Given the timing of the speech, just a couple of days after the launch of Google Photos, Cook was clearly criticizing his rivals in Mountain View.
The Lib Dems believe that Clegg has ended up entirely fortuitously – the timing of the speech was an accident – in the perfect place.
Leading Democrats have described the timing of the speech as an "outrageous" attempt by the Israeli prime minister to bolster his support in the 17 March parliamentary election as well as an attempt to provide ammunition for Republican attacks on Obama.
But the timing of this speech was not an accident.
The timing of this speech is curious, coming a week in advance of the findings expected from the forced consultation on the NHS reforms.
Even the timing of the speech ran into headwinds, coming in a week of major Supreme Court decisions, the drama over the travels of the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden and a debate in Congress over immigration reform.
The timing of his speech was puzzling, being the day an American delegation was due to arrive in Kabul to discuss a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan, which both countries seek.
Rich agreed, and said that Obama had also ramped up the pressure on himself by making such a big deal out of the timing of the speech.
Plus, speaking out loud gives you a chance to double-check and correct any mispronunciations, practice articulating your words clearly and confirm the timing of your speech (We speak more quickly when we simply recite a speech in our heads).
The timing of the speech by the head of MI5, Andrew Parker may have looked cynical: a call for more surveillance powers for the intelligence agencies on Thursday, the day after the attack on Charlie Hebdo's office.
Why should the timing of speech development have a greater effect on reading comprehension in adulthood in comparison with the timing of motor development?
