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WWDC keynote
Cool entry with Siri - got a bit emotional about its love for developers.
Numbers
AppStore
400m accounts, biggest db of credit cards ever
650000 apps (225000 for iPad, which is about 1/3)
30b apps downloaded (£3.2b paid to developers)
soon to be in 155 countries
proud to see developers creating great stuff with Apple's hardware (hinting that macs will go nowhere)
Video (Apple knows how to citrate these) - apps help blind people, young students, Uni students, accommodation business, kids with learning difficulties
Apple really pushes for good, well developed apps.
Macs
images of current lineup did not include 17"
MacBookAir
Ivy Bridge
60% faster graphics
no quad core here, but up to 2Ghz i7
up to 512Gb (2x faster than previous)
up to 8Gb
faster RAM
USB 3.0
720p FaceTime camera
same battery life
Cheaper?
MacBook Pro
Ivy Bridge
60% faster graphics
quad core here up to 2.7Ghz i7
USB 3.0
720p FaceTime camera
same battery life
faster RAM
no 17"
same price?
Next gen MacBook Pro
Superthin!! a quarter thinner than MBP, about the same as Air on thickest point.
Retina Display - 15.4" - 2800 x 1800, 4x times more pixel than current MBP, 220ppi
highest res of any computer ever
deeper blacks, rich colour, reduced glare by 70%
Mountain Lion takes advantage of it, also Aperture, FCP10 (1080 on working window), Photoshop, AutoCad, Diablo 3, also iMovie
This is gonna be Crazy for Games
Inside everything changes, Apple buys no off the shelf parts.
"bottom of Apple laptop prettier than top of any other computer"
quadcore CPUs
up to 16Gb
Kepler Nvidia graphics
up to 768GB
up to 7 hours of battery
HDMI, SD card, 2xUSB 3, 2xTB, smaller magconnector
TB to ethernet, TB to FW
still 802.11n
Dual Mic
Even the fans are thought through.
This is like the Ultimate machine! (no way of messing with it yourself)
When Cook said at AllthingsD that they just want to do the best and not sell the most, he was not kidding, this is why I love Apple!
Discuss price and base model, I would imagine everybody that buys this will upgrade the memory and that's where Apple will make its money! Discuss delivery!
Review
OS X Mountain Lion
mac users have tripled in 5 years
40% os Mac of users are on Lion
over 200 new features
iCloud
Sign in to Mac with iCloud
Reminders
Notes - you can move a note to the desktop, maybe stickies will be gone
iMessage
Documents in the cloud
every app will have its own folder in the cloud, including preview (I like that for 90% of cases, but I am interested to see how this works for files that I need to open on more than one app)
Notifications center
Alerts stay around until you dismiss them
gestures to slide it in (you can tweet from there)
Dictation
Share buttons all over the place, you can even share to Airdrop and iMessages (Facebook also there)
Safari
type on the one bar and Safari will suggest boockmarks and history, searches, sites, etc
new scrolling architecture (needed)
iCloud tabs - drop down box with tabs from different devices
browse tabs with gestures
PowerNap
keeps backing up
updates apps (hints at automatic updates)
mails and etc
compatible with Macbook Air 2nd gen and new MacBook pro (weird!)
Airplay
GameCentre
cross platform gaming (very interesting)
incorporates well with notifications
stigg comes on stage
it seems like Apple is touting this as a specially a gaming feature
Other features:
Offline reading list
Mail VIP
OSX updates now in appstore
Apps are pushed to all macs
backup of multiple drives (encrypted)
launchpad search
rename in title bar
pass autofill in safari (if this is well incorporated in iCloud it could be a huge feature)
Chinese features
Coming in July - £13.99 (for Lion and Snow leopard machines)
sooner than what I thought
Review
iOS 6
>80% using iOS 5 (he then compared it to android 4.0 with 7%) this brings them great user experience and perception of Apple
>200 new features
Siri (new response UI)
Sports info (baseball, NBA and American Football, English premier leave, NCAA)
standings
player info, etc
Restaurants
you can navigate restaurant info without getting out of the Siri screen
make reservations
Movie info
ask what is playing in some place
watch the trailer from there
actors/directors info (show movies with X)
Launch Apps
Tweet
Eyes Free (for car use)
BMW, GM, Mercedes, Honda, Audi, Jaguar, Toyota, Land Rover
Support for Canada, spanish, italian, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese. Where's portuguese?
