Almost every WWDC, Apple kicks off the main event with a special video — which can sometimes be more motivational and sometimes more entertaining with jokes related to app development. Interestingly, we can now take a look at a scrapped WWDC 2014 intro video that features Larry David as an App Store reviewer.
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The entire video of yesterday’s 2-hour WWDC keynote is now available on Apple’s YouTube channel.
If you haven’t seen it already, you can watch Apple CEO Tim Cook and members of the company’s executive team introduce its next-generation mobile software iOS 8, upcoming Mac OS X release, nicknamed Yosemite, and discuss the future of its development tools, including the introduction of a brand new programming language called Swift.
For continuing coverage on the features and changes not included in the keynote address, be sure to keep an eye on 9to5Mac.
Now that iOS 8 is officially out for developers, it’s time to start digging into the apps and settings to find out what Apple didn’t tell us. Sure there are plenty of new features available in iOS 8, but there are definitely other little (and bigger) ones that didn’t make it to the unveiling.
We’ve been exploring iOS 8 and finding all sorts of features and helpful tips that Apple failed to mention during the keynote, but we feel are important enough to share with you. Check out our top 10 hidden iOS 8 features video below…
Apple’s WWDC 2014 keynote was home to plenty of announcements including iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. There was quite a bit of information covered during the two hour presentation, but luckily we didn’t miss a second of the action.
If you don’t feel like sitting through the entire keynote video, we’ve put together a condensed version to give you the rundown on everything that was announced. Find out all that you need to know about iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite in our keynote recap below…
As usual, Apple announced the winners of this year’s Apple Design Awards this evening during its developer conference. Among the winners were hits like Threes and Bleks, the Day One journal app, and two apps created by student scholarship winners.
You can find the full list of winners below:
Earlier today Apple announced the next version of its iOS software, iOS 8, during the WWDC keynote today. Below you’ll find a gallery of all the new bells and whistles in the latest operating system. If you’ve got some screenshots you’d like to send us, you can send them to tips@9to5mac.com.
The new software includes features like iOS-to-Mac continuity, quick-reply for first- and third-party apps, a new predictive text keyboard, changes to the Mail app, HealthKit framework and Health app, Family Sharing features, new Photos cloud storage, an updated iCloud pricing scheme, new commands for Siri, App Store changes including beta distribution, a Touch ID API, third-party keyboards, new iCloud management and development features, a home automation framework, and even support for a brand new programming language.
Update: Download is now available on iTunes.
You can now rewatch the WWDC 2014 keynote online at Apple.com. You can also read full coverage of all the announcements here on 9to5Mac.
Apple usually posts downloads of the event, through podcasts in the iTunes Store, shortly afterwards too. We’ll update when these go live.
Apple just announced its new Swift programming language at WWDC, and has already published a free guide for developers looking to learn the language.
Swift is a new programming language for creating iOS and OS X apps. Swift builds on the best of C and Objective-C, without the constraints of C compatibility. Swift adopts safe programming patterns and adds modern features to make programming easier, more flexible, and more fun. Swift’s clean slate, backed by the mature and much-loved Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, is an opportunity to reimagine how software development works.
This book provides:
– A tour of the language.
– A detailed guide delving into each language feature.
– A formal reference for the language.
You can grab the guide on iBooks right now.
Along with several other new APIs for developers, Apple has announced HomeKit which allows all home automation accessories/devices to work together. The new API will allow home automation developers to centralize all home automation in iOS without needing separate apps to access each device’s specific features. These devices include locks, lights, cameras, doors, thermostats, plugs, switches, and more.
Apple has just announced at WWDC 2014 that as part of its iOS 8 extensions capability, users will be able to install systemwide keyboards, such as the popular Swype system. The keyboards will run in a secure sandbox and not have access to anything except text input, though they can ask for permission to use the network in order to provide more features.
These keyboards can be installed through third-party apps on the updated App Store.
