New York: The software running Apple's iPhones and iPads is getting a new look and several new features. The Mac is borrowing more functionality from mobile devices. New MacBook Airs are out, and a new Internet radio service will be coming this fall. Apple announced these offerings and more during a keynote address Monday to open its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Here are the highlights.
New Mobile Software
Apple announced iOS 7, the next version of its operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.
The biggest change comes in the new system's design: Instead of app icons that try to mimic real-world counterparts, Apple is favoring simplicity and consistency from app to app. The company's design chief, Jony Ive, said the new structure is meant to bring order to complexity. The redesign includes subtle motion. It shows thunder on a weather app when a thunderstorm is forecast, for instance....
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05:55 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New York: Apple unveiled an Internet radio service called iTunes Radio on Monday and said the service will personalise listeners' music based on what they've listened to and what they've purchased on iTunes. Apple said iTunes Radio will be available this fall in the US. It will be free with advertisements included, although subscribers of Apple's iTunes Match music-storage service will get a commercial-free version of iTunes Radio. That service...
12:37 PM, Jun 11, 2013
San Francisco: Apple unveiled iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone. iOS 7 is completely redesigned with subtle motion, a colour palette and distinct, functional layers. The typography has been refined for a cleaner, simpler look, and the use of translucency and motion makes even simple tasks more engaging. iOS 7 has a spate of new features, including Control Center, Notification Centre, improved Multitasking, AirDrop, enhanced...
09:27 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Apple released a developer preview of OS X Mavericks, the 10th major release of Apple's OS X. With more than 200 new features, OS X Mavericks brings Maps and iBooks to the Mac, introduces Finder Tags and Tabs, enhances multi-display support for power users. It also includes an all new version of Safari. The preview release of OS X Mavericks is available to Mac Developer Program members starting...
12:35 AM, Jun 11, 2013
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09:31 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New York: Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads on Monday as the company opens its annual conference for software developers. Apple hasn't said what it will unveil at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. But the major announcements are expected during Monday's keynote presentation. Last year, Apple used the conference to announce its own mapping service, better...
09:38 AM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Apple has launched an all new 15-inch MacBook Pro that features a stunning Retina display, all flash storage and quad-core processors in a radically thin and light design. It measures a mere 0.71 inches and weighing only 4.46 pounds. "With a gorgeous Retina display, all flash architecture and a radically thin and light design, the new MacBook Pro is the most advanced Mac we have ever built," said...
10:18 AM, Jun 12, 2012
San Francisco: Thin is in. Apple Inc. says its newest MacBook Pro laptop computer will be about as thin as its already-slim MacBook Air. It will also have a sharper display, akin to what the iPhone and the iPad now have. Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, calls it "the most amazing computer we have ever made." The MacBook Pro, with what Apple calls a "Retina display,"...
09:25 AM, Jun 12, 2012
San Francisco: Next month, Apple will release its new operating system for Mac computers. Dubbed Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 will cost $19.99 - $10 cheaper than what the current system, Lion, costs. Those buying Mac computers starting on Monday will get the upgrade for free when it's available. Apple Inc. already demonstrated many of the Mountain Lion features in February. The new software narrows the gap between the...
09:05 AM, Jun 12, 2012
San Francisco: Apple Inc took the wraps off its own mobile mapping service and improved the search capabilities of its Siri voice assistant, taking the fight into Google Inc's domain. CEO Tim Cook, who took over from late co-founder Steve Jobs last August, spearheaded the unveiling of new services - such as in-house mapping, beefed-up Siri software, address-bar search on its Safari browser - to help keep at bay Google...
08:56 AM, Jun 12, 2012
San Francisco: New iPhone and Mac software and updated Mac computers were among the highlights Monday at Apple Inc.'s annual conference for software developers. The updates include Apple's own mapping service, better integration with social networks and an improved virtual assistant in Siri. Next Generation MacBook Pro Apple announced a next-generation MacBook Pro model that is less than an inch thick while closed - about as thin as the MacBook...
12:46 AM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: Apple announced a next-generation MacBook Pro model that is less than an inch thick while closed - about as thin as the MacBook Air. It will have a sharper display, akin to what the iPhone and the iPad now have. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, calls it "the most amazing computer we have ever made." The "next-generation" model will have a 15.4-inch diagonal display....
11:19 PM, Jun 11, 2012
San Francisco: When Apple Inc kicks off its annual conference for software developers on Monday, all the power players in the Apple universe will be on hand, save the one that is in many ways driving the agenda: Google Inc. More than ever, the consumer electronics juggernaut finds itself in a pitched battle with the online search giant - in smartphones, cloud computing and the never-ending competition for the hearts...
10:23 PM, Jun 11, 2012
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06:39 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: With the Worldwide Developers Conference just a few hours away, the world is eagerly waiting to see what Apple is set to showcase at the event. When Apple announced the event, they teased that they would be showing the future of iOS. Besides that, very little was known. However, if a report by CNET via WeiPhone is anything to go by, then one thing is for certain, iOS...
11:13 AM, Jun 11, 2012
New York: Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to show off new iPhone software, updated Mac computers and provide more details on future releases of Mac software when he kicks off the company's annual conference for software developers on Monday. The announcement of new software for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch has been confirmed by banners that appeared at the Moscone conference center in San Francisco on Friday, reading...
06:46 AM, Jun 11, 2012
