By Gilbert Falso :: 1:00 PM
Ed. Note – This article will be updated as news is announced from the 2011 Apple WWDC Keynote. The most recent news/announcements will be at the top of the article – scroll down to view the entire Keynote history. We will NOT be auto-refreshing the page for you, so you’ll need to do that on your own.
(All times below will be California, WWDC local time)
11:59 AM – Jobs winds things down – event is over. No new hardware announced.
11:58 AM – Third data center built to handle new demand from these services
11:57 AM – Comparing pricing to other services, namely Amazon and Google. For $24.99 of iTunes Match, it would cost $200 via Amazon’s service.
11:57 AM – Matched songs are upgraded to 256Kbps AAC, no DRM
11:56 AM – iTunes Match priced at $24.99/year
11:55 AM – On iTunes Match music, “We give that music the same benefits as music purchased in iTunes”
11:54 AM – iTunes Match: will scan your music files (non iTunes purchased) and match it up with songs in the store.
11:53 AM – iTunes in the Cloud will run on iOS 4.3 beta
11:51 AM – Will be set up by default on all iOS 5 devices
11:50 AM – iCloud is free, “stores your content and pushes it to all of your devices, and it’s integrated with all your apps”
11:46 AM – “Anything I’ve bought I can now download to any of my devices at no additional charge. This is the first time we’ve seen this in the music industry – no charge for multiple downloads to different devices”
11:45 AM – iTunes and the cloud
11:43 AM – Showing Lightning McQueen from Cars 2 as part of a demo
11:40 AM – Photos are stored in the cloud for 30 days, unless moved into an album
11:39 AM – Photos taken on any devices are pushed to the cloud and then to other devices automatically
11:38 AM – Cloud support for photos
11:37 AM – “I stick the phone in my pocket and I forget about it. When I get home, pick up the iPad and fire up Pages, and the document thumbnail has already been updated.”
11:35 AM – Keynote prompts you to look on iCloud first
11:33 AM – Keynote Demo
11:29 AM – Buy app once, it propagates everywhere
11:28 AM – Some aspects of iCloud now free
11:27 AM – MobileMe now ceases to exist
11:25 AM – Change something once, like a contact, it is changed everywhere
11:24 AM – MobileMe apps have been completely rewritten to support iCloud
11:23 AM – “iCloud stores your content in the cloud and wirelessly pushes it to all your devices. Automatically uploads it, stores it, and pushes it”
11:21 AM – Steve Jobs back on the stage to announce iCloud
11:20 AM – This new version will be available in the fall
11:18 AM – Ability to synch iTunes library over WiFi now
11:17 AM – Works over both WiFi and 3G
11:17 AM – Typing notification – see when your recipient is responding to you
11:16 AM – Cross device support lets you start conversation on one device and then switch to another
11:16 AM – Supports iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Send text messages, photos, videos
11:15 AM – Next feature, iMessage – inclusion for iPad and iPod users now
11:14 AM – Ability to purchase and download games directly from Game Center, and has a social feel – able to see what friends are playing, view their high scores
11:12 AM – “Most popular gaming platform on the planet. More than 100,000 game and entertainment titles in the App Store”
11:12 AM – Next feature, Game Center
11:10 AM – Software updates will now be done OTA, and will only be the Delta – no big unnecessary downloads on a capped data plan
11:09 AM – New feature – no computer needed. Will not need to connect to a PC for setup
11:08 AM – Keyboard can be split in two, to make typing on iPad easier with your thumbs
11:08 AM – New feature – split keyboard
11:07 AM – Built-in dictionary available as a service across iOS. “All apps from the App Store can use”
11:06 AM – Rich-text formatting, indentation control, and draggable addresses from To: to Cc: or Bcc: fields
11:05 AM – Next update, Mail
11:04 AM – Pinch-to-zoom and tap on a part of the photo will optimize exposure settings to for that portion of the image
11:04 AM – Volume-up button can now be used to take pictures
11:03 AM – Camera button now on lock screen
11:03 AM – Next feature, Camera updates
11:02 AM – Reminders will synch cross-device and work with iCal
11:02 AM – Can set up a geofence to trigger a reminder.
11:00 AM – Create and store lists of things, assign a reminder to dates, and assign a location
10:59 AM – Next feature, Reminders
10:58 AM – Also seeing Twitter integration with Safari
10:57 AM – Tabs introduced to switch between Safari windows now
10:56 AM – Share pages marked on Reading list across devices
10:55 AM – Reading list – a way to read pages later
10:53 AM – Next new feature – Safari
10:51 AM – Twitter integration is now built into apps like Camera and Photos
10:51 AM – “We want to make it easier for all our customers to use Twitter on their iOS products”
10:51 AM – Next feature – Twitter
10:50 AM – Purchase publications, and they’re automatically downloaded and placed on Newsstand. It’s integrated with the home screen
10:49 AM – Many well-known magazine names on the screen
10:48 AM – Next new feature – Newsstand
10:47 AM – Notifications also available and accessible from the lock screen
10:46 AM – New Notification Center aggregates all notifications, and can be accessed by swiping down from the top, similar to an Android device
10:45 AM – New features in iOS 5 – first up, Notifications
10:43 AM – More iOS stats: 15 billion songs have been sold through the iTunes Music Store, top music retailer – iBookstore has sold 130 million book downloads – 90,000 apps specifically created for the iPad – Apple has paid out more than $2.5 billion to app developers
10:42 AM – More than 25 million iPads sold since original launch. “We have created a whole new category of device with the iPad.”
10:42 AM – iOS is top mobile operating system, with more than 44% of market share
10:41 AM – 200 million iOS devices sold to date.