Apple debuted a new Family Sharing feature during its WWDC keynote today. The feature allows family members who use the same credit card to also share a variety of other information, including iTunes purchases, photos and photo streams, location, reminders, calendars, and more.
One incredibly useful feature for parents included with this update is the ability to approve (or disapprove) purchases by minors. When a child in the family sharing account attempts to make a purchase, a notification will be sent to a parent asking them to approve the purchase. Parents will be able to review the item being purchased and decide whether or not to allow the charge.
Looks like the Macs running OS X “Yosemite” for today’s demo are running up on stage uncovered and in public view. A flatted dock, white trash can, red iTunes icon, green FaceTime app, iOS 7-style Safari icon, as well as redesigned Finder, Calendar, Messages, Settings and other icons are visble.
Get a closer look at the icons below:
Comparing to Python as well with massing performance difference
Federighi comparing Swift speed to Objective-C
“The language is called Swift and it totally rules.”
New Programming language: Swift
New programming language… called Swift
Federighi discussing Objective-C language
Xcode: Federighi says Xcode’s latest version was downloaded 14 million times
SceneKit: new 3D scene render with integrated physics engine
SpriteKit enhancements announced
Federighi discussing SpriteKit and casual gaming on iOS
Zen Garden, game demoed showing Metal, will be available in the App Store for free alongside iOS 8
Epic Games founder and company demoing graphics using Metal 3D APIs
Metal is new 3D reduces Games overhead in 3D. Up to 10x performance
Cloudkit
HomeKit
Camera APIs and PhotoKit
Touch ID:
3rd party keyboards
Bing Translate also built in iOS menu item
Ebay notification widget allows you to bid without opening the app
Widgets demo
3rd Party Widgets that can go in notifications
Photo Filters
Extensibility will allow services from other apps.
4000 new Developer APIs
SDK is biggest release since launch of the app store
App Previews Videos
App Bundles
Editors choice category
Related searches
Scrolling Results
Tim: Making App Store even better:
Explore Tab
Trending Searches
1.2 B Apps
300M people visit app store every week
Hey Siri > OK, Google?
Hey Siri,
New iCloud Pricing for full photos
Photos for Mac
Photos for Mac SHIPPING EARLY NEXT YEAR
Using Levels and Color in new Photo
Demoing Photos
smart editing controls for light and color. Auto straightening cropping
Search Location, Time, Albums,
Can get at all photos in the cloud thru iPhoto
Share media and Apps with Family. So get all of your wife’s media. Up to 6 family members who share same credit card.
Family Sharing
HealthKit not HealthBook
Health
Passcode protection across apps
Enterprise 98% of Fortune 500 companies.
compatible with 3rd party devices.
iCloud Drive on iOS
Hair Force One jokes. Don’t get old.
These new features look easy enough for just about anyone to use.
Greg Joswiak demoing new Messaging features
you can pick up calls on your iPad thru “Continuity”
learning is Private and on device. Lots of Languages
Dinner or Movie suggestions
Quicktype=predictive typing suggestions
Keyboard and Quicktype
still using google search
Spotlight – you can now search for Apps on App store, points of interest from Wikipedia entries. Songs, movies
Spotlight on iOS
Using quick functionalities in Mail. Will be slightly harder to not use it now.
Flicking away Phil Schiller’s Notifications.
Mobile safari gets a sidebar (assuming in iPad version only?
you can now reply to notifications with a pull down.
pull down notifications
Craig’s back to talk about iOS 8….
iOS 8 and Dev.
89% of install base was running the latest OS.
…for iOS 7.
