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- Piictu puts the fun into iOS picture sharing
What? Another iOS photo sharing app? No, wait, keep reading! The just-released Piictu app (official site, iTunes) has some new tricks to show you.
Piictu's big idea is to treat the photos you post not as the traditional timeline view we associate with blogs and apps like Instagram, but rather as a series of conversations, each on a certain theme.
Suppose I post a picture of my dogs, Daisy and Jake. Any of my friends who see that -- or anyone on the service as a whole -- can then post a picture reply to that photo, perhaps of their own dogs, or some other pet. Someone else can post another reply, and so on. Piictu groups responses together to encourage an ongoing conversation.
The power of this simple idea is perhaps best demonstrated by this photo thread pictured in the second half of this post, where an impromptu multiplayer game of tic-tac-toe took place between several of Piictu's beta testers.
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Piictu puts the fun into iOS picture sharing originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iOS 5 hints at iPhone, iPad updates
TUAW sources inspecting the USB device files in yet-unreleased iOS 5 firmware have discovered suggestions of two future iPad 3 models as well as a pair of iPhone 5 models. What's most surprising is a big omission: no mention of an iPod touch 5.
Specifically, there are declarations buried in the iOS system files that reference "iPad3,1" and "iPad3,2." Likewise, "iPhone4,1" and "iPhone4,2." The iPhone 5 will be a 4th generation unit because the iPhone 3G was technically 1st generation. This throws off the numbering and confuses everyone, so don't fret if you were confused.
Interestingly, there are no mentions of a new iPod touch. If there really is no iPod touch 5 ready to launch in September (the typical iPod refresh time), sources believe it could be because Apple is reserving the spotlight for another member of its iOS family, namely the iPhone 5.
Of course, experience has shown that model registrations do not mean that these items always become an actual shipping product. For example, it took almost a year for the iPhone 3,2 (the iPhone 4 for Verizon) to ship, and the iPhone 3,3 never became a product. Sources believe that's because alleged carrier deals probably fell through for a third iPhone 4.
We'll know for sure in the upcoming months, but until then these tantalizing hints will have to do.
iOS 5 hints at iPhone, iPad updates originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily Mac App: Carousel
Carousel from Mobelux isn't the first Instagram client for the Mac, but it is one of the most elegant. The program culls your Instagram feed and streams these images to your desktop in a gorgeous UI that resembles an old-fashioned photo album.
Three buttons along the bottom toggle your view among current favorites, your feed and your photos. On each image, you select a person's avatar to see their profile, like the image by clicking on a heart or add a comment by clicking on the word bubble. You can save images by dragging them to iPhoto or saving through the drop-down menu.
Carousel features a number of keyboard shortcuts that expands usability of the app, but you can only view pictures, not upload them from your Mac. You also can't search for other Instagram users, photos or tags at this point, which is a drawback. You'll have to do this all from your iPhone. You also can't resize the window below a certain point, which means it takes up a good chunk of smaller screens such as on a MacBook Air.
But, Carousal does a brilliant job at displaying the best that Instagram has to offer. It reminds me that I've clearly don't use the app enough, and it's amazing to go through the popular feed and see the gorgeous photography people have shot using Instagram.
Carousel is US$4.99 through the Mac App Store or Mobelux's website. They also have a free 15-day trial through the website.
TUAW's Daily Mac App: Carousel originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Safari 5.1 Developer Preview for Mac and Windows seeded to developers
In addition to developer previews of iOS 5 and Lion, Apple has seeded the developer preview of Safari 5.1 to Mac and Windows developers. According to Apple's Developer website, Safari 5.1 Developer Preview takes "advantage of new technologies, including support for full-screen webpages, media caching with the HTML5 application cache, and better graphics acceleration on Windows."
Yesterday Apple previewed some new features for Safari in Lion including Reading List and Tap to Zoom. Devs can get their hands on these new features now with the latest build. The rest of us will have to wait until this July when Safari 5.1 will be released alongside Lion.
Safari 5.1 Developer Preview for Mac and Windows seeded to developers originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - OmniVision, Avago reported iPhone 5 parts suppliers
A rumor from Digitimes suggests Apple is tapping Omnivision for CMOS image sensors and Avago Technologies for power amplifiers (PA) to be used in the iPhone 5. Omnivision will be the main supplier for 8-megapixel camera sensors, with Sony picking up any slack. Avago will supply two-thirds of the PAs while long-time supplier TriQuint Semiconductor will supply the rest.
This is good news for the suppliers involved as they will likely see a boost in revenue due to the expected staggering demand for the iPhone 5. This is even better news for Apple fans as it suggests production of the iPhone 5 is moving along smoothly. Yes, it may be slower than some prefer, but it's possible Apple may still hit that rumored September target launch date.
OmniVision, Avago reported iPhone 5 parts suppliers originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Verizon iPhone not ready for iCloud sneak peek
When Apple announced iCloud yesterday, there was the usual excitement over a new Apple service, but said service wouldn't be rolling out until the fall. However, Apple also announced an iCloud sneak peek via iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4.3.3 which allows users to download past purchases and try out automatic downloads. Sadly though, Verizon iPhone users have been left out in the cold.
Verizon iPhones still run iOS 4.2.8, which isn't compatible with the iCloud preview. Apple hasn't publicly said why iOS on a Verizon iPhone lags behind iOS on an AT&T iPhone, but it does.
