Sun 13 Jun 2010
Apple WWDC 2010 Keynote
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ WWDC 2010 iPhone 4 Keynote in 60 seconds (with video)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ WWDC 2010 iPhone 4 Keynote condensed into 60 seconds…
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Fri 11 Jun 2010
The WWDC 2010 Playlist
WWDC is an event known for its showcasing of interesting, unique tunes from new and classic artists and albums. The conference kicked off Monday , for example, with the sweet strains of Louis…
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Fri 11 Jun 2010
The iPhone 4G – Was Christmas Ruined?
It was a bit like discovering your Christmas presents in the top of the wardrobe, ripping the wrapping paper to shreds, gorging on the chocolate, exhausting the novelty of the long-awaited toys and trying to piece the whole gruesome mess back together with the remaining sticky tape. Then getting told off by a gigantic Apple. (Stay with me…) So, Christmas morning, your parents try to fix grins on their faces while you all pretend that you are really a grateful, darling child and your forced exclamations of “Wow! Just what I wanted!” fall cold and empty…
HYPOTHETICALLY, I mean. That’s a bit like what it feels to have the iPhone 4G “finally” revealed. Um, that’s really great, Steve, thanks. Never seen it before, honest, never in our lives, certainly not 2 whole months before the big reveal. Still, there’s something kinda ironic about the 4G tagline: “This changes everything. Again.”
Anywho, on June 7th 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the newest member of the iPhone family in his keynote address at the WWDC, claiming that “for 2010, we’re going to be taking the biggest leap since the original iPhone,” but adding, with good grace, “Stop me if you’ve seen this before…”
The reveal covered eight of the “hundreds” of new features, including:
New, slimline design – at 9.3mm thick it is reportedly 24% thinner than the 3Gs
Front facing camera for “facetime” conference calling
Integrated wireless antenna, wifi, bluetooth & GPS
Back facing 5MP camera and 720p HD video, with iMovie available as an app for editing
3.5″ retina display screen with 960×640 pixel resolution – 4x the pixel count of previous models
Improved battery time – 7 hours of talk time and 6 hours of web browsing (on 3G networks), 10 hours of wifi browsing, 10 hours of video and 40 hours of music.
Available in 16GB and 32GB versions from 24th June 2010 in the US, UK, Japan, France and Germany (pre-orders start on 15th June) and by the end of September it will be obtainable in 88 countries
Apple has also previewed the newest version of the iPhone operating system, OS 4.0, to be launched in the summer of this year. The system is boasting multitasking capabilities for third party applications, giving greater freedom to flick between programs and apps, to listen to music while you web browse or check info while you chat. 4.0 also integrates the iPad’s bookstore into the iPhone, the option of encrypted email and opens up opportunities for developers to place ads within applications – potentially a massive new platform for mobile marketing.
So the question is: have the iPad, the iPhone 4G and OS 4.0 improved Apple’s universe enough to compete with the tsunami of Android-lovers on the horizon? Was the blow of the reveal softened too much by Gizmodo’s plot spoiler? Would things really be better sorted out if we just resorted to the Jobs vs Cutts fight club like we suggested in the first place? Perhaps. The first rule of the iPhone 4G is… you don’t talk about the iPhone 4G before it’s launched…
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Thu 10 Jun 2010
Apple WWDC 2010 Keynote Video Now Streaming
If you’ve got two hours to spare then I’ve got a video for you, friend! Watch yesterdays Apple WWDC 2010 keynote address, which includes Steve Jobs’ mini tantrum over all the Sprint Overdrives and MiFis clogging up the spectrum and his FaceTime with Jony Ive. Apple More on Techland: Hands-on with the iPhone 4 iPhone [...]
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Live WWDC 2010 Keynote Coverage
Steve Jobs is on stage at Apple’s WWDC 2010. What’s in store? New iPhone, iChat for iPhone, or an update to the Mac OS? Join us live and find out.
