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Google’s Rubin: Your phone is no assistant

You and your smartphone may be inseparable, but that doesn’t mean you ought to be best friends. That’s the essential message from Andy Rubin, Google’s Android chief, who spoke at the AsiaD conference this week. Not so coincidentally, he said this just days after the launch of the iPhone 4S, a chief feature of which is Siri, a voice-activated feature …

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Ballmer: Android is ‘for computer scientists’

We knew Microsoft’s CEO wasn’t exactly the shy and retiring type, but now he’s ripped Android a new one ahead of next week’s Nokia World, reports BGR. Speaking at the Web 2.0 conference, Ballmer said, “You don’t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone, but I think you do to use an Android phone.” Fighting words. …

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