Do you have a Verizon iPhone? Not to worry. Though Apple hasn't made an official announcement, you can bet both companies are working to bring parity which should allow Verizon iPhone users to preview iCloud as well. The only question now is when Apple will release the compatible iOS update for Verizon users.
Verizon iPhone not ready for iCloud sneak peek originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple updates iBooks app with 'read aloud' feature
Apple has updated iBooks to version 1.3. According to the product description page, the update adds several new features and improvements including improved responsiveness and autoplay of video or audio in enhanced books. Plus, it addressesO an issue where some books displayed the same page twice. However, the big new feature of iBooks 1.3 is the ability for select children's books to be read aloud:
"Help your children learn to read with the new read-aloud feature included in select children's books from the iBookstore. The read-aloud feature uses a real narrator to read the book to you, and in some books, it will even highlight the words as you read along."
Do you hear that, parents? Now the iPad can rear your children so you can go ahead and give your TV some time off.
Apple updates iBooks app with 'read aloud' feature originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Windows XP users will be lost in the iCloud
It's a subtle change but an important one: Apple's published Windows system requirements for iCloud are a bit different than they are for MobileMe and the current version of iTunes. Per the company's press release:
Using iCloud with a PC requires Windows Vista or Windows 7; Outlook 2010 or 2007 is recommended for accessing contacts and calendars.
Emphasis mine. What's missing? Only the world's most popular operating system (still!), Windows XP. While iTunes 10.3 and MobileMe both include XP SP 2 in the support list, it looks like the next stop on the road to the cloud is a no-go for the older OS.
Considering that Apple's backwards-compatibility on iTunes 10.3 only goes back four years for its own operating system, it's kind of surprising that the ten-year-old XP has stayed on the short list for as long as it has. This shift, however, may mean that some PC users will search for alternatives to Apple's tools for iOS support (assuming that iTunes itself will move up to match the iCloud specification).
Are you running Windows XP on any machines you currently use with iTunes or MobileMe? If so, is the prospect of iCloud requiring Vista or Win7 keeping you up at night?
Windows XP users will be lost in the iCloud originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Will iMessage kill wireless carriers' SMS revenues?
In accordance with Betteridge's Law of Headlines, I believe the answer is a resounding "no."
The unusually virulent meme quickly spread around the Mac blogging world that iMessage will kill SMS as we know it and, going one stage further, to characterize iMessage as "an attack" on the carriers. John Gruber of Daring Fireball went so far as to say he would "cancel my SMS plan as soon as this ships."
But hold on there a second. Is it really that simple?
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Will iMessage kill wireless carriers' SMS revenues? originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - How to burn a Lion boot disc
Mac OS X Lion will debut in July and this handy set of instructions from Egg Freckles will let you create a boot disc for installation. OS X Lion will be distributed via the Mac App Store and you can download the installer files to your hard drive. Once you have the installer files, follow these steps to create your very own boot disc:
- Use Finder to locate the Mac OS X Lion installer, right-click and select "Show Package Contents"
- Find the SharedSupport folder and look for a file names "InstallESD.dmg". This is the Lion Boot Disc image.
- Copy the "InstallESD.dmg" file to another folder such as your desktop.
- Launch Disk Utility and click the burn button
- Select the "InstallESD.dmg" copy as the image to burn, insert a DVD, and in a few minutes you will have a brand new Lion Boot Disc.
These instructions won't do much for everyone right now since OS X Lion is still in the hands of the developers. Bookmark, Evernote or Instapaper this post for future use. You'll be glad you did when Lion rolls out next month.
How to burn a Lion boot disc originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Financial Times launches HTML5 web app
The Financial Times is turning towards HTML5 for its upcoming application (technically, a web app), in contrast to its older native iOS app. FT was not happy with the new subscription model offered by Apple, and was working with Apple to keep the revenue and demographic information from its 590,000 website subscribers. These negotiations must have been rocky as the Financial Times is now releasing a web-based application instead of a platform-specific application.
The UK-based business newspaper is looking to HTML5 to deliver its content to multiple platforms using a single app instead of multiple apps. Mobile chief Steve Pinches points to the convenience of developing one application using a single development environment.
Though it may be easier to deploy and make changes, the Financial Times faces the challenge of teaching people how to setup a homescreen shortcut to the app and how to use an app that runs in a web browser. Initial responses from our readers to the new FT web app are mixed (slow loading and poor responsiveness are the primary complaints).
Financial Times launches HTML5 web app originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Video of "PC-free" iOS 5 setup
One new feature in iOS 5 is PC Free setup, which lets you activate your iPhone without connecting it to your computer. You enter your Apple ID, configure the Cloud services including Find my iPhone and then finally activate your device right from the phone.
Even in this early release, the setup process works smoothly. You can see the activation from start to finish in this YouTube video provided by XcodeDev.
[hat tip MacRumors]
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Video of "PC-free" iOS 5 setup originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iOS 5 jailbroken already
iOS 5 has been jailbroken within 24 hours of its debut in the iOS dev center. According to iOS hacker MuscleNerd, the exploit uses limera1n and is a tethered boot on the iPod touch fourth generation at this time. Cydia installs fine and seems to work without issue. This achievement is good news for devs who are rocking iOS 5 and those looking forward to the release version of iOS which should land this fall.
[Via Redmond Pie]
iOS 5 jailbroken already originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Traveler's Quest
Traveler's Quest is an oldie but a goodie in the App Store -- it's a GPS-based treasure hunting map that will send you searching around your own area for virtual treasure with a game layer on top of it. It's simple to play and learn, but there's an addictive quality to hunting down and finding a certain location with your iPhone's GPS that will keep you playing while out and about, whether you're wandering around a vacation spot this summer or just exploring your own neighborhood.
