WWDC 2008
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Apple Announces 2008 Apple Design Award Winners
Yesterday evening at WWDC taking place in San Francisco this week Apple announced the winners of this years Apple Design Awards. Started in 1996 the awards aim to recognise the most innovative software available for the Mac platform and this year Apple added awards for…
Snow Leopard Drops PowerPC Support
When Mac OS X Snow Leopard was just a rumour it surfaced that the operating system could be built just for Intel hardware, and be the first version of Mac OS X to drop support for the ageing PowerPC processors . Today LogicielMac confirms this…
Steve Jobs on Snow Leopard, PA Semi
During an interview with New York Times' John Markoff , Apple CEO Steve Jobs has revealed some more details about Apple's upcoming operating system "Snow Leopard" and the companies acquisition of PA Semi . When talking about Mac OS X Snow Leopard Jobs stated that…
In Brief: Apple Posts iPhone SDK Beta 7
Apple has released the seventh beta of the iPhone SDK to registered developers. The iPhone Software Development Kit remains under NDA and is labelled build 9M2199, the total download size is 1.19GB. Registered iPhone Developers can download the latest beta from the iPhone Dev centre…
Apple Details Transition from .Mac to MobileMe
Apple today announced that its online service .Mac will be replaced with MobileMe . Apple has posted an article aimed at .Mac users to help them understand the transition. This article helps current .Mac members better understand what to expect from the upcoming MobileMe upgrade…
Apple Posts WWDC 2008 Keynote Address [Updated x2]
Apple posted a video link to today's WWDC keynote presentation. During the Keynote Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall discussed iPhone software development, MobileMe and introduced iPhone 3G . [Update] Keynote is now available to download via the Apple Keynote Podcast. [Update 2] Also…
iPhone 3G Hits the FCC
The FCC has lifted any limitations on displaying iPhone 3G documentation to the public . iPhone 3G will ship in 22 countries on July 11.
Notes of Interest from WWDC Announcements
Today Apple announced a myriad of products at WWDC including the announcement of iPhone 3G, the replacement of .Mac with MobileMe and further clarified features in iPhone OS 2.0 and iPhone SDK. Here are some notes of interest garnered from today's announcements: iPhone no longer…
Apple Previews Snow Leopard to Developers, Ships "in about a year" [Updated]
During today's WWDC keynote Apple mentioned that it would preview Mac OS X 10.6 to developers attending WWDC. Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which builds on the incredible success of OS X Leopard and is the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating…
iPhone SDK Downloads Pass 250,000, Further App Store Details
Apple today announced that iPhone SDK downloads have topped more than 250,000 since its launch on March 6. The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same rich set of Application Programming Interfaces and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone. Apple…
Apple Replaces .Mac with MobileMe
Apple today introduced MobileMe, a new Internet service that delivers push email, push contacts and push calendars from the MobileMe service in the “cloud” to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. MobileMe also provides a suite of elegant, ad-free web applications that…
Apple Introduces iPhone 3G
During today's WWDC keynote Apple CEO Steve Jobs officially announced the 3G iPhone which will hit shelves on July 11th. Combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location…
Join World of Apple for WWDC 2008
This years WWDC kicks off in just a few hours and World of Apple plans the usual array of up-to-date news and rumours. Join World of Apple for live coverage via our AJAX text system at the following time: 7:00AM - Hawaii 10:00AM - Pacific…
In Brief: WWDC Swag Revealed
Charles Bihi has posted a photo of the T-Shirt and bag that is being handed out to attendees of this years Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The T-Shirt displays the time, date and location of the WWDC keynote which will take place on June…
In Brief: iPhone Production Ramp
Barrons.com is reporting that Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) the manufacturer of the iPhone is set to ramp up production of the 3G iPhone later this month. According to Barrons Foxconn has only shipped "several thousand" iPhones but is expected to ramp up production towards…
$200 Subsidy on New iPhone?
USA Today is providing further evidence that carriers of the iPhone around the world will most likely subsidise the iPhone. According to the newspaper the new iPhone will start at $199, that is with a $200 subsidy from AT&T. The price also will rock: $199…
WWDC 2008 Rumour Roundup
As promised here is a roundup of all the rumours leading up to this years Worldwide Developers Conference, anything directly related to the iPhone has been included in a previous article . World of Apple will be offering live coverage of tomorrows keynote presentation by…
Apple Retail Receiving Shipments of Secret Packages
Ars Technica is reporting that multiple Apple retail stores gave received "unidentified shipments" as well as new marketing material to go up Monday. According to the report London's Regent Street Apple Store has received a single box which is padlocked and under orders to be…
Images Depict Multiple iPhone Colours, Video Conferencing?
Mac Rumors , Crunchgear, and Engadget have all posted photos from an unknown source purportedly showing promotional materials for the new iPhone. The images are widely being considered fake due to many glaring omissions but many of the sites have published them for interests sake…
WWDC 2008 iPhone Rumour Roundup
At 10 am pacific time on Monday Steve Jobs will address a hall full of thousands of eager developers who are waiting to see what Apple will unveil at this years Worldwide Developers Conference. World of Apple has offered rumour roundups leading up to Apple…