In a few hours, the Apple keynote will kick-start a week tailored for developers working on Apple’s platforms. It will be the first WWDC keynote after Steve Jobs’ passing. From what we’ve seen, the ‘speakers’ team headed by Tim Cook knows how to deliver a good presentation while keeping Apple’s cultural values in place. Intriguing this year is […]
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OS X Lion released
A few minutes ago, Apple has launched OS X Lion on the Mac App Store. It has a price tag of $29.99 / 23.99€ / £20.99. To my knowledge this is the first time a computer operating system is released exclusively online without physical media available (check update on this below). During the following days we’ll see how well […]
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OS X Lion: Absolutely Nothing
My thoughts on the WWDC announcements have been postponed quite often due to other affairs, and, while writing had started, they never made it to the blog. Since OS X Lion is rumoured to be released this week, here’s another chance to present my take on Lion as shown at the WWDC Keynote. This article doesn’t try to […]
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Also tagged Apple, auto-save, gestures, interface design, invisible, keynote, launch pad, mac, mac os x lion, mission control, multi-touch, nothing, os x, os x lion, resume, user experience, ux, versions, WWDC
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A Long Keynote?
Earlier in the year, Apple had “hinted” that there would be no hardware announcements on WWDC. Two main subjects were on the table — Mac OS X Lion and iOS 5 — but today Apple officially added a third one. The rumored iCloud service is indeed going to be presented to common mortals next week. It’s interesting that […]
Mac OS X Lion Preview
Along with the new MacBook Pro launch, Apple also announced the availability of a Mac OS X Lion Preview for developers. On the official page there’s more info of what Mac OS X Lion will be. And a few more images and details on the interface (more here) are popping up on tech blogs. The “Spaces” features still seems to […]
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Also tagged Apple, cocoa, developers, interface design, lion, mac os x lion, new interface, preview
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Mac App Store — It’s Open
To get the Mac App Store on your Mac (Mac OS X 10.6