The app just got updated to version 3.0 as well, and the new version adds a whole list of interface improvements, along with a "Message in a Bottle" feature (allowing you to leave virtual messages along with any treasure you happen to claim -- kind of like virtual geocaching, and very fun) and some new Game Center achievements to chase after. Great app -- Traveler's Quest is a free download on the App Store, with various features available for an extra in-app purchase price.
TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Traveler's Quest originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iTunes 10.3 is now live
iTunes 10.3 is now available for download through Apple's site. We haven't seen it appear in Software Update as of yet, but it should be there shortly.
iTunes 10.3 introduces iTunes in the Cloud beta with the music you purchase in iTunes appearing instantly on all your devices. You can also download past iTunes purchases, which was first enabled on iOS devices late Monday. The download is 74.02 MB.
iTunes 10.3 is now live originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Doing the Math: At $29.99, Mac OS X Lion was WWDC's most expensive product
Our own Dave Caolo pointed out something that took the rest of the TUAW team aback: at US$29.99, Mac OS X Lion was the most expensive product discussed at WWDC today. It's not as though the next version of the Mac's operating system had a lot of pricing competition at the keynote. iOS 5 will be a free upgrade to users with supported hardware, and iCloud's services -- which used to cost $99/year under MobileMe -- are all completely free. In fact, other than Lion itself, the only thing Apple announced at WWDC that costs anything at all was iTunes Match at $25 a year.
One of the major anti-Apple memes over the lifetime of the Mac has been that Apple's products are far more expensive than those of its competitors. While there are arguments both for and against that line of thinking for Macs and equivalently-configured PCs, the iPad's pricing compared to other tablets' blows that argument out of the water, and Apple's software prices undercut those of Windows by an astonishing margin, as demonstrated in the graphic above.
Windows 7 comes in a spread of flavors, while Mac OS X Lion comes in only two: the standard $29.99 user edition and an upgraded server edition that costs $50 more. Both will be downloads from the Mac App Store, and while there's no official word yet, based on a cursory reading of the current terms and conditions, it seems that both Lion and Lion Server Edition will be installable on up to 10 machines associated with a user's iTunes account.
So our graphic is wrong in one sense: while you could buy multiple copies of Lion for the same price as the equivalent Windows software, you don't actually have to. If anything, this makes Lion an even more economical prospect than Windows. Even if you want to make the argument that it'd take a Server Edition upgrade to put Lion's feature set on parity with Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (an assessment with which we'd politely disagree), Windows 7 is still only installable on one machine. Therefore, even with "Lion Server Edition" costing a total of $80, that's $80 for a 10-machine license under the current terms and conditions versus $220 to install Windows 7 Ultimate Edition on one.
Put another way: for the amount of money you'd pay for a single-machine license for Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, you could install Mac OS X Lion and its server tools on 20 machines and still have 60 bucks left over. If you're like us and you think Lion doesn't need the server tools to be on parity with Windows 7 Ultimate, you could install Lion on 70 machines and buy yourself a six-pack for the same price as one Windows 7 Ultimate license.
Apple charged $129 for Mac OS X Leopard and older iterations of its operating system, which were still considered bargains against the pricing of equivalent Windows packages. But Lion's incredibly low cost compared to that of Windows merely demonstrates what we've known all along: Apple is, at its heart, a hardware company. It makes money off of its hardware, but the only purpose of the software is to make the hardware sing. iTunes? Free. iCloud? Free. iOS? Free. Mac OS X? 30 bucks.
Microsoft, on the other hand, is primarily a software company dependent on hardware makers to run its software. Xbox 360 and some minor pilot projects aside, Microsoft makes an overwhelming majority of its money off licenses of Windows and Office editions. With that in mind, it's little wonder that Microsoft's software costs so much more... or that Apple is currently cleaning Microsoft's clock financially.
Doing the Math: At $29.99, Mac OS X Lion was WWDC's most expensive product originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - The iBookstore comes to iTunes
Apple has added the iBookstore to iTunes. The way it looks and works will be immediately familiar to anyone who's made an iTunes purchase. Featured books appear at the top along with a list of New and Notable releases and charts.
Several pre-orders are also available, as well as a large number of titles currently discounted to US$2.99.
I clicked to download a sample of Feathers by Thor Hanson and iTunes gave me the message, "Sample has been sent." I launched iBooks on my iPhone and presto! There it was. Next I grabbed the free Lonely Planet travel guide, which iTunes downloaded and added to Books; it also magically appeared in iBooks on my iPad or iPhone.
I've wondered if the iBookstore would ever be a part of iTunes. Now we know.
The iBookstore comes to iTunes originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - If Lion is your future, make sure Snow Leopard is your present
As we mentioned in our what Mac owners need to know after today's WWDC announcements roundup, Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) will be required for Lion.
If you are using Leopard (10.5) or less, you must first upgrade to Snow Leopard.
Amazon shows it backordered 2-5 weeks, (available from some third parties), but the online Apple Store has it for US$29 plus shipping. Note that if you are running a version of Mac OS X before 10.5, you should buy the $129 Mac Box Set ($99.99 at Amazon), which includes Snow Leopard, iLife '11 and iWork, but that is a legal/moral obligation, not a technical one. The Snow Leopard DVD will work on any supported Mac, regardless of which OS is installed on it (or even on a new drive).