Local search is global
Siri on iPad
Facebook
buttons in Photos, Safari and maps, Appstore, Gamecenter, iTunes
integrates in Notification center and Siri
Public API
Contact and Calendar integration
Phone App
when somebody calls you have a button to reply with message or to set up reminder to call back (remind me when.."I leave" for example)
Do not disturb
scheduled
calls accepted from specified people
repeated calls
FaceTime over network
unified number and mail (same with iMessage)
Safari
iCloud tabs
offline reading list
upload photos
smart app banners (suggestion of app in Appstore)
full screen in landscape
PhotoStream
Shared Photo Streams
photos appear in album of recipient (comments allowed)
only among Apple devices
also appear in desktop
Mail
mail VIP
mail box and star
flagged folder
insert photo videos
PassBook
cards for stores, boarding passes, coupons
integrates with lock screen (appears when you get to cinema for example)
updates for boarding passes
Guided Access
lock device to single app mode
disable navigation buttons
great for schools, museums, kids with autism
Maps
Local Search (100 million businesses with yelp)
reviews and pictures straight from there
traffic (incident info) - crowd sourced info
to integrate with other apps
turn by turn nav
works from lock screen
Siri integration
POI lookout on the way
flyover (3D)
vector based
major metropolitan cities
integrated into sat nav (could be usefull)
no street view on this app
redesigned stores
iPad clock app
French, German, chinese and spanish dic
manual location for reminders
custom vibrations
privacy controls
Support for 3GS and later, coming in the autumn
Review
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AD: Just Host
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completely redesigned compact enclosure and new wireless and connectivity capabilities.
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Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi
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base model of the Mac Pro will come with one 3.2GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processor, 6GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive. You also have the option to upgrade to a six-core 3.33GHz processor
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two 2.4GHz six-core Intel Xeon processors with 12GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive.
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Jun 13, 12
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The new case covers both the front and back of the device, while maintaining the iPad’s thin design,
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available in Dark Gray, Light Gray, Pink, Green, Blue and Red.
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MagSafe 2 converter allows you to use the MagSafe connector on Cinema Displays (that includes the new Thunderbolt one as well) to charge your MagSafe 2-equipped MacBook Pro.
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The new MagSafe 2 adapter offers a slimmer connector than the original MagSafe power port.
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Flyover and turn-by-turn navigation will be available only on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 or later. Cellular data charges may apply.
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-FaceTime over a cellular network requires iPhone 4S or iPad (3rd generation) with cellular data capability
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when users upgrade to iOS 6: The Clock software previously found on the iPhone.
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Developers were provided with a preview build of iOS 6 after Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday
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Update: A reader just sent the images above that show Apple’s maps are identical to Microsoft’s for certain locations.
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some of the Maps images had Microsoft attribution.
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Jun 13, 12
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Surely the best partner in this field. It's a pity we will have to go to another app for street view.
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TomTom confirmed that it signed a global agreement with Apple to provide maps and other related information, according to a Computerworld report.
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Retina Display MBP owners now get a slider under OS X's Display Preferences that allow you to specify desktop resolutions
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however it's important to point out that this still isn't a matte display
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How many years until plastic cards are fine? what about cheques?
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Customers who use the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) or NatWest mobile banking app can now request cash, up to £100, via their smartphone.
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Gossip Land
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an Apple spokesperson confirmed to Forbes that new models and new designs of the iMac and Mac Pro are likely to release in 2013. Connie Guglielmo said today:
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that new models and new designs of the Mac Pro, as well as the iMac desktop, are in the works and will likely be released in 2013.
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Updates
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According to the update notes, "Java for OS X 2012-004 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_33. The update does not require a reboot after loading
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please upgrade
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