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                       Apple Opens Developers Conference

   by VOA News

   U.S. computer giant Apple Inc. has announced a new advanced operating
   system for its products that will include an Apple-made mobile mapping
   service for iPhones and iPads, a smarter Siri voice-interaction feature
   and more FaceTime, or instant videophone communications.
   Apple software chief Scott Forstall told the company's annual Worldwide
   Developers Conference in California that the new in-house mapping
   service in the forthcoming iOS 6 operating system is "built from the
   ground up."
   The move will end Apple's reliance on Google's mapping software for its
   products.
   Siri, the voice-activated search feature found on Apple's iPhone
   cellular devices, will be able to speak turn-by-turn directions aloud -
   a significant upgrade for the mobile phone's version of GPS - global
   positioning system - software.
   Siri will come in more languages and will also be available on the
   iPad.
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