#apple and #google are heading in the same direction, but on different paths

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Developer conference season is behind us, leaving in its wake a huge pile of software updates to come, promises of fancy features, and a slightly clearer direction for where the computer platforms we use every day are going.

The last of them is always Apple’s WWDC, and this year, I was struck by a thought that I can’t seem to shake even though I know it’s not completely accurate: this was a very Googley year for Apple’s product announcements.

On a surface level, that feeling comes from the fact that Apple had a lot to talk about. It has four major software platforms (at least), and it has updates for all of them. Running through all of that makes for a long and…

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