Not sure what version you are running? Go to the Apple menu and select "About This Mac" and look in the window that appears (see image above). If it says anything starting with 10.6, you are running Snow Leopard. Anything less? Time to upgrade.
(If you are running Snow Leopard, make sure you are running at least version 10.6.6 and get the Mac App Store app!)
You may also want to make sure your Mac is compatible. Apple specifies "[y]our Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor to run Lion." That information is shown in the "Processor" line of the "About Mac" window, shown above.
If Lion is your future, make sure Snow Leopard is your present originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - If you install iOS 5, you can't go back... maybe (Updated)
Update: Some of our Twitter buddies have noted that you should be able to use the TinyUmbrella tool to kick out of the 'error 1' loop that results after restoring an iOS 5 iPhone back to 4.3.3, and proceed safely from there. Needless to say, your mileage may vary.
We knew the pre-release builds for iOS 5 would be issued to the developer community today, but AppleInsider warns that this comes with a caveat. Apple has apparently told testers of iOS 5 that any devices updated to that beta cannot be downgraded back to iOS 4. They will only be able to further upgrade their device and eventually install the final iOS 5 release.
This note was delivered to developers alongside the latest builds of iOS 5 (build 9A5220p), iTunes 10.5, Apple TV Software beta and the Xcode 4.2 Preview (build 4C104 for Snow Leopard and 4D5031b for Lion). Commenters on the AI forums note that this is not necessarily a new condition for iOS 5; as far back as iOS 3, downgrading was not officially supported.
For larger developers this should not be a major problem, but for smaller/indie devs that use their development devices as their primary or day-to-day devices... well, let's hope that beta 1 is stable enough for regular use.
If you install iOS 5, you can't go back... maybe (Updated) originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - What Mac owners need to know after today's WWDC announcements
With Mac OS X Lion coming in July and the free iCloud service coming in the fall, owning a Mac is about to get a whole lot more exciting. Today's WWDC keynote was full of announcements about the new services Lion and iCloud will offer, and whether you're a Mac newbie or an old hand, it's worth looking at a condensed list of what this means for the future of the Mac.
Mac OS X Lion
1. Lion will be available in July, and it only costs US$29.99 for all your devices. Quite a few people expected the next version of Mac OS X to be cheaper than the $129 Apple charged for the first five versions, but we were pleasantly shocked to see it being offered for the same price as the current version, Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Not only that, but your OS X Lion install is valid for any Mac you own, meaning "family versions," the more expensive multi-user OS X versions Apple used to offer, are now a thing of the past. That's largely because...
2. Lion will only be available through the Mac App Store. Apple has made it so you no longer need to buy a retail box with a disc containing the Mac OS X installer. This makes it so you can install Lion on any Mac associated with your iTunes account. There are some unaddressed questions about this process (more on that later), but one thing is certain: if Lion is only available via the Mac App Store, that means it's only available to Snow Leopard users. The Mac App Store isn't available on Mac OS X Leopard or earlier versions, so if you haven't updated to Snow Leopard yet, it looks like a Leopard-to-Lion upgrade will actually cost you about $60.
3. If you have a desktop Mac, now's a good time to go get a Magic Trackpad. Apple has gone full-tilt on integrating Multi-Touch gestures into Mac OS X. The company started integrating such gestures in early 2008, but Mac OS X Lion is making them an integral part of the OS. If you want to get the most out of Lion, and you have a Mac mini, iMac or a Mac Pro, you'll need a Magic Trackpad to take full advantage of features such as Mission Control. Meanwhile, almost all Mac notebooks manufactured after early 2008 should be able to use the new gestures.
4. Mac OS X is taking some design cues from iOS. Launchpad, a simplified-app launcher, should be familiar to anyone who's used an iPhone or iPad. Apps can run in full screen if you choose, emulating the "one thing at a time" nature of working on the iPad. Mail is getting a new dual-column layout, with conversation views identical to what we've had in iOS for some time now. Also similar to the way things work in iOS, apps will resume right where you left them when you reopen them. Speaking of which...
5. Saving and backing up files will be easier than ever. The way Apple's described it, you might never need to worry about losing an in-progess file again -- or manually saving it, for that matter. Taking another cue from the way things have worked on iOS, applications will now automatically save your work as you go. The new Versions feature will also keep track of different saved versions of your work, similar to the way Time Machine's worked for file backups since Mac OS X Leopard. With this feature, one of the decades-long bugbears of the computing world has been addressed at last; now, if an app or your computer crashes out, your work will always be safe.
iCloud
1. iCloud replaces MobileMe -- for free. If you were always eyeing up MobileMe's services but didn't want to shell out the $99/year Apple was asking for, worry no longer. Everything MobileMe used to do, iCloud will do for free, starting this fall.
2. iCloud wirelessly syncs data across all your devices. If you've got iOS devices or are a multi-Mac household, you'll find iCloud makes it easy to keep data synced from one device to another. This means you can keep your mail, calendar entries, and contacts synced across multiple devices, automatically and wirelessly. MobileMe has done this for years (and .Mac before it), but iCloud will do it free of charge, so there's no reason not to use it.
3. Photo Stream makes syncing recent photos manually a thing of the past. A thousand of your latest photos can be synced between devices immediately over iCloud. So if you take a photo on your iPhone or iPad 2, it'll show up on your Mac right away, without having to hook your devices together first. The latest 1,000 photos on your Mac can also be streamed to an iOS device over iCloud.
