Chapter 53: Apple, Google's Reaction
Merricore, Cupertino, California, inside Apple's headquarters.
Apple's current CEO, Tim Cook, is sitting in his office, looking at the evaluation report of Apple's technical department on the intelligent voice manager with a solemn face.
In fact, as early as two days ago, he heard about the APP of intelligent voice butler, and it was Qiu Chunliang, the general manager of Apple's Huaxia region, who reported to him and said that this software is likely to have a great impact on Apple's market.
However, at that time, Cook didn't care too much, and he didn't pay attention to an APP developed by Chinese people at all, just as a hype and marketing method for Baidu.
But he didn't expect that in just two days, the number of downloads of this intelligent voice butler has reached such an astonishing number, and as predicted by Qiu Chunliang, the general manager of Huaxia, this software has really affected Apple's sales in Huaxia.
According to the statistics of the Huaxia District Company, many customers who have just booked Apple's new launch6S and 6Splus, many of them have chosen to unsubscribe, and the reason for this is because of this intelligent voice butler APP.
Not only that, but even many old Apple users have complained that the Apple App Store does not have this APP.
You know, the first version of most APP development is the IOS system, and then the Android version will be developed, but this time this APP is only developed in the Android version.
Of course, this is also because this software has the function of optimizing the Android system, but users don't think about it so much, they are just used to the superiority that Apple brings them, and now the Android phone with the intelligent voice butler is installed, and it immediately becomes tall, which naturally causes their dissatisfaction.
And there are also rumors on the Internet that Samsung and Google are already planning to buy this software, which makes Cook have to face up to this mobile phone APP developed by Huaxiaren.
So he called the technical department to test and analyze the software.
As a result, the software's powerful voice recognition capabilities, as well as the optimization of the Android system, as well as the technical content contained in the software, shocked Cook and the entire Apple technical engineers.
They found that before they knew it, Huaxia's computer technology had surpassed them.
What's even more terrifying is that the software uses a language they have never seen before, which means that the Chinese people already have their own computer language, and this language may even be more advanced than the one they use.
Of course, these technical things are not a problem that he urgently needs to deal with for the time being, and what he is most worried about now is that Samsung or Google will really buy this software.
You know, now Samsung's Android mobile phone has been in the high-end smartphone market, forming a certain threat to Apple, if Samsung mobile phone really will make the Android system comparable to Apple's system, and has a super voice-activated assistant far beyond Siri APP into it, then Samsung mobile phone to Apple The threat will be unimaginable.
Since the death of Steve Jobs, Cook has been questioned by the outside world, and if Samsung phones are allowed to steal his mobile phone market share again this time, then his position as CEO seems to have really come to an end.
So Cook pondered for a moment, and immediately picked up the phone on his desk and said to the secretary: "Immediately notify all board members that I am going to hold an emergency board meeting!" ”
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Meanwhile, in Mountain View, California, in a conference room at Google's corporate headquarters.
Google's current CEO, Larry Page, also held an emergency high-level meeting, with the company's senior vice president Sanda Pichai, technical director Sergey Brin, and executive chairman Eric Schmid all present.
And the topic of their meeting is about the Android APP from Huaxia - intelligent voice butler.
As early as yesterday, Page had asked the engineers of the company's technical department to test the intelligent voice butler APP, and the results naturally caused a lot of sensation.
Not to mention the scientific and technological content contained in this software, the impact on the future IT industry, just its functions and performance, the impact and significance of the mobile phone market, is enough for them to discuss today.
As we all know, Google is involved in many fields, but the six major businesses of search, advertising, maps, apps, youtube, and Android are the core of Google.
The advertising business, in particular, is a top priority, earning Google more than $10 billion in profits almost every quarter.
However, with the popularization of mobile smart devices such as smartphones and tablets, the rapid development of mobile Internet has inevitably posed a certain threat to Google's advertising and search business.
Because of this, Google acquired Android as early as 2005, and quickly occupied more than 60% of the smartphone market through open source. Google also has the opportunity to show its strength in the mobile Internet, and also guarantees the revenue of its advertising business.
Of course, the biggest value of the Android system is that it failed to make Apple's IOS system dominate the entire mobile Internet world.
And now, the competition between Android system and Apple IOS system in the mobile market is becoming more and more fierce, although Android through open source, attracted the vast majority of the world's mobile phone manufacturers, occupying more than 60% of the market, but it is undeniable that the profit of Apple mobile phone, still not Android mobile phone can be compared, Apple mobile phone relies on elegant and exquisite industrial design, as well as smooth operation, stable performance of IOS system, dominating the market of high-end smart phones.
But now the emergence of the intelligent voice butler APP has made Google see the opportunity to further expand its advantages and hit its opponents.
It's just a pity that the biggest problem they face now is that this app is not under Google's control.
"What do you mean, Mr. Page...... Are we going to buy this software? Eric Schmid, Apple's executive chairman, pondered for a moment before asking.
Hearing this, Page nodded and said with a firm face: "That's right! ”
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In Huaxia Spring City, Lin Xuan and Lin Xue bought dinner for their mother, and then chatted with their mother until late before going to bed, but fortunately, there was a clinical vacancy in this ward, so Lin Xuan and the three of them squeezed into two beds and slept for one night.
The next morning, Lin Xuan repaid all the money from his uncle's family through bank transfer, and he had to pay it back, which was also regarded as his repayment of his uncle's help over the years.
Subsequently, Lin Xuan bought a ticket for ten o'clock, took his mother and sister back to Binhai City, and then directly let his mother live in the senior ward of the Affiliated Hospital of Binhai University.
After arranging everything, Lin Xuan and his sister went to do a matching test to see whose kidney could be transplanted to his mother.
And the results showed that Lin Xuan's kidneys matched.
So Lin Xuan immediately decided to transplant his kidney to his mother, and signed an agreement with the hospital on the risk of surgery, and the operation will be carried out tomorrow.
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