Tag: WWDC

Yesterday morning Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, a pair of graduate students at Stanford University, were sitting on top of the world. Their iPad app, Pulse, had hit number one on the paid apps list, had been downloaded over 35,000 times, and was featured during Steve Jobs's keynote at yesterday's WWDC event. But, today, the two have hit a major stumbling block; their app has been removed from ...

Much of the attention at yesterday's WWDC 2010 keynote may have focused on the new iPhone 4, but Apple also quietly unveiled another less glamorous update yesterday: the new Safari 5. As many predicted, the latest version of the Web browser will feature Safari Reader, and, as Engadget reports, claims to run JavaScript 30-percent faster than Safari 4, twice as fast as Firefox 3.6 and 3-percent ...

As we all expected, Apple today unveiled the latest generation iPhone, simply dubbed the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 is exactly the same device that leaked on Gizmodo back in April, but don't think just because a few prototypes made it into the hands of tech-bloggers through some shady avenues there are no surprises left in store. In fact, even that attractive outer-shell has some impressive hidden ...

Among the less-notable announcements made at this year's WWDC, Steve Jobs and a handful of developers debuted three key apps that are sure to bring in massive amounts of iTunes Store revenue and cause millions of iPhone users to never leave home or see loved ones again. ...

Update: Jobs just announced the iPhone 4. Everyone's expecting Steve Jobs to unveil a next-generation iPhone at today's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) but what other goodies might the sly Apple CEO reveal? Here's a brief look at some of the buzz surrounding the event. Although Gizmodo gave us a sneak peek of the new iPhone a few months ago, today we'll find out which features made the ...

Streaming music service Lala finally shut down some time around 2 a.m. EST this morning, and visitors are now met with information on refunds and credits for current members. Since Apple announced its purchase of Lala in December, we're not surprised to see the site shut down, but Apple still hasn't confirmed how or if it will replace Lala, or whether or not it will use the existing technology. ...

WWDC is just around the corner, and it's a pretty safe bet that we'll be seeing a brand new iPhone there. In fact, we're all pretty sure we'll be seeing this pretty little thing, which boasts a front-facing camera for video calls, that was leaked by Gizmodo last month. But, what if you're the impatient type? What if you can't wait another two weeks? Well, Walmart, eager to dump the last of its ...

Today was the start of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), and today's keynote started off the week-long event with a bang. There were so many announcements that we could easily spend all day sharing every minute detail of the upgrades and new products in the Apple family. We'll leave the nitty-gritty stuff to someone else, so here's a quick recap of everything you need to know about ...

Despite what you may think , this week's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) didn't end with the announcement of the 3G iPhone. As part of the festivities, Apple handed out its Design Awards yesterday to what it considers best of breed applications and programs for the Mac and the iPhone. Most of the applications were beautiful, but some were of questionable usefulness to the average user, ...

Earlier this week, Apple's Steve Jobs appeared at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to announce, among other things, the new, cheaper, and faster iPhone. But it wasn't the hardware or software announcements that had many people buzzing -- it was Jobs' appearance. Some fans raised concerns about his rather gaunt face and the way he didn't quite fill out his typical attire ...

Start counting down to early July for the release of the new iPhone 2.0 software update, which Steve Jobs and company today announced at the keynote speech for the WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference). This upcoming version of the operating system will enable new features that includes a redesigned calendar application and input capability for Japanese and Chinese characters. This new ...

Well, we've all been saying it was gonna happen, and now it's official, Apple is officially launching a newer, faster, and thinner iPhone (what many people have been referring to as the 3G iPhone, but which Apple is officially calling the 'iPhone 3G'). So what's so new and great about this updated iPhone? Here, in a nutshell, are the details, courtesy of Engadget Classic. It's faster: As ...

We're just one day away from WWDC, so the rumor mill is churning at a fever pitch -- and the latest context-less bits of info to emerge from the churn are these purported photos of the 3G iPhone's touchscreens over at iLounge. Yeah, that's touchscreens, plural -- if these are to believed, Apple's got two sizes of iPhone in store for us on Monday: a 3.2-inch model, and a smaller 2.8-inch model. ...

On Monday Apple will host its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, where rumors are circulating that Apple will announce anything from the new 3G iPhone to a Steve-Jobs-manned mission to Mars. But what can you actually expect to come out of those few days in San Francisco? Here are the four announcements we think Mr. Jobs is most likely to make during his keynote Monday ...

Well it's been just over a week since we last got to rumor mongering about the impending launch of the iPhone 2.0, so of course that means it's time to fire up the mills once again and get to speculating. The latest bit of dirt out of Cupertino is that the new 3G capable iPhone will be making its debut at the June 9th Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. It's all but been confirmed that Mr. ...