MacNN initially reported on the compatibility list of devices able to run the forthcoming iOS 10 yesterday shortly after the keynote presentation ended. That original article was based on a briefly-shown slide that listed the compatible devices, but…
Lees meerAs it does every year, Apple has announced the winners of the 2016 Apple Design Awards for student and professional apps made for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS -- the first year that all four platforms offered awards. An emphasis this year was on ap…
Lees meerThe App Store is a constantly-changing place, with new apps joining the catalog, while others adjust their prices to encourage some new sales. App Deals for iOS aims to point you in the direction of apps for your iPhone or iPad that have been reduce…
Lees meerAs we often do after events of this nature, the senior staff of MacNN -- having written furiously about the events as they unfolded -- took a breath and a second look at the WWDC Keynote, and gathered our impressions of what we saw, and what it all …
Lees meerEmbedded in the developer preview of macOS Sierra, Apple has included an entirely new file system. Dubbed the "Apple File System," (APFS) the developers' preliminary documentation says that it "is a new, modern file system for iOS, OS X, tvOS and wa…
Lees meerDuring the WWDC keynote, Apple showed off some new features in iOS 10, expected later this year, including a redesigned lockscreen experience and greatly-expanded use of 3D Touch, announced developer access to Siri (to thunderous applause) alongside…
Lees meerApple is capitalizing on the popularity of the Swift programming language, which is being used by over 100,000 apps and is the most popular language project on GitHub, by making it easier for younger users to pick up. Swift Playgrounds is an app for…
Lees meerTaking to the stage, Eddy Cue presented upcoming changes to the Apple TV and the tvOS operating system, coming to consumers this fall. Multiple smaller updates are arriving in the update, with the fourth-generation set-top box now having over 6,000 …
Lees meerThe chief of the Apple Watch, Kevin Lynch, unveiled a first look at watchOS 3.0, which introduced a number of new features -- chief among them is dramatically faster app launches through the used of background updates and favorites apps remaining in…
Lees meerApple's 2016 World Wide Developer's Conference starts today! Join the MacNN crew on our live coverage page for the event -- we'll be posting highlights as they happen, and giving our first thoughts on whatever Apple has in store for the world. The K…
Lees meerLet's cut to the chase on this one -- we're putting up our 66th episode a day early because this one may have a short shelf life. We tried, heaven knows, to limit our "predictions" to things that are incredibly likely to happen, or if not incredibly…
Lees meerEveryone likes getting something for nothing, especially when there's no or relatively few catches. Freebie Friday is the post where the MacNN staff find stuff that you can get, and possibly make use of this weekend, without spending a single penny.…
Lees meerYesterday, we made the rookie mistake of saying that our previous Rumor Roundup column would likely be the last before Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, which kicks off Monday. We're flattered that the rumor mill read that and said to itself "…
Lees meerCertainly, most Apple users are not exactly obsessing about the inner workings of iOS and OS X, they have enough on their plates with their own jobs. Then if you are obsessed, if you are a developer who works with this stuff then you undoubtedly hop…
Lees meerThe App Store is a constantly-changing place, with new apps joining the catalog, while others adjust their prices to encourage some new sales. App Deals for iOS aims to point you in the direction of apps for your iPhone or iPad that have been reduce…
Lees meerWelcome to what we will cautiously call "the last" Rumor Roundup prior to Monday's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote, because calling it that practically guarantees we'll need to do one on Friday. There's not a lot of startlingly new rumors (or…
Lees meerNext week's Worldwide Developer Conference is not exactly Apple's first WWDC: it's actually the 33rd. In the latest MacNN One More Thing podcast, host William Gallagher takes you through the history of this event as it grew into the compelling form …
Lees meerThe App Store is a constantly-changing place, with new apps joining the catalog, while others adjust their prices to encourage some new sales. App Deals for iOS aims to point you in the direction of apps for your iPhone or iPad that have been reduce…
Lees meerAs it has done each fortnight, Apple on Wednesday updated its developer-intended Safari Technology Preview, which is an alternative version of the present Safari desktop browser for OS X that offers some advanced -- but still buggy -- JavaScript, CS…
Lees meerSix months after taking over the management of the App Store, Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller is planning a number of very bold changes to the iOS App Store -- some of which are very likely to spread to the Mac App S…
Lees meerMicrosoft wants more iOS developers to use its services, and hopes to do so by hosting an "afterparty" after the end of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference's first day. The event, which will start "immediately after" the WWDCState of the Union a…
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