piyush_soni wrote: post #174

Isn't it a stupid decision? Why would they release two of their best selling points - first Google maps, and now "Google Now" to iOS? They could have been two of the biggest USPs for Android, and they destroyed it all.

"Oh you think that these apps are nice on your iPhone? Wait until you see them on Android, they are so much better."

Or look at how bad the Voice Search made Siri look.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by dannyr »

epo wrote: post #44

Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms. Guess whether a walled garden is a bad thing depends on your particular brand of fanboyishness. Personally speaking, the idea of Google displaying things based on my email history, diary and a knowledge of my location makes me shudder, "You're near that motel where you had that quickie last mo…

Have you been reading Hacker News?

People complain here all the time about Google getting access to your personal data.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by Red_Curry »

epo wrote: post #44

Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms. Guess whether a walled garden is a bad thing depends on your particular brand of fanboyishness. Personally speaking, the idea of Google displaying things based on my email history, diary and a knowledge of my location makes me shudder, "You're near that motel where you had that quickie last mo…

People would be up in arms against Apple? Are you new to HN? Apple is HN's baby.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by alayne »

talisMal wrote: post #36
tambourine_man wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hope Apple can try their hand at creating some cross platform applications as well. iTunes? QuickTime?

Never on Linux, not on Android, nor has Apple shown any indication of supporting Windows RT. If anything, Apple's abandonment of Safari for Windows indicates that they can't wait to support their platform solely. Even their retail store app, which is used to sell hardware products as little downside of being cross-platform, is iOS only. That's just cutting off your nose to spite your face behavior we've come to expec…

Where's Internet Explorer and Office 2013 for OS X? Which significant Microsoft apps run on iOS?

Obviously it makes sense for Google to get its advertising hooks everywhere it can, but I don't see Apple and Microsoft having the same cross-platform incentives at all.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by bsimpson »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #181
recursive wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He wasn't going to the exploratorium for a meeting. I'm not sure what the solution is, or if there is one, but the point is that it was not useful.

It was in a calendar (this case G+). It's not going to know you don't want a reminder for something because it's not a human and it can't read your mind. I'd rather have it remind me of things that I don't want to be reminded of than not be reminded of things I do.

It was a Google+ event with about 100 people invited. It felt like it was a cached notification that didn't realize I had already arrived.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by dcope »

torbit wrote: post #172
blhack wrote: post #81

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I had a similar "whoa" moment a couple of weeks ago. Google alerted me that I should leave for Santa Barbara "now". Which was really, really weird for me, since I was already halfway there (from Phoenix). Apparently, it had read through my emails, seen a receipt for sigur ros tickets from ticketmaster, figured out where I was, and already calculated how long it would take me to get there. That is insanely awesome .

I'm going to assume that it only looks at your gmail? or any email account connect to your phone?

It only integrates with the Gmail app on the device. There are specific cards that will work _only_ if you have the Gmail app pulling in email and it's enabled.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by nooneelse »

cheald wrote: post #169
jervisfm wrote: post #157

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What device are you using? I just checked on my phone and I didn't see a tab for recent searches available. What I found though were starred places. I like the ability to be able to see my search history. How can you get to that from the navigation app ?

Nexus 4 running a CM 10.1 nightly. If you open Maps, click the "Directions" button (not nav, sorry), then it'll ask you what you want directions to, and your recent searches will be there.

They also pop up for me when I tap to put a cursor in the search box at the top of the map app.
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