10:40 AM – Moving on to iOS portion of presentation
10:39 AM – Can install Lion on all your authorized Macs for one price.
10:38 AM – Lion download is 4GB, and will cost only $29.99 – to be available sometime in July.
10:36 AM – No more CDs/DVDs, physical media. Lion is ONLY AVAILABLE via the APP STORE. Billing it as “easiest upgrade ever”
10:35 AM- More new things in Lion include, a Windows migration assistant, FileVault 2, FaceTime built in, Lion Server add-on
10:34 AM – Looks like some updated search features coming to Mail.
10:33 AM – Mail adds a conversation view option, like Gmail, showing all messages inline.
10:32 AM – The new Mail design offers multi-column view, mimics the iPad Mail app.
10:31 AM – Mail is all new for Lion
10:30 AM – Air Drop is a type of peer-to-peer file sharing application. View users who are also running, and drop the file onto them – will transfer instantly.
10:29 AM – New feature – Air Drop
10:27 AM – Demo of new Resume feature with Pages – shows that even highlighted text stays highlighted when you close and reopen the app.
10:25 AM – Auto save creates a type of versioning system – always have a complete document history
10:22 AM – New feature – Auto Save
10:21 AM – Everything in the app, all settings, are exactly as you left them when you last closed it.
10:20 AM – New feature, Resume. When you launch an application, it can bring you back to where you left off
10:18 AM – Mac App Store is the top way people buy PC software. Ahead of bricks-and-mortar staples like Best Buy, Walmart, and Office Depot
10:17 AM – Moving on to the Mac App store, it is the, “best place to purchase and discover new Mac desktop applications.”
10:14 AM – Some kind of face recognition and tracking now in Photo Booth
10:14 AM – Much demo of Mission Control – showing how things move with gestures, maximizing, previewing, etc.
10:11 AM – Mission Control shows all running apps and the documents you have open
10:11 AM – New feature – Mission Control
10:10 AM – Possible to swipe between apps, get back to the desktop
10:09 AM – Full screen apps, developers will be able to make their apps run in full-screen mode easier
10:09 AM – No more scrollbars – they are gone if you are using gestures
10:08 AM – Displaying gestures very similar to those used in iOS
10:08 AM – Multi-touch gesture support in hardware and OS
10:07 AM – 250 new features in OSX Lion, only time to go over 10 of them in Keynote.
10:07 AM – 75% of Mac sales are notebooks
10:06 AM – Year-over-year, PC use has shrunk 1%, and Mac use has grown 28%,
10:05 AM – “We now have over 54 million Mac users around the world.”
10:05 AM – Phil Schiller takes the stage to demo Mac OSX Lion.
10:02 AM – Event attendance noted at 5,200.
10:01 AM – Steve Jobs takes the stage – he is in his signature black turtleneck. What, you were expecting a hoodie?
9:58 AM – Attendees asked to turn off cellphones, PDAs, etc.
By Gilbert Falso :: 12:09 PM
Less than an hour to go to showtime for the WWDC 2011 Keynote. Here’s what you’ll probably see there, based on rumors, statements, and various tea leaf reading. Don’t forget, we’ll be covering the Keynote live!
1) Mac OSX Lion might be available for purchase as early as next week via the Apple Store and, possibly, the Mac App Store.
2) iOS 5 may have:
- Voice recognition capabilities
- Changes to the way notifications are handled
- Widgets
3) iCloud announcement. This is all but a given. Apple apparently has all four major U.S. labels on board to allow you to stream to any device via the Internet.
4) New iPhone? Probably not, but with Apple, never say never.
By John Rossi :: 11:09 AM
The Oxford Dictionaries Online have added the words ZOMG (oh my God), permalink, NSFW (not safe for work), Twittersphere and unfollow to their listings because of their prevalence in online culture.
The list of words added in the latest round was not exclusively focused on social media or technology, as other popular terms such as man cave and bridezilla were also been given a place in the reference.
A statement on Oxford’s website read, “the world of computers and social networking continues to be a major influence on the English language.â€
Here is a complete list of words recently added.
By John Rossi :: 11:50 AM
The French government has banned the names of two of the world’s most popular social networking sites, Twitter and Facebook, from being spoken on television or radio, unless they are a part of a broadcast news story.
France’s Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA), explained the ban with the following statement:
“Why give preference to Facebook, which is worth billions of dollars, when there are many other social networks that are struggling for recognition. This would be a distortion of competition. If we allow Facebook and Twitter to be cited on air, it’s opening a Pandora’s Box – other social networks will complain to us saying, ‘why not us?'”
The ban is rooted in a 1992 decree that says mentioning services by name is considered an act of advertising. Therefore, using the terms ‘Twitter’ and ‘Facebook’ creates a situation of preferential treatment.
By Gilbert Falso :: 11:39 AM
Lawmakers in California again rejected an Internet privacy bill after heavy lobbying from Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites that objected to more government regulations.
SB242 fell two votes short of the majority needed on Thursday. The bill, which would have required websites to set personal information to private by default, also failed a week earlier.
Senate Democrat Ellen Corbett had argued the bill was needed as protection against identity theft and to give parents better control over their children’s information online.
In a statement released yesterday, Corbett said, “I feel terrible for children, their parents and the many others who are at risk of being victims of identity theft or other criminal activity because their private information falls into the wrong hands. It is clear to me that everyone, and especially children, who use social networking sites needs their personal information better protected.”
Under the terms of the bill, sites who failed to respond to a user’s information removal request within 96 hours would have faced a $10,000 fine. Corbett said Thursday that she would be open to dropping that fine to $1,000.
The bill was rejected 19-17.