4. iTunes Music purchases now appear everywhere. Buy a song in the iTunes Store on your iPhone, and it shows up automatically on your Mac. Buy a song in iTunes on your Mac, and it shows up automatically on your iPhone. This is a feature people have been wanting for years now, and it's finally available.
Unanswered questions
1. How can you install Mac OS X Lion on a new, empty hard drive? If the only way to install Mac OS X Lion is by downloading it via the Mac App Store, it's going to be very difficult to put it on a brand-new hard drive unless Apple provides us with workarounds. Maybe you'll be able to burn your copy of Lion to disc after downloading it or install it on a USB drive. At any rate, I hope Apple gives us an answer to this besides "keep your Snow Leopard disc handy" or "use Target Disk Mode with another Mac," because both of those solutions are suboptimal, to put it lightly.
2. Will Lion be available on disk for institutional use (schools, corporations) or for users with poor internet access? Some of us at TUAW think Apple might still offer Lion on disc for institutional use at schools or businesses, but it's too early to tell if that's the case. As for individuals with poor internet access, you're probably out of luck; the writing has been on the wall for those users ever since Apple stopped bundling iTunes installation discs with iPods.
Mac OS X Lion will be available for download next month, and iCloud will debut in the fall. Put the two together, and the Mac becomes more powerful than ever before.
What Mac owners need to know after today's WWDC announcements originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - What iOS 5 owes to jailbreak developers
There are a lot of apps that will be replaced -- or at least have some very heavy competition -- from the new features in iOS 5. It's easy to look around the App Store and see developers that have been 'Sherlocked' by Apple's inclusion of their functionality in the core OS; Twitter clients in particular are going to have a hard road ahead, and no-frills reminder apps are pretty much done for.
That's not the same thing as the wholesale borrowing that Apple has done from the jailbreak community with this new version of the OS, especially in the new notifications tools. Obviously, since JB devs tend to focus on new interaction methods and other system-level tweaks that would be off-limits to App Store products, there are more and different ideas about how the iPhone and iPad should work being tried and implemented there. That makes it fertile ground for Apple to see what does and doesn't work, and cherrypick the best ideas for internal use.
That may not be cool, but it's certainly in character for Apple to leverage third-party innovation in OS development, both on the Mac and on iOS. Here are a few examples of some noteworthy 'flattery' from Apple's iOS team to the jailbreak developers who broke trail.
One of the main reasons people jailbreak is to get better notifications and a useful lock screen; both issues Apple has finally addressed in a very big way in iOS 5. A few of the popular lock screen apps are David Ashman's LockInfo and Intelliborn's IntelliScreen, and both resemble (if they didn't inspire) iOS 5's new lock screen. In terms of notifications, Apple's taken aim at a couple of favorite JB apps: Notified and the recent MobileNotifier.
iCloud syncing looks like a fantastic backup system, so much so that EvilPenguin already feels that its backup tool iBye is no longer necessary. In fact, James Emrich, the developer behind EvilPenguin told TUAW: "iBye was a backup/restore manager for content. Basically what iCloud does without auto backups."
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What iOS 5 owes to jailbreak developers originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Automatic Downloads now live for iOS devices
WWDC has just kicked off for 2011, but you can get a little bit of the Apple iCloud newness right now in the form of automatic Application, Music and Book downloads.
Launch Settings on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, scroll down to Store and wait for the new options to load (you'll need to be connected to the internet to see them). Once you've checked them, the next time you purchase or download an app, a music track or a book, it'll automatically be pushed out to any device you've activated Automatic Downloads on. Brilliant.
Be warned though, if you activate Automatic Downloads for one Apple ID on a device and then attempt to activate another Apple ID on the same device (US and UK iTunes accounts for instance), you'll get a pop-up notification saying:
This Device Is Already Associated With an Apple ID.
If you turn on Automatic Downloads with your Apple ID, you cannot auto-download or download past purchases with a different Apple ID for 90 days.
A screenshot of said warning is past the break. You have been warned.
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Переслать - iOS 5 beta 1 ready for download. Kind of.
Developers, get your [REDACTED] on.
iOS 5 beta 1 is now available for download from Apple's developer site. You must be a paid $99/year developer to gain access to this beta. Sign in with your dev credentials to gain access.
The beta is, as always, released under the terms of Apple's NDA. For that reason, exploration of new APIs and features is left as an exercise for the reader.
To access the new beta, you must sign an updated developer agreement. The site is a bit glitchy right now so be patient.
Happy developing everyone!
iOS 5 beta 1 ready for download. Kind of. originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iOS iTunes, App Store apps silently updated to add Purchased button (Updated)
While everybody was gawking at the news coming in from the WWDC 2011 Stevenote today, Apple silently slipped in an update to the iOS iTunes and App Store apps. The update, which was made on Apple's servers, adds a feature that was described in the keynote -- the Purchased button.
As you can see in the screenshot at right, looking at Updates in the App Store app now displays a Purchased button. Tap on it, and you see a list (below) of every app you've purchased. There's a tab displaying all purchased apps, and another showing just those that have been purchased but are not currently installed on the iOS device.
The apps that you've purchased and haven't installed (or that you've removed) display a little cloud button with a downward-pointing arrow, indicating that you can tap that button to install the app on your device.
For iTunes, the Purchased button is located in the bottom toolbar (see below). A tap displays all songs that you have purchased, recent purchases, and then an alphabetical list of every song purchased by artist. When you find a song or album that you own, but that isn't currently on your iOS device, a tap on the cloud icon downloads it immediately.
