The 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 meerWe’ve rewritten the App Review Guidelines to be more helpful, provide more context, and incorporate the guidelines for Mac apps. We hope these updates will help your app sail through App Review. While the guidelines themselves haven’t changed, the …
Lees meerThe new beta of Xcode 8 is now available, and includes Swift 3 and SDKs that you can use to build apps for the next version of macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Learn about new innovations in Apple platforms and how you can take advantage of them in yo…
Lees meerSee the latest advancements in macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS with over 100 sessions presented by Apple engineers at this year’s conference. We’re live streaming all sessions daily and posting videos and related sample code throughout the week. Watch…
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…
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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…
Lees meerAs expected, Apple on Tuesday released the public-tester versions of its latest OS X and iOS betas -- the second round of 10.11.6 and 9.3.3 betas for testing. The two betas, now available to pre-registered public testers, offer no notable changes or…
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 meerWith just one week to go before its major Worldwide Developers Conference that is -- among other things -- expected to show off the next major upgrades to OS X, iOS, and various other software (and potentially hardware) items, Apple has released sec…
Lees meerApple on Friday updated its Worldwide Developer Conference app with a new version for the fourth-generation Apple TV that offers a new darker theme and live streaming on tvOS, while adding multitasking support for iPads on the iOS update. The app, i…
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