Apple’s WWDC 2014 Keynote
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iOS 8 – 3rd parties can use TouchID – cannot gain access to your personal security info though
iOS 8 – you can install 3rd party keyboards if you do not like Apple’s new one
iOS 8 Apple allowing developers to build widgets and extensions – new photo app will allow 3rd party filters
TestFlight beta incorporated into iOS 8 – making beta testing easier for developers
iOS 8 explore tab, trending searches, editors choice logo and app bundles from the App Stor
New Siri features – Shazam built-in
First 5GB iCloud storage free, 20 GB $1, 200 GB available for $4
New iPhoto – light adjustment – brightness, contrast, granular levelling options – simultaneously
New iPhoto gives full access to all your images in iCloud on any device. Editing tools also improved, colour correct, auto straighten
iPhoto improved! syncs all your photos across all your devices, provides smart suggestions
New HealthKit – works ith 3rd party apps – gives control over your information – Apple working with fitness info and the Mayo clinic – drs get real time info with patients
iOS 8 expanded password protection –
iCloud Drive – allows you to work with a single version of a document on all devices – yes even Windows machines
iOS 8 – Group messaging improvements – name threads, add & remove people, share location thread. iMessage – tap to talk feature
iOS 8 new keyboard layout – Quicktype – context sensitive – makes suggestions on how you speak to that specific person!
iOS 8 new keyboard layout – Quicktype – context sensitive
Spotlight makes suggestions, directions, news, apps from app store, films at cinemas and films to purchase/stream too.
Mail on iOS 8 – tag and dismiss emails, swipe them to the left hand rail message list
Home button double-tap to view your favourite contacts – they are all in circles – very much like Facbook.
Double tap on screen allows you to view your contacts, view tabs, left rail for bookmarks.
iOS 8 – iOS 8 new features – interactive notifications – iOS 8 new features – interactive notifications – pops up at top of your screen, pull down to respond
Apple sold 100 million iPod Touches, 200 million iPads and over 500 million iPhones
OS X Yosemite available to developers today and free to everyone else in the fall/autumn
Receive and make calls from your Mac or iPhone – new feature
If Mac without WiFi – it will give you the option to link to your iPhone in your list of networks – easy tethering.
Hands off new feature in OS X Yosemite – various devices aware of each other, email composed on iPhone will populate an icon to your Mac
New AirDrop in OS X Yosemite works between iOS and Mac
New features in mail allow you to add in markup – e.g. Skitch, plus zoom into specific sections of images before sending
Apparently you can obtain two more hours of battery life when watching video with OS Yosemite Safari – standards compliant
OS X Yosemite Safari now standards compliant – does not require plugins to play video.
OS X Yosemite Safari – faves bar not visible by default – faves pop up when you click on address bar. Delivers RSS feeds in sidebar, sharing
New mail in OS X Yosemite faster message fetching, reliable synching – new Mail Drop feature email 5GB docs. Separates files from email – puts into iCloud, forwards a link to the file along with the email.
iCloud Drive – all your iCloud drive files availabe in folders from Finder now – auto-synched across devices, all searchable and taggable.
New Spotlight on OS X Yosemite very similar to Google functionality
Revamped OS X Yosemite – notification centre refresh – tabs, spotlight reworked, dark mode, Calendar – day view – new widgets #ESPN
New version of OS X announced – OS Yosemite – comes with a new design. Reworked typography and iconography. More clarity and usability – window title bar is translucent – refreshed trash can/rubbish bin. OS X Yosemite comes with a dark mode, dark grey toolbars.
Tim Cook is up! He’s currently reciting the history of WWDC – when it all started back in 1990. WWDC Live coverage – youngest developer in the audience just 13. 9 million registered devs – 50% increase over 2013. Over 40 millions copies of OS X 10.9 Mavericks have been installed – over 50% of Mac Users.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