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News: Apple posts WWDC 2010 keynote video stream
Apple has posted an on-demand Quicktime streaming video of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote address from WWDC 2010. During the address, Jobs unveiled the iPhone 4, discussed some of the new features of iOS—formerly iPhone OS—4, and gave several updates regarding the iPad and App Store. For more coverage of yesterday’s event, see our full transcript, our Flickr photostream, and our News section. …
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Tue 8 Jun 2010
Unloved Mac: Apple Disses the Desktop Again During WWDC Keynote
What did the Mac do to deserve this? Lately it seems as if Apple management is giving its Macintosh platform short shrift, instead favoring its younger, sexier mobile devices, also known as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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The new iPhone 4 (Official Video) WWDC 2010
The leaked iPhone 4 prototype left in a bar a month ago looks exactly as the new iPhone unveiled. Take a look at the new features of iPhone 4 from WWDC 2010.
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Apple posts web, iTunes video of WWDC 2010 keynote
Less than a day after the event, Apple has posted two different video versions of the 2010 WWDC keynote. On Apple’s website is a streaming version, encoded in three different quality levels for QuickTime. Via the iTunes Store people can now download a podcast version, viewable either in iTunes or on an iPhone, iPod, iPad or Apple TV…. Apple – iPhone – iTunes Store – iTunes – WWDC
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Tue 8 Jun 2010
Slideshow: iPhone 4 debuts at WWDC 2010 Keynote
Highlights from the WWDC 2010 Keynote address, including the unveiling of the iPhone 4.
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Ars at WWDC 2010: hands on, pics of the new iPhone 4
The Ars team got our hands on a new iPhone 4 immediately after the WWDC keynote Monday and checked out some of the new features as well as the new physical design. The phone definitely feels good in the hand—not slippery like the original iPhone, but the same squared-off hand-feel that you don’t get with the 3G or 3GS. We weren’t sure if we’d like the look of the glass back, but after having …
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Mon 7 Jun 2010
SquareTrade Launches New IPhone Warranty in Advance of WWDC
The iPhone isn’t the most expensive gadget you can stuff in your pocket, but it isn’t the cheapest either. If you want a safety net for your investment, your… WWDC – iPhone 3G – IPhone – Handhelds – Smartphones
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Mon 7 Jun 2010
The Second Coming of the Iphone
Last year the gadget world was awash with one word, iPhone. Apple who typically made high-end home computer with their iMacs and Macbook laptops they carved out a decent niche for themselves amongst graphic designers and Photoshop professionals the world over. But much like their rivals Microsoft they realised that they needed to diversify and having catered for the desktop computer market and the laptop market they looked to taking on the ultra-portable market with mobile phones.
The first iPhone went on sale in America on June 29th 2007 and thousands flocked to Apple stores in the States to get the latest gadget from Apple. Once the dust settled the nay-sayers chimed in, it turned out that a lot of features that most other mobile phones from companies like Nokia and SonyEricsson were strangely missing in the iPhone. These features included a good quality camera, MMS messaging and 3G data.
Whilst some of the missing features were reinstated through later firmware updates the lack of 3G data speeds was the point many were annoyed with despite free Wi-Fi and unlimited data with UK partner O2 it gave the impression that the iPhone was behind the times before it had even come out.
One other factor that affected UK sales was that the contracts you had to sign up to were excessive compared to usual mobile phone purchases, you had to pay similar prices for an iPod for the handset and then upwards of £50 per month on an 18 month contract. In the UK we are used to paying little to nothing for the phone of our choice as they are normally subsidised by the network.
Whilst it enjoyed some success the iPhone is far from perfect and is understandable since it was the company’s first outing in the mobile phones market. Due for announcement at the WWDC conference in June is the next iteration of the iPhone, dubbed the 3G iPhone as it will now sport the faster data speeds people are used to. Among other speculations are a second front facing camera to enable video conferencing and a sleeker black colour scheme. The handset is likely to be slightly bulkier than the original iPhone but since it was slimmer than most mobile phones originally this shouldn’t be too much of a problem, especially compared to Nokia’s hefty N95.
