Apple Introduces HomeKit To Securely Pair iPhones With Smart Home Devices
We’ve seen hundreds of so-called “smart” connected devices pop up over the last few years, but with that proliferation of devices has also come confusion about what device works with what smartphone platform. Apple is eliminating some of that confusion with HomeKit, a new toolkit for developers to pair their iPhones with different smarthome devices. Read More-
WhatsApp Founder Not Impressed By Apple’s New iMessage Features
Today in its WWDC keynote, Apple announced a sheaf of changes to its iMessage service, including messages that will self destruct over time, sending short audio and video messages, and group messaging capabilities. Read More -
Apple’s iOS App Store Gets Massive Overhaul With Trending Searches, Video Previews, App Bundles And More
Apple announced a significant overhaul to the iTunes App Store on iOS this morning at WWDC in response to the challenges developers have faced as the store became increasingly crowded over the years. Today, there are 1.2 million iOS applications, meaning that the traditional means of finding “what’s hot” like the App Store’s Top Charts or Editor’s Picks, for… Read More -
TestFlight For iOS 8 Will Finally Give Developers Widescale Native Beta Testing
Android has long offered a powerful public beta testing option so developers can squash bugs before they release their apps to everyone. Apple will finally offer something similar with the expansion of its acquisition TestFlight in iOS 8. Apple has always insisted users get near-perfect experiences, but for free with the September iOS 8 release, develelopers will be able to ask early adopters… Read More -
Apple’s iMessage Adds Self-Destructing Audio And Video Messages, Location Sharing
Today at WWDC, Apple introduced iOS 8 and a few new features. Among other things, the Messages app will receive a few new features, including the ability to send audio and video messages, share your location and more. First, Apple VP of iPad, iPhone and iPod Marketing Greg Joswiak started off with new group messaging features. You can now name your conversation, add or remove people, turn… Read More -
iTunes App Store Now Has 1.2 Million Apps, Has Seen 75 Billion Downloads To Date
At Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco this morning, the company announced that the iOS App Store has now reached 1.2 million applications – a staggering number that puts Apple neck-and-neck with competitor Google, which is currently estimated to have roughly 1.2 million. For comparison’s sake, at last year’s WWDC, also in June, Apple… Read More -
Tim Cook Bashes Android, Says It “Dominates” The Mobile Malware Market
Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a brief update on iOS 7′s adoption this morning at WWDC, while also slamming Android in the process – even “joking” that Android dominates the mobile malware market. According Cook, thanks to free software updates which Apple controls, 89% of iOS users have now updated to the iOS 7 mobile operating system on their devices, which is the latest… Read More -
Apple Introduces HealthKit For Tracking Health And Fitness Data
Over the last few years, dozens of devices and thousands of apps have emerged to help users track their activity levels, lose weight, and get more in shape. But Apple didn’t really have its own fitness app, until now. Today at WWDC, Apple formally introduced HealthKit, the company’s first real big foray into health and fitness tracking, and Health, an app for viewing all that info. Read More -
Apple Finally Overhauls Typing In iOS 8 — Opens Up To 3rd Party Keyboards
Apple is finally giving a little serious love to the overlooked iOS keyboard. The forthcoming iOS 8 update, which it detailed on stage this morning at its WWDC 2014 event, will include a next-word prediction feature called QuickType. And — in even bigger news – iOS 8 will get system wide support for third party keyboards, which means alternative keyboard apps like Swype et… Read More -
Apple Brings Text Messages And Phone Calls To The Mac
Apple just revealed you can now text or take a phone call right on your Mac. During the WWDC presentation, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, announced the new feature for OS X Yosemite. He then said that even if your phone is charging, you can take the call in another part of the house. “You never have to miss a phone call.” Read More
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Taking Direct Aim At Google, Apple Puts Search Front And Center
Looks like Apple’s acquisition of Topsy and the work Apple has been doing with Chomp technology and engineers is coming into focus. Today during WWDC, the company announced some significant upgrades to search in its newest version of Mac OS, Yosemite — taking direct aim at search giant Google. Specifically, Apple today highlighted a new box that will appear on the desktop… Read More -
Apple Releases OS X Yosemite Beta To Developers, Public Beta Coming This Summer
This morning at its WWDC event, Apple announced that the coming update to OS X, dubbed Yosemite, will have a public beta period this summer. Developers will get their hands on the code today, but Apple is charting a new path by bringing its operating system preview to the public. Read More -
iOS 8′s Interactive Notifications Let You Respond To Push Or Texts Without Switching Apps
Notifications and messages can be a big distraction because you have to stop whatever you’re doing to open them in their corresponding app. But in the upcoming iOS 8, Apple will offer “actionable notifications” you can respond to in-line. Tap or drag down on a banner or lockscreen alert, and you can type a reply, confirm a contact request, Like or comment on a Facebook… Read More -
Apple Introduces iOS 8
Last year, Apple revealed the biggest change to-date of iOS, the mobile operating system that many of us have been using for years. Now, the true evolution begins. Jony Ive and the iOS team have had plenty of time to listen to feedback and dig deeper into features introduced before Ive ever took control of software. And finally, iOS 8 is here. We’ve been expecting a new Healthbook… Read More -
Apple Announces Box Competitor As Aaron Levie Watches From The VIP Row
Apple’s umbrella of cloud services dubbed iCloud will soon receive a major upgrade. SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi just introduced the new feature at WWDC. Basically, the company just copied Dropbox, Microsoft’s OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, and every other cloud storage service out there. In OS X Yosemite, you’ll find a new magic folder called iCloud Drive and… Read More -
Apple Announces OS X Yosemite With Translucent, Flatter Design, Updated Notification Center And More
As expected, Apple today announced the next version of the OS X operating system at its WWDC developer conference. It includes the much-rumored flatter look that many expected after Jony Ive took over the responsibility for the look-and-feel of OS X, as well as a wide range of new features. With this new design, OS X — which has an install base of about 80 million, including about 40… Read More -
Apple WWDC 2014 Keynote Live Blog
Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco today, with a keynote address this morning. It looks like the show for 2014 will focus heavily on new software, including (confirmed by banners spotted on the show floor) iOS 8 and the next version of OS X. Through leaks and rumors, we’ve heard lots about a potential health tracking platform addition for iOS, as well as… Read More -
Windows 8 Start Menu May Not Hit The Market Until 2015
Are you ready for the Start Menu? You may want to put on your waiting pants, as Microsoft isn’t set to release the revamped Start Menu until 2015, according to the superlative Mary Jo Foley. Microsoft gave a demo of sorts of the forthcoming Start Menu at its Build conference earlier this year, but the product was shown briefly, and likely wasn’t much more than a mockup. Therefore… Read More
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