Will Apple ever develop their own Search Engine?

[samduffy]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Yes it tells me it's getting it from my IP address and recent locations I searched but I cleared my locations history so I'm guessing it's from my ip. Is there anyway to get rid of this

 

[samduffy]

Re: Apple Search Engine

For example I'm from Ireland and I live in Dublin so it gives my location as Dublin rather than the local area I live within Dublin if that makes sense

 

[Rob Phillips]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Yes it tells me it's getting it from my IP address and recent locations I searched but I cleared my locations history so I'm guessing it's from my ip. Is there anyway to get rid of this

Aside from using a VPN there's really no way to stop them from gaining access to your IP address. Is there a reason you're so worried? The second you bought a smartphone and starting using social media you signed away a certain amount of privacy. It's the name of the game!

 

[samduffy]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Ok cool no no reason at all just. Curious is all as I've never noticed it before and like I said above I'm a private person is all. Thanks for the info. All I ever Google is apple tech anyway lol. No it was just more for curiosity I wanted to know thanks

 

[Rob Phillips]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Ok cool no no reason at all just. Curious is all as I've never noticed it before and like I said above I'm a private person is all. Thanks for the info. All I ever Google is apple tech anyway lol. No it was just more for curiosity I wanted to know thanks

You're welcome

 

[samduffy]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Anyway do you think Apple will make a search engine it would be interesting to see I'm surprised they haven't yet to compete with Google

 

[Rob Phillips]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Anyway do you think Apple will make a search engine it would be interesting to see I'm surprised they haven't yet to compete with Google

Apple won't make a search engine just for the sake of competing with Google. That being said, you never know. I think Apple needs to concentrate on improving its existing services before branching off into new ones.

 

[samduffy]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Yeah true

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Anyway do you think Apple will make a search engine it would be interesting to see I'm surprised they haven't yet to compete with Google

If they do, it won't be great for a long, long time. They still have a lot of work to do on Maps,Siri, and iCloud to some extent. I slowly have been losing faith in some of Apple's apps and services so I wouldn't be interested in their search engine.

 

[robertk328]

Re: Apple Search Engine

Is it just an estimated location? Web sites--not just Google--often track visitors' geographic locations and they don't need your permission. They can tell approximately where you are based on your IP address.

IP is the culprit. Use a VPN and see if it changes.

 

[samduffy]

I'm an apple fanatic I love everything they do. Cool is it happening to you too robert

 

[dragontology]

They could definitely afford to buy Yahoo and its whole suite of services, including search. But I don't think Yahoo has anything Apple really needs. Apple sells computer hardware (and you could argue that an iPhone is just a pocket computer). They aren't a search company. If they wanted to hurt Google, buying or rolling their own search wouldn't be as effective as just supporting Bing. Apple and Microsoft have both been at their best when working together, and Bing is nearly as good as Google, despite what some Google fans say. (I consider myself a Google fan, and I respect what Bing has done.)

Really, if you don't like Google (search), get the Bing app. It's very nice, and I think it's nicer than the Google search app. Since I use Google a lot, I search with Google on my iPhone when I want the search saved, and Bing when I don't (it has a private mode, which I leave on). So, like, if I want to search something health related, since I use Google at work, I don't want my job to know I searched that, I use Bing. Nothing wrong with the Bing app at all. [URL="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bing-fast-beautiful-mobile/id345323231?at=10l3Vy]Check it out![/URL]

 

[robertk328]

I'm an apple fanatic I love everything they do. Cool is it happening to you too robert

I see it on mine, but nothing is really happening IP address is helpful for location, nothing to worry about.

 

[samduffy]

Cool thanks rob it said my location was somewhere else today so it seems to be moving to different locations must be just a rough location

 

[robertk328]

Cool thanks rob it said my location was somewhere else today so it seems to be moving to different locations must be just a rough location

Correct!

 

[samduffy]

thanks

 

[sanibel]

More importantly: Apple needs to make a decent keyboard first.

 

[Rob Phillips]

More importantly: Apple needs to make a decent keyboard first.

What keyboard are you referring to? The iOS keyboard? The MacBook keyboard? Personally, I really like Apple's keyboards.

 

[samduffy]

Apple does make awesome keyboards I love them all

 

[robertk328]

More importantly: Apple needs to make a decent keyboard first.

Please explain/clarify