The change isn't immediately noticeable to the user who only occasionally visits these apps, but it is going to be very useful for owners of iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches who might need to remove apps or music to gain storage space, and then want to reload their content.
Update: One more little detail. When you're in iTunes and music that you've purchased is being downloaded, there's a small red indicator that appears down in the bottom right of the toolbar (below) and counts down as the songs appear. Cool!
iOS iTunes, App Store apps silently updated to add Purchased button (Updated) originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Seven things iPhone users should know about today's announcment
Short of time? Intimidated by a huge sprawl of WWDC news? Here are the most important things for iPhone users to know about what changes we'll be seeing in the fall when iOS 5 is available for our phones.
1. iCloud
Probably the biggest change to how we'll use our iOS devices going forward, iCloud is the glue that binds it all together. It has a number of big features of its own: buy music on your iPhone and copies of the same songs will appear on your Mac and iPad, for example. Work on a Pages document on your Mac, and the same file will be available on the iPhone. iCloud also shows a simple list of all the apps and music you've purchased, so you can easily re-download things you've already bought but deleted.
iCloud also plays an important supporting role in many of the other features iOS 5 brings to the table -- I'll highlight them as we go through the following sections.
2. PC free
No more cables! With iOS 5, your iPhone will be able to sync your iTunes content over your Wi-Fi network and download new iOS updates on its own without having to connect it to iTunes first. Plus, iCloud will automatically back up important content on your iPhone -- such as game saves and photos -- once per day. When you get a new phone, a quick sign-in with your iTunes account will have it automatically downloading the last backup. Now, more than ever, the iPhone can claim to be a post-PC device.
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Seven things iPhone users should know about today's announcment originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Lion requirements: 64-bit CPU, 2 GB of RAM
As expected, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will require an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (or better, such as the i3/5/7 series or Xeon chips) and 2 GB of RAM for a compliant install when it ships this summer. This is consistent with the requirements from earlier builds of the OS.
Judging by our Twitter inquiries, however, there is a good bit of confusion over the difference between "Core 2 Duo" (which is supported) and "Core Duo" (which is not). Here's the simple rule: Did you purchase your Mac (new) after December
20072006? It's probably OK for Lion, although it might need more RAM.Core 2 Duo processors have been used in the Mac line since late 2006, and powered most consumer Macs prior to the introduction of the Core 'i' MacBook Pro models last year (except for the Xeon and successor CPUs in the Mac Pro and XServe). Core Duo and Core Solo chips, on the other hand, were only used in the first-generation Intel Macs (MacBook/MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac mini), and were not used at all after 2006. Even the low-power first generation MacBook Air from 2008 used a Core 2 Duo, and all MacBook Air models shipped with at least 2 GB of RAM.
Hope that helps! We'll have more details on "what Mac owners need to know about Lion" later today.
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Переслать - Lion Server to be a $50 download from Mac App Store
In the past, if you wanted to set up a Mac OS X-based server, you bought a separate DVD with an expensive license. In the case of Snow Leopard Server, that license was $499 for an unlimited number of users. Now, it appears that Lion Server is going to be a $49.99 set of apps that you'll purchase through the Mac App Store. This is a bit different from what we heard back in February, when Apple's PR department was touting that Lion Server would be bundled for free with every copy of Lion.
For those who are currently running the latest version of Mac OS X Server 10.6, updating will be as simple as visiting the Mac App Store once Lion ships in July, then clicking a few times to buy, download, and install the new server OS on your Mac. Your Mac must run an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processor to run Lion or the server apps, so that old original Core Duo Mac mini won't be able to be upgraded.
What does the server app set add to Lion?
o. A Server App for setting up user accounts, creating groups, checking usage, and managing AirPort devices. There's no word on whether that $50 buys you an unlimited license, but that seems likely as Apple hasn't stated otherwise.
o. A Profile Manager to set up and remotely manage Lion workstations and iOS devices.
o. Wireless File Sharing for iPad
o. Push notifications
o. Wiki Server 3, iCal Server 3, Mail Server 3
o. Xsan
Directory services don't seem to be headlined on the Apple page, but I'm sure we'll see more details as Lion gets even closer to release next month. With Lion Server, Apple is making server software easily accessible for anyone, without the huge licensing fees seen in the Windows world.
Lion Server to be a $50 download from Mac App Store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Full keynote & iOS 5 preview videos for your enjoyment
In a rapid turnaround, Apple's posted the link for QuickTime streaming of the entire WWDC keynote. Watch and enjoy!
If you've got "Greg Joswiak" and "Scott Forstall" written on the inside of your locker, you'll also be thrilled to know that Apple's software mavens are hosting the video overview of iOS 5, covering most of the features announced today.
What looks good to you? Personally I'm looking forward to the new notifications UI, location-based reminders (never forget the milk ever again) and system-level Twitter integration. Oh, and AirPlay Mirroring for the iPad. Mmm.
Full keynote & iOS 5 preview videos for your enjoyment originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - MobileMe stays live through June 30, 2012
Apple's new iCloud service is a full, free replacement for MobileMe. But iCloud won't officially launch until iOS 5 debuts this fall. What does that mean for existing MobileMe subscribers?
Not long ago we advised our readers not to pay for a MobileMe upgrade if their accounts were about to expire. Not to brag or anything, but it looks like that was some pretty sweet advice. Current MobileMe subscribers have had their accounts extended until June 30, 2012, over a full year of additional service. Apple isn't accepting new MobileMe subscriptions right now, and you're also unable to upgrade your current subscription to a Family Pack or purchase additional storage. If you already have a Family Pack, however, you are still able to create new family member accounts.
