From: Guardianlv
Apple held the World Wide Developers
Conference (WWDC) keynote this morning and the speculated announcements
of the iPhone 6, iWatch, and updated Apple TV were missing. Apple
instead focused on the followup to OS X Mavericks and iOS 7. Dissertation writing services. One tease
to the audience was a speakerphone call to the company’s newest
employee, Dr. Dre, however no mention of Beats Electronics of Beats
Music was made. OS X Yosemite took the stage first for Apple.
The
followup OS to Mavericks will be available for free in the fall of 2014.
At first look Yosemite appeared to be just a refined Mavericks release.
However, as the keynote went on, it was apparent that there was more
under the hood of Yosemite and more features added to the OS or improved
upon. Notifications Center was revamped to offer more customization to
give users a better view of the day ahead. The Spotlight tool received a
total redesign that appears to become a much better tool for searching a
user’s computer, email, web and more. Both Mail and Safari received
some interesting updates that could potentially sway users away from
third party applications.
The major news from Apple with Yosemite was
the more inclusive tie in to iOS. Users will find a new ability to
answer a call to an iPhone from a Mac desktop or MacBook computer. When a
user’s iPhone rings, a notification pops up on the desktop of the Mac,
showing caller ID and allows the option to answer right from the
desktop, even if the iPhone is in a pocket, across the room charging, or
elsewhere nearby. Searches done in Contacts or on the web can give
users the ability to call from the computer connected to an iPhone to
the phone number selected. No need to jot the number down on a piece of
paper anymore. The anticipation was growing with near 6,000 developers
in attendance as the keynote switched from Yosemite to iOS 8.
Speculation going into the WWDC keynote was that Apple would reveal the
new iPhone 6 and possibly the iWatch. The iPhone maker showed off a
number of refinements to the newest iOS, bringing in some of the same
updates to Safari and Mail that OS X Yosemite offered.
One interesting
addition to iOS 8 may be the ability to also answer the iPhone with the
iPad in a similar way to answering in Yosemite. As the basic
introduction of iOS 8 shifted to applications, no word was made on new
devices. Next up for Apple was the HealthKit app. The rumored Healthbook
iOS application ended up being much more inclusive for users than
anticipated. The rumors around the app were accurate leading up to the
keynote, offering the collection of users vitals, daily exercise, and a
tease of a digital wearable kept hope alive for a larger announcement
that may come. The app went beyond the rumors with the announcement that
users will have the option to share the data collected to doctors.
A
number of different health care providers have already signed on with
HealthKit. This will give healthcare providers the ability to use
patients HealthKit data to provide more precise care. Along the
introduction of HealthKit, Apple revealed HomeKit that allows control
the electronic devices in users home with the iPhone and iPad. As the
keynote moved into the next section, those hoping for Kobe Bryant to
walk out on stage sporting a new iWatch were instead taken to a iOS
application development talk. Information on new app design programs
that are now available to developers led to the end of the iOS
introduction and ended the WWDC keynote. No new Apple TV, no iPhone 6
and no iWatch. The keynote was directed at software only, leaving
speculation open for when Apple will announce new hardware.
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