Not too long ago, Apple sent out a WWDC invite to a Chinese iOS developer named Stone, an individual who works for Tencent, the development house behind China’s most popular IM software, QQ. Being that it was WWDC and all, not to mention the long ass flight from Shenzhen, Stone decided to bring along his […]
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
Comments Off on Apple’s 2010 WWDC “App Wall” display is a homerun [Video]
At last year’s WWDC, Apple wowed WWDC visitors with color-organized “app wall” display comprised of thousands of app store icons that pulsated each time a corresponding app was purchased on iTunes. This year, Apple upped the ante with a revised app wall that exchanged pulsating app icons for icons that dropped down from above, resulting […]
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
During Steve Jobs’ WWDC Keynote address last week, Apple’s CEO had trouble loading up a website during the iPhone 4 demo. A short while later, Jobs said that Apple figured out the problem and attributed it to the 500+ wi-fi base stations that filled up San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Throughout the rest of the Keynote, […]
Continue reading...Friday, June 11, 2010
Comments Off on Rumor: Apple to hold two WWDC events per year?
It’s no secret that the iOS was the focal point of this year’s WWDC. Not only did Jobs’ keynote focus exclusively on the iPhone and the iPad, but Apple also did away with the Apple Design Awards for Mac software. Toss in a relatively few number of Mac-centric developer sessions and it’s abundantly clear that […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Comments Off on Apple Design Award winners for 2010 announced
This year, Apple’s Design Awards recognized iPhone OS applications that demonstrate technical excellence, innovation, technology adoption, and quality. 2010’s lineup of winners, which were announced on Tuesday, include the following apps. Financial Times – Doodle Jump from Lima Sky – Brushes for iPhone by Steve Sprang – TabToolkit from Agile Partners – Articles for iPhone by Sophiestication – Review – […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Comments Off on Heckler screams “Verizon!” as Steve Jobs experiences network troubles
During Monday’s WWDC Keynote, Steve Jobs’ iPhone 4 demo hit a few bumps in the road when network trouble arose. When Jobs asked his right-hand man Scott Forstall if had any ideas how to fix it, a brazen young fellow shouted out, “Verizon!” Though Jobs would soon retort that they were on wi-fi, he couldn’t help […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Comments Off on MacTech to hold conference for IT Pros and Mac developers in November
With the iPhone supplanting the Mac as the darling child of this year’s WWDC, some are also lamenting the disappearance of the IT Track which previously focused on technologies such as Xserve, Xsan, Final Cut Server and more. The lack of an IT Track within this years show will mean IT pros on the platform […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Comments Off on Apple’s 2010 WWDC Keynote now available for viewing
Early on Tuesday morning, Apple posted a Quicktime Stream of Steve Jobs’ WWDC Keynote address. Watch the iPhone 4 introduction along with Jobs struggling to deal with shoddy network connections over here. Or, if Quicktime ain’t your thang, check it out on YouTube below.
Continue reading...Monday, June 7, 2010
Steve Jobs will soon grace the stage in San Francisco where he will unveil Apple’s next-gen iPhone, purportedly dubbed the iPhone HD. We can expect the usual bells and whistles, and perhaps a cool “one more thing” moment, but how cool would it be if any of these hypothetical scenarios played out for real? 1. […]
Continue reading...Monday, June 7, 2010
Comments Off on Apple warns developers that WWDC information is confidential
Once Steve Jobs’ keynote ends tomorrow, WWDC will apparently go into lockdown mode. iPhoneSavior directs us to a sign posted up at Moscone West (courtesy of Steve Rhodes), warning WWDC attendees that all information presented or provided by Apple, aside from the Keynote, is “considered Apple confidential Information, the unauthorized disclosure of which is strictly […]
Continue reading...Friday, June 4, 2010
Well you had to see this one coming. Gizmodo’s invite to Apple’s WWDC keynote next Monday is non-existent, leaving the tech site scrambling to put together a makeshift liveblog of the event.
Continue reading...Friday, June 4, 2010
Comments Off on WWDC Flashback – John Hodgman impersonates Steve Jobs, makes fun of Microsoft
Steve Jobs is no stranger to “mixing it up” and taking a few well-timed jabs at Microsoft, and no where is this more apparent than at WWDC. With Apple’s world wide developers conference just days away, here’s a look back at the opening of Steve Jobs’ keynote from WWDC 2007, starring the hilarious John Hodgman […]
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Comments Off on iPad developer mugged at WWDC, gets brand new iPad along with a letter from Steve Jobs