97% Satisfaction rating from Changewave
nearly half of China customers switched from Android to Apple. (China Mobile might have helped a bit here)
Android …jokes!
some math…800M! iOS devices
iPod Touch 100M
iPad 200M
iPhone 500M
Tim Cook. iOS time
Summer Free Public Beta program
Recap….and available today. Everyone else will get it in the Fall….free
That wasn’t uncomfortable
Calling Dre
Demoing Phone calls. I think a big deal
Phone calls on Mac via iPhone. This is a big deal if you use a Mac
Messages will relay SMSes to/from Mac
Instant Hotspot….ooohhh
Swipe up on your iPad and work goes to your Mac
New “Handoff”
Applause…..
Airdrop works between iOS and the Mac
Transitions should be natural/seamless
“Continuity” – using the right device for the moment.
can draw cartoon bubbles
Demoing Recent Recipients. Wonder how configurable this is. Can I have 10? 20?
Also showing some editing in mail
Brian Croll demoing tabs
Safari has some new video 5 Premium Video standard (sounds like HTML5) that allows longer streaming on batteries
Safari Standards. HTML Premium Video
Tab Stacks
Search now integrated with Spotlight. And sharing
Safari: Looks nice!
Signatures in Email
Mail Drop. Allows big attachments thru cloud rather than having to do manually. Up to 5GB in size. RIP Yousendit
Mail in Yosemite
iCloud Drive
search Wikipedia and news? From Spotlight. Oh, I wonder who Apple will think is News? Surely not Google
Spotlight is in the middle of the screen now for better or worse. Can do advanced math
Messages gets a big update
Giving live demo of Yosemite now.
Notification center has new today view
NEw Notification center – Today view
New Dark Mode
New Typography. Looks like OS 8 a little bit.
Lighter, fresher
new UI feels more “Airy”
more cartoony
Video playing
“Continuity” is about refining OSX
OS X Yosemite
Here Comes Craig Fed
Compared to Windows
50% of install base is on Mavericks
Macs 80 million. While PC industry is shrinking, Macs are growing. 40 Million copies of Mavericks. Most ever.
Dev release is so huge (didn’t call it XCODE?)
Here to talk about 2 platforms great updates
Shoutout to the students. Youngest developer is 13
started with 1 lab. Now “lots”
“Thanks Devs” 25th aniversary – 25 years old – started in 1990
Here’s Tim!
“I can’t live without Grindr I mean Tinder”
we’re watching a commercial here. Hopefully some humans coming shortly…
New Commercial starts…
Music Stops (Coldplay obv
Iovine in the house, Dre notsomuch
Spotted at WWDC: Angela Ahrendts and Jimmy Iovine, but not Dr. Dre
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt (@philiped) June 02, 2014
I may be more excited about the Mac OS X news today than iOS stuff. http://t.co/TG6Ie2diNO—
Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) June 02, 2014
Angela Ahrendts came breezing through. http://t.co/xtlk9L83Ii—
Jay Yarow (@jyarow) June 02, 2014
Very few women in line here at #WWDC14 but nice to spot Apple’s Angela Ahrendts walking through the crowd.
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Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) June 02, 2014
Apple Store still up….what does it all mean? Head South to the comments to discuss.
Someone forgot to take the AppleStore down…unless Apple got some new 1990’s technology that doesn’t require the store to go down for updates—
Seth Weintraub (@llsethj) June 02, 2014
#WWDC14 security dog has an Apple badge. Soo cute http://t.co/qAcgIztoa4—
Michael Luís Brown (@mluisbrown) June 02, 2014
Apple’s popularity seems to be waning “@StevenLevy: I’d forgotten. http://t.co/vxYZrYhRTb”—
Seth Weintraub (@llsethj) June 02, 2014
Evernote CEO in the house. http://t.co/JvsOpXBwfS—
Jay Yarow (@jyarow) June 02, 2014
Don’t forget Apple’s official Live stream of the WWDC keynote (in another window obv.). Starts in 1:45
The latest news from Moscone:
Apple displaying Ferraris & other cars at WWDC hinting at CarPlay announcements
@llsethj @9to5mac http://t.co/uIQlhwUHwe—
John H. Meyer (@johnhmeyer123) June 02, 2014
and New developer APIs for iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 appear in open-source WebKit
We are just under two hours away from the kickoff WWDC keynote, and here’s the latest news: there are cars situated inside Moscone West. This likely indicates that some significant CarPlay announcements are in-store for today. Also, some OS X 10.10 and iOS 8 APIs for developers are already appearing on some open source WebKit files.
