Yesterday was the Apple WWDC Keynote. Here are my take aways
- No hardware announcements
- not surprising since it’s for developers
- iPhone announcement is usually Aug/Sept
- iPad is Sept/Oct
- New Mac’s will be announced, prob iMac and possibly Mini
- Mac OS X – Yosimite
- Photos – new photo management that will prob replace iPhoto
- IOS integration
- Can answer calls on your computer
- Can send messages to green friends
- Use phone as hotspot (not sure about if it’s carrier ok yet)
- Flatening continues
- new flatter design
- redesinged dock
- New system font
- new dark menu
- iCloud Drive
- Apple taking on Google
- Now you will be able to store more than just files
- .99 cents for 20 GB and $3.99 for 200 GB a month
- Store any type of files
- Can store movies now as well
- Email Fixed
- So they claim the new email will be fixed (google imap still sucks)
- Email iCloud Drive to send large attachments
- Safari
- RSS feeds added back in
- New Tab View
- Streamlined tool bar
- Spotlight
- easier way to search the mac and literally brought front and center
- Now you can find an application and recent files
- Notifications
- Can now add widgets to notifications
- imporoved notifications
- Public Beta
- Sign up for the public beta.
- Limited to 1 M people
- Don’t use on your only machine
- TBA when it’s available for download
- iOS 8
- Pictures
- new iCloud Drive back up that includes videos
- Developer kit for camera opened up now apps can directly control the camera
- Messaging
- Now has Whatsapp/Snap Chat features – disappearing messages
- Can use voice message and will play directly from the lock screen
- HealthKit
- Can tie in devices to monitor your health
- can contact a participating doctor and they can call you in for a visit
- Family sharing
- Up to six people can now share movies, music, books and app
- Must share the same credit card (gets around issues of how to share)
- App Store
- apps now can have videos
- No demos
- Apps can be sold in bundles
- Notifications
- In notification actions.
- Text in notification
- Key board
- opened up the keyboard to third party keyboards
- Also have predictive text, for individual
- Mail
- Can easily mark as read or flag
- Drafts are now easy to find – at the bottom of the screen used to get lost
- Pictures
- Overall
- connection between Mac/iOS
- Pages, Numbers, Keynote and mail all carry over and can be edited on any device
- Developer
- New Programing langauge Swift
- Metal allows for “console” quality games
- Home API
- Camera API
- keyboard opened up
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