If you took our advice and didn't pay to upgrade your account, you should have had full access restored by now. My MobileMe Family Account technically expired in the last week of May, but none of my services were ever restricted, and I've also been granted the same additional year of service as subscribers in good standing.
If you didn't listen to our advice (or didn't hear about it) and recently upgraded your MobileMe account, you can contact Apple for a refund. The refund terms sound a bit ornery, though; Apple only specifically mentions refunds being offered if you have a MobileMe box with an unused activation code. On the other hand, if you paid for an upgrade or started a new account within the past couple of weeks, if you plead your case to Apple (nicely), there's a pretty good chance the company will give you at least a partial refund.
MobileMe was down for about an hour this morning for some people (myself included), but the service is back up and running now. MobileMe's replacement, iCloud, will go live later this year, and unlike the US$99/year MobileMe service, iCloud will be free.MobileMe stays live through June 30, 2012 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Walmart selling 16 GB iPhone 4 for $147 until June 30
Beginning today and running until June 30, select US Walmart stores are offering the 16 GB iPhone 4 for only US$147 -- a $52 discount over the regular price. The sale applies to both white and black 16 GB iPhone 4s with 2-year contract through Verzion or AT&T. While Apple didn't introduce new iPhone hardware at WWDC today, it is expected to introduce the new iPhone by the fall. Still, for those of you who want an iPhone, it's hard to pass up a 25% discount on the latest model.
For now, both the white and black 16 GB iPhone 4s are still listed at their usual price of $197 in Walmart's online store. However, they are also listed as "Out of Stock Online." If you want one of the discounted iPhone 4s, it looks like you'll have to go to your local Walmart and see if it is offering the sale. Walmart didn't announce how many stores would be selling the $147 iPhone 4, nor did it say how much stock each store would have.
Walmart selling 16 GB iPhone 4 for $147 until June 30 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple site updated with exciting news from the WWDC keynote
The Apple website has been updated to show all of the wonderful new features that we'll be seeing in the next few months. iOS 5 "in the fall," Mac OS X 10.7 Lion "in July," and iCloud "concurrently with iOS 5."
Each of the major images on the home page points to a new landing page. For iCloud, you see a full explanation of the service and how it's going to rock your world. The Mac OS X 10.7 Lion page touts the $29.99 price tag for all of the computers in your house, while the iOS 5 page describes all of the new features.
It's worth browsing these pages to pick up details. What's your favorite feature so far? Tell us in the comments.
Apple site updated with exciting news from the WWDC keynote originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple unveils iTunes Match for $25 per year
Apple introduced its iTunes in the Cloud solution, which lets users access their iTunes music purchases in the cloud and share them among devices. That's all well and great, but what happens when you have a song that you ripped and did not buy from iTunes?
Thanks to the new iTunes Match service, you can scan and match the songs on your computer. If a match in iTunes is found, the cloud service will automatically add it to your library. It does not upload the song, it just pulls it from the online library of iTunes music. If iTunes cannot find a match, you can upload the song manually. All songs are upgraded to 256kbps AAC DRM-free as part of this process.
The service will cost $24.99 per year and will require iOS 5 on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch (3rd and 4th generation), iPad, iPad 2, a Mac with OS X Lion or a PC with Windows Vista or 7. Uploads are limited to 25,000 songs, but iTunes purchases do not count against this limit.
Apple unveils iTunes Match for $25 per year originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iTunes moves to the iCloud, re-download of purchases now possible
Apple announced iCloud today at WWDC and with it the ability to re-download your previously purchased music. Re-downloading of 256 Kbps AAC tracks is now possible for the first time from iTunes, meaning that you can purchase your music once and download it to every device you own (up to 10 devices total), without any additional charge. Like apps and books, music also doesn't count against your 5 GB iCloud storage space.
You simply search through your purchased music in iTunes and hit that cute little cloud icon to initiate the download.
What's more, Apple has included Automatic Downloads for iOS in the mix, meaning that free and purchased music will be automatically pushed to any device you have connected to the Internet. Buy it on your iPhone and have it pushed to your iPad. Simple.
We'll be going in-depth into the new iTunes Match subscription service in a few minutes.
iTunes moves to the iCloud, re-download of purchases now possible originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Photo Stream brings new power to your camera roll
It's not just documents and apps that will be using iCloud. Apple has just announced Photo Stream, which will sync the camera roll on your iPhone or iPad to the cloud, then keep your other devices updated, including your Macs, using iPhoto or even a PC where your photos and videos will show up in the pictures folder.
Of course, Apple TV 2 will support Photo Stream as well. Your last 1,000 pictures will be stored in the cloud, but only for 30 days. Apple doesn't intend to replace all your local storage, but instead, provide a robust syncing service.
So take a photo on your phone. In an instant, it is on your iPad, in your iPhoto library and available for big screen display on your Apple TV connected set. Go on vacation, and your pictures will be home before you are. Apple is talking about Wi-Fi, so no word on if the service works over 3G.
Photo Stream brings new power to your camera roll originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iWork gets SaaS-y with Documents in the Cloud
Apple detailed its cloud service and released some new features that begin to rival Google Docs and Microsoft 365. Say hello to Apple's new Documents in the Cloud feature that lets you sync documents in the cloud and share them across devices.
