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iOS 8 banners start going live at Moscone West for WWDC

 

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Following the WWDC 2014 banners going live around and inside Moscone West, Apple has begun putting up banners to promote iOS 8. Business Insider’s Jay Yarow first published the photo on Twitter. The logo is shown above what appears to be an ocean in the background, not unlike iOS 6’s logo in 2012.

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  1. crichton007 - 10 years ago

    It looks like that security guard wanted to block the shot but didn’t.

    • Eli Matar - 10 years ago

      When the spaceship lands, some aspects of the surprise elements will finally come back.
      Zero banners pictures-check.

      • whatyoutalkingboutwillis - 10 years ago

        the banners don’t give that much information away, and Apple still puts banners that showcase new features under black cloaks… The only information the current banners show is that there is going to be an iOS 8.

      • Mr. Grey (@mister_grey) - 10 years ago

        The pictures also suggest another crappy, surfing-related OS name with associated wallpaper.

        I don’t get why these guys don’t realise how their endless promotion of California as being “better than anywhere else” on the planet is so offensive and rude to so many people.

      • Ty Belisle (@Pifman) - 10 years ago

        I’m not sure you “understand” how quotes “work” Mr. Grey.

      • Smayer (@smayer85) - 10 years ago

        IF you are offended by someone talking about where they are from and/or where they work, you are part of the reason this nation is going down hill. people get offended when they “think” they should instead of when it really happens. AKA if someone says something and people jump on the bandwagon others will follow just because but if someone says something and people ignore it it just goes to the waste side.

      • jrox16 - 10 years ago

        Yeah, I’m sure the BMW logo offends people so much too…. give me a break. No one is offended that a California company, which has it’s roots since its inception in California, and loves California, use Californian names in their products a few times. Jeez, there’s so much more in the world to be offended by.

        p.s. I case you didn’t know, BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works as in Bavaria, Germany, where BMW is headquartered.

      • Eli Matar - 10 years ago

        Guys, guys, guys… stick to the subject.

      • irelandjnr - 10 years ago

        iOS doesn’t get public code names. You’re thinking of OS X, and that poster has an image of El Capitan on it. Though that release is likely to be called Yosemite.

  2. Jacob Zacks (@jacobzacks) - 10 years ago

    Looks amazing! One thing I noticed is that isn’t Helvetica Neue Ultralight

  3. silverdiablo - 10 years ago

    She didn’t have the right perspective on it.

  4. watsonega - 10 years ago

    It’s that time again! :D

  5. Pedro Pake - 10 years ago

    is like infinity

  6. Logo? What logo? An Helvetica 8?

  7. Karel - 10 years ago

    Aaah… I remember this Friday last year. When the OS X banners went up, and it showed a Helvetice Neue ‘X’. The excitement! OS X was getting an overhaul! We thought…

  8. I wonder what iOS 8 will bring? Will we finally get some widgets? Will we see the iWatch? Or will I be upset cause they show the same thing and make it seem like it’s new?? LOL Oh Monday Monday Monday :)

    • Take your widgets and go you know where…

    • Ty Belisle (@Pifman) - 10 years ago

      I bet you’ll get widgets as soon as you get a Swype keyboard and an annoying Blue LED for notifications.

    • jrox16 - 10 years ago

      You get the same thing widgets do in your iOS 7 notification center, and control center. Except that you can actually access both from anywhere, within any app, at any time, unlike other platforms’ widgets that are stuck on the home screen.

      But no, you likely won’t get any widgets like you are asking about since you don’t need them as I explained above. I also doubt there’s an iWatch to be seen, however, I will concede that IF there is to be an iWatch in the fall, and IF Apple wants to launch it with any 3rd party app support (app store watch faces!!), they would absolutely need to show it off and it’s API’s and such next week.

      Here’s a poll just for fun:

      http://www.poll-maker.com/results100743x44574dDa-4#tab-2

      • jrox16 - 10 years ago

        Sorry, wrong link:

        http://goo.gl/pnMSyG

      • And that’s my thinking why they would show off the watch next week, if they want devs to start making apps for it before it’s launch they might want to get at least a preview of it out. I’m sure if they do show it, it’s not final spec but just enough so we know what it is. As far widgets go, I would like them but not at the expense of my battery life. That concept video from earlier today was a good representation of how it “could” work.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvhSOzmmCiU

  9. jaysones (@jaysones) - 10 years ago

    That lady is like “GTFO.”