We’re approximately two hours away from Apple’s major WWDC 2014 keynote address, and we’ll be providing live blogging and analysis of the event as it proceeds. We’re expecting Apple to discuss updates to iOS and OS X 10.10, with the former seeing enhancements across the system and the latter receiving a complete redesign to bring the software in line with the iOS 7 design aesthetic. You can catch our full analysis and live updates from the conference below:
<a href="https://twitter.com/matthewf_/status/473410307155853312">Image via Matthew Frost</a>
As promised, Apple has added a WWDC channel to Apple TV for viewing the live stream of the conference’s keynote today. The keynote can also be streamed from Apple’s website using Safari on OS X or iOS or QuickTime 7 on Windows. We’ll be live blogging the keynote and posting major news as it is announced for those who cannot view the live stream so stay tuned for full coverage. As a primer, read our complete roundup of what to expect Apple to announce today.
Apple is giving out $25 App Store gift cards to WWDC 2014 attendees. The gift card is given to each attendee when picking up their badge. The $25 amount ties into the “25 years and coding” tagline printed beneath the WWDC logo. Check out Harrison Weinerman’s tweet below.
Apple revealed today that it will indeed be streaming video of the anticipated opening keynote from WWDC next week, and now banners are beginning to be displayed through Moscone West in San Francisco where Apple’s developer conference will be held. The banners so far reflect the same design used in the WWDC promotional material for this year including the “Write the code. Change the world” slogan used by Apple. Apple has already revealed much of the schedule for its developer conference next week where the next versions of OS X and iOS will be revealed including the keynote announcement set to take place on Monday, June 2nd at 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern.
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It’s the 21st Century: weren’t we all supposed to be living in automated homes by now? Where we walk in the door after a long day to have our home playing some soothing music, informing us that it’s run us a bath and that dinner will be ready in 45 minutes? Where a robot has done the cleaning, changed the flowers, accepted a parcel that arrived while we were at work and fed the cat?
That dream seems to be a long time coming. I’m a reasonably techy guy who loves the idea of home automation, yet even I only have three examples in my home (which I’ll mention along the way). Most mass-market consumers haven’t even noticed that the products exist, and the few who have tend to view it all as too complicated or fiddly.
If anyone can change that perception, it’s Apple. Which is why the Financial Times report yesterday that Apple is working on a new approach to home automation that may be unveiled at WWDC next week caught my attention …
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Slipping shipping times for iMacs on Apple’s site may support a timeline released last month by KGI Research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicating that new, lower-cost iMacs could be launched this quarter.
Apple usually quotes 24 hours for delivery of standard-configuration iMacs, but is currently showing 3-5 business days across the range. Increased shipping times are sometimes an indication of lower or sporadic stocks, which tend to precede the launch of new models. With WWDC just one week away, that would be a logical time to announce them …
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Following the presumed acquisition of Beats, Apple plans to up its music game with support for high-resolution audio files in a revamped Music app in iOS 8, and to offer a higher-quality version of its In-Ear Headphones, reports Japanese blog Macotakara.
The source of the high-res audio rumor appears somewhat circumstantial, linked to a Warner Music post about the forthcoming release of a ‘Super Deluxe’ version of three remastered early Led Zeppelin albums in 96kHz/24-bit form – a resolution the current iOS Music app cannot play. It is, however, consistent with a similar earlier rumor regarding iTunes support for higher-quality audio …
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If you have even the slightest inclination to attend the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, you probably want to throw your name in the hat for your chance to purchase a ticket before the window closes in less than four hours.
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