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Jul 2017
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Siri & Apps - experiment didn't work out

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In 2016 Apple touted having developers bring Siri to their apps, saying it would make the personal digital assistant more useful than ever. A year later, few app developers have signed on--Siri is available in just 6 of the top 50 most downloaded apps. Jefferson Graham reports on why, on #TalkingTech.

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