  10. Wayland Kramer - 10 years ago

    iOS 8, back to Auqa!

  11. Ale Mello - 10 years ago

    iOS Acqua?

  12. I’m thinking the water in the background of the banner may indicate a water resistant or “active” iphone.

    • Robert Nixon - 10 years ago

      Just like when they came out with waterproof Macs last year with the release of Mavericks.

    • charilaosmulder - 10 years ago

      wwdc has always been about the software, not the hardware. If anything, it indicates a new wallpaper, just like the waves of the iOS6 and Mavericks banners and wallpapers.

  13. Anooj Patel - 10 years ago

    That lady security guard’s face was priceless

    • jrox16 - 10 years ago

      “Damn kids and their funky phones and internets twerking all over!”

  14. Xavier Poirot (@dalaen) - 10 years ago

    Don’t we usually see those backgrounds for OS X versions?
    Just saying ^^ (unified experience to come?)

  15. world webcams - 10 years ago

    I think we need new innovations and technology going forward for us to be able to communicate better in this vast moving sector

  16. royabbink - 10 years ago

    I guess most of the new stuff is ‘under the surface’ in iOS 8.

  17. Ben - 10 years ago

    That’s an infinity symbol (note the overlap at the intersection).

  18. Alex Firth - 10 years ago

    What font are they using for the ‘8’? I don’t think it’s the ‘classic’ Helvetica Neue…

  19. patstar5 - 10 years ago

    That wallpapers makes me want to switch back to ios. …..

  20. Taylor Lee Deveraux - 10 years ago

    iOS 8 or OS X Infinity… Or both… Hmmmm

  21. Robert (@Hyper_Robert) - 10 years ago

    Try flipping the logo and see what happens. :)

    -Robert

  22. Kyler Erwin - 10 years ago

    Oh Man does this mean iOS 8 will actually waterproof my phone when I update to it?!

  23. Am I the only one that thinks that looks more like an OS X banner than an iOS 8 banner?
    The OS X banner last year had the ocean behind it, much like this does.
    I’m seriously wondering if we may see more integration, and unification of the two platforms.

    It’s obviously got an infinity symbol appearance to it, which we know apple likes: See “One Infinite Loop”, so wonder what that might be. Apple has obviously made it clear that they intend to use Californian themed names for OS X from here on out, maybe something to do with water?

    Either way, can’t wait for Monday! So glad apple is streaming this one.

    • Well we know they have been testing Preview and TextEdit for iOS. Could be more to this integration then we expect.
      If done well and thoroughly, I could enjoy some aspects of integration.

  24. Td mac (@tdsmac) - 10 years ago

    I don’t think that was water in the background of the iOS6. Looks more like a blue background with individual windows/icons. If you back to last year and Mavericks, it was the blue/green wave with the “X”. Now we are seeing a “8” with a water background. Either they are going to start using some nautical theme now with iOS releases OR maybe this is Representative of iOS8 and OS X being more unified from a coding standpoint. Think of the direction that Apple’s own productivity Apps went last year. The OS X apps were more in line with iOS versions and rebuilt from the ground up to have a unified structure across all platforms (including the ability to use non-apple browsers for viewing/editing, etc). Maybe now there is a unified coding approach to creating apps for both iOS8 and OSX. Probably with iCloud integration as well.

  25. Peter - 10 years ago

    It looks like it is upside down.

  26. Apple obviously has created waterproof software. “Can’t innovate, my ass”

  27. Does this mean iOS8 will in fact waterproof my iPhone?

  28. Akhil V Nair - 10 years ago

    just visit this website “www.archtech-solutions.com”

  29. theinkedteacher - 10 years ago

    I haven’t been that excited in such a long time!!!

  30. Pat (@PATD1999) - 10 years ago

    Ahh i can’t wait for iOS 8 ! Cant wait to beta test it on the iPhone 5S :D My biggest hope is bug fixes cause all you see is a lot of bugs in iOS 7 , i hope they redesigned a lot of stuff when apple pushed from iOS 4 to 5 they made them the same but with futures same with iOS 5 to 6 but by knowing apple they have something up there sleeve!

  31. for everyone who are keeping high hopes for iOS 8, calm your self you will not see any major change, small tweaks and big changes in background working, so keep calm and wait for the Keynote.