If you are editing on the iPad, you can save the doc to the cloud and open it on the iPhone. It will even remember the slide or page that you were working on. It's compatible with Pages, Numbers and Keynote and is already available in the versions Apple just released last week.
Documents in the Cloud will work across iOS devices and Macs/PCs. Apple will also release a set of APIs for developers so that third-party developers can use this cloud storage system. The only thing missing is a web interface for editing, which Apple did not mention in its WWDC presentation.
iWork gets SaaS-y with Documents in the Cloud originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - New iOS 5 features beyond the top ten
While Apple demoed ten huge new iOS 5 features at WWDC earlier today, it also mentioned several more in passing that are worth looking at. By far the biggest deal is Wi-Fi syncing to iTunes -- you no longer have to plug your iPhone or iPad into your Mac to sync your content. The iPad can now wirelessly mirror all of its onscreen content over AirPlay, and it's also getting some new multitasking gestures.
Some other new iOS 5 features that only got mentioned on a single Keynote slide:
Set tones for voicemail, mail and calendar alerts (no mention of SMS tones, unfortunately).
- New iPad music app
- Smart Playlist sync from iTunes
- Option to speak text selection
- iTunes Tone Store
- Built-in dictionary
- Emoji emoticons
- Personal dictionary
- Alternate routes in Maps
- Improved FaceTime video quality
These are just some of the more than 200 features Apple says are coming in iOS 5, which is expected this fall.
New iOS 5 features beyond the top ten originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iCloud named as successor to MobileMe, will be free service
Steve Jobs unveiled the new iCloud service at WWDC today. iCloud stores a user's content in the cloud and wirelessly pushes that content to all devices. The services will be free with no ads and be completely integrated with the apps found in MobileMe -- and they've all been rewritten from the ground up. Contacts and calendars that are created or modified on one device are pushed to the cloud, and the changes propagate on all other devices instantly. Calendars have also had sharing features added so that you can send them to friends or coworkers.
iCloud also allows users to propagate app and iBooks purchases across devices. Purchase an iBook on your iPad, tap the new iCloud button, and the same book will be downloaded on your iPhone, for example. iCloud also features deep backup sets and automatically performs daily backups over Wi-Fi. Backups include music, books, apps, camera roll, device settings and app data.
iCloud also features an app called "Documents." When you create a new document in Pages, Keynote or Numbers, that document is automatically pushed to all the devices the user has Pages, Keynote or Numbers on. The iCloud Documents APIs will be made available to developers so that they can build the feature into their apps.
Another new feature: in the Photos iOS app there is a new album called Photo Stream, which allows any photos taken on any devices to be pushed to your other devices automatically. The last 1,000 photos will be stored on the cloud for 30 days and then be deleted from the cloud. In that time, you have the option of permanently saving any of those photos to any device you own. Finally, Apple has extended iCloud capabilities to iTunes. You can re-download (for free) any song you have previously purchased in iTunes on up to 10 devices that you own.
"We're making it free, and we're very excited about it. So that's iCloud. It stores your content and pushes it to all of your devices, and it's integrated with all your apps," Steve Jobs told the packed theater at WWDC.
iCloud named as successor to MobileMe, will be free service originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple announces Game Center changes at WWDC
iOS 5 will introduce a number of exciting changes to Game Center, including profile photos, game discovery (and purchasing), achievement points and more. Here's a brief look at what's new.
Apple's 50 million Game Center customers (!) will find achievements supplemented with points. The bragging rights are nice, but why not out-score your friends on the achievement board and the battlefield?
Speaking of friends, you'll see the people your friends are following (Apple calls them "friends of friends") and even receive friend recommendations, though we're not sure how that'll work. Plus, everyone gets to add a pretty profile picture to their account.
You'll also find game recommendations and an opportunity to buy games right from within Game Center. It looks like fun, and we'll see it in action soon enough. Get ready, gamers!
Apple announces Game Center changes at WWDC originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - NewsStand built into iOS 5
iOS 5 adds NewsStand, which is going to be huge for readers and publishers. Demoed at WWDC today, NewsStand looks just like the iBooks app, but this is for magazines and daily papers.
Working a bit like the Kindle magazine system, NewsStand will update your magazines when they are published without any fiddling around by users. Magazines can be read offline, and Apple has apparently signed up a boat load of magazines and newspapers.
The whole newspaper and magazine feature of iOS got off to a bit of a rocky start, with publishers not too happy about the Apple rules. It isn't clear if the rules have changed, but having the majority of your daily reading available in one place with auto downloads is a big step forward.
NewsStand built into iOS 5 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple touts impressive iOS numbers at WWDC
Scott Forestall took the stage during this morning's WWDC keynote address to share some extremely impressive numbers regarding iOS and the App Store.
For starters, get this: Apple has sold over 200 million iOS devices. If you think that's impressive, hold on to your hats, as it's only the beginning.
Forestall claimed that that huge number makes iOS the number one mobile operating system with more than 44% of the market.
How about that iPad 2? Apple sold 15 million in the first 14 months of availability. Also, Apple is now the number one retailer in the world and has seen over 130 million books downloaded for the iBookstore. Want some more numbers?
- There are 425,000 apps on the App Store; 90,000 iPad apps
- 14 billion apps have been downloaded by Apple customers
- Apple has paid out $2.5 billion to developers
- There are 225 million iTunes accounts with credit cards
That's amazing. We'd wish Apple luck in the future, but we're not sure it'll need it.
Apple touts impressive iOS numbers at WWDC originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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