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SIRI, THE STAR OF THE NEW iPHONE 6S

imageCUPERTINO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – It’s that time of year when Apple takes center stage to unveil its latest version of its products.  As expected, all eyes will be on the new iPhone 6S.

Apple will likely hold a media event  on September 9, according to BuzzFeed News. Apple hasn’t sent out invitations just yet, but people familiar with Apple’s plans told BuzzFeed’s John Paczkowski that it will happen during the week of September 7 — most likely on Wednesday, September 9,  the same day the Silicon Valley giant unveiled the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last year.

There is a reason the new smartphone is being called iPhone 6S.

The ‘S’ stands for Siri.

In this latest incarnation, Siri is the star of the updated technology.  ‘S’ might as well mean “secretary.”

There will be no other upgrade from the last iPhone 6 or 6Plus, other than a new, energized , intelligent and more capable Siri.

In iPhone 6S, Siri will become your virtual secretary, able to take down verbal dictations and posting them on your social media account or sending your dictated message to your intended email recipient.

Siri will not only be able to find the nearest hotel or restaurant for you. She will actually make the call to reserve on your behalf. Where a credit card is required to guarantee your reservation, Siri will pick from one of your stored cards which has the largest available credit.

When you get lost in the woods or in a snow avalanche, Siri will automatically send a distress signal to all Siri’s nearby so that their respective iPhone 6S owners can come to your rescue.

How cool is that?

The new iPhone 6S (and 6S Plus) will come in three colors:  gold, silver and bronze. It will reportedly retail starting at $999.

GAYDAR? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT!

SILICON VALLEY, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – How would you know if you’re in a gay-friendly neighborhood? How can you tell if someone you just met at a party is gay or straight? Don’t you wish there was a way for you to get an alert when a hot-looking, shirtless guy is jogging along a sidewalk within blocks of where you’re driving?

Well, wonder no more.

Apple has announced that it will be releasing a new smart phone app that will do all that, plus much more. It’s calling it the Gayzapp and it works not just on Apple devices but also on Androids.

The new app will be rolled out beginning August 30 which happens to be Silicon Valley Pride Day to be marked by a parade and festival. Festival headliner is openly-gay country singer and recording artist Steve Grand (no need for an app for that).

Grand
Grand

The app will be available for free to all who attend the festival in San Jose. Thereafter, the app can be downloaded from the App Store for $6.90.

THOUSANDS EXPECTED AT GOOGLE+ FUNERAL THIS SUNDAY

Image credit: The Daily Beast
Image credit: The Daily Beast

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) –  Thousands upon thousands of netizen fans are expected to attend the funeral services for Google+ this Sunday.

The funeral, to be held at the Mountain View main campus of Google, was announced after the tech giant decided to kill what it thought would be its answer to the ever-popular social media network Facebook . Years after its launching, Google+,  with 300 Million users, never came close to Facebook’s 1.44 Billion.

“When we launched Google+, we set out to help people discover, share and connect across Google like they do in real life. While we got certain things right, we made a few choices that, in hindsight, we’ve needed to rethink,”  said Bradley Horowitz, Google’s Vice President for Streams, Photos and Sharing.

“People have told us that accessing all of their Google stuff with one account makes life a whole lot easier. But we’ve also heard that it doesn’t make sense for your Google+ profile to be your identity in all the other Google products you use,” Horowitz added.

One of the fans most devastated by the passing of Google+ is John Kiriyama, president of the California state chapter of Google+ Fan Club. “I have no words to express my feelings about this shocking development, he said, “but it was good while it lasted. See you in another lifetime.”

Our condolences to all who were left behind by Google+.  From hereon, it will be referred to as Google Cross on its tombstone marker.