The trouble is that once the phone is announced it will go on sale immediately in the United States of America and probably make its way across the pond in a few months as per the previous model. The only concern here is that people who had bought the original are now locked into an 18 month contract which will only be just over half way completed; now the new and obviously more desirable model will be coming out and may leave early adopters a bit sour about the new model.
Whilst no one really knows the concrete details for the new model of the iPhone they won’t have long to wait as it will be shown off at the WWDC conference and no doubt have millions queuing up outside mobile phone stores all over again.
Andy Adams is an IT worker and experienced writer
what i think might happen at the world wide developer conference apple is holding on june 7th
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Mon 7 Jun 2010
Get Everything to Know About API
Most individuals have a number of public profiles and blogs. But it can be tedious to make all the connections with all your contacts from one site to another. Enter the Social Graph API, which shows public connections between people. Programmers can use this data to come up with an “add friends” functionality. Publicly available information and relationships from indexed webpages are used for this API. The Google crawler looks for links indicating that a profile is a “friend” or “me”. Open standards like XFN (XHTML Friends Network) and FOAF (Friend Of A Friend) are used to show relationships. Test drive the example apps such as Site Connectivity, My Connections and Parameter Playground.
Geo-coding content is picking up fast. Fire Eagle pinpoints your location for website use via the web or a location-enabled mobile device, enabling sites and services to update your location automatically. At the same time, it gives you flexibility in terms of privacy. You can authorize Fire Eagle to share information to according to the specificity you set, such as latitude/longitude, zip code, city. You can also hide your location, delete stored location information.
It is currently by invitation only for developers, so you will need to leave your email address on the Fire Eagle page to get an invite code.
The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference slated on June 9th to 13th at Moscone West, San Francisco, promises to be the place to be for developers of everything Apple. They’re touting Mac OS X Leopard and iPhone OS as development platforms waiting for you to take full advantage of their capabilities. At the WWDC, the engineers behind them will show you what you can do. More than 150 sessions and labs are scheduled over the five days, plus lunchtime talks and the Apple Design Awards, and opportunities to meet fellow developers and IT professionals. Unfortunately, WWDC is sold out for attendees. The good news is that you can purchase session videos on iTunes in due time.
It’s impossible to ignore that so much is happening in San Francisco this month that we couldn’t help plugging another event . Here’s another one that’s more general, but asks the big questions like “where are we going?”. Geared toward tech people, business executives, investors and industry analysts, Supernova brings in the big names from IT and the academe to talk about the future of the industry and the implications of social media. It could be the place to meet the people who could take your garage-based API startup to new heights. Supernova will be held at Mission Bay Conference Center and Wharton West on June 16 to 18.
Microsoft Silverlight is a plug-in for .NET based web applications for the Web that supports AJAX, Visual Basic, C#, IronPython and IronRuby, and works with Expression Studio and Visual Studio. It aims to make HD video, Deep Zoom technology and cost-effective streaming available, and to deliver rich interactive applications (RIAs) that can be monetized. Use Microsoft of third-party tools to develop apps or browse the API library. Windows Live ID and other Windows Live APIs can be used on the Silverlight platform. It is downloadable for free.
Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live is a free hosting and streaming solution for high-quality RIAs with up to 10GB storage and 5 TB bandwidth per year while in beta. Later on, streaming will be free with advertising or for a nominal fee. Silverlight Streaming offers a UI free of branding or restrictions and up to DVD quality streaming.
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Mon 7 Jun 2010
WWDC 2010: 10 Things To Watch For
With only hours until Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote here are 10 announcements to watch for. Apple – WWDC – Steve Jobs – Macintosh – Worldwide Developer Conference
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WWDC 2010: When is the new iPhone 4G keynote?
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take the stage Monday for the WWDC 2010 keynote. What will he bring with him? A new iPhone 4G? IPhone HD?
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Coming Up: Apple WWDC 2010 Keynote LIVE
With the highly publicized leak of its next-generation iPhone prototype earlier this year, one might think that today’s WWDC keynote might be a bit short on big reveals. Yet Apple CEO Steve Jobs has promised that it won’t disappoint, and he rarely fails to deliver.
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