If this were true, why would Apple have been developing it in secret for so long?<p>1) If the point was to wait until it was perfect, why did Apple release Siri first? Siri would no doubt tie into Found, so the lack of Apple's perfect search product makes Siri imperfect by extension.<p>2) Google's advantage is that it has a ton of users, and it bases its algorithms on data about those users. You can't just build a perfect search engine in isolation; you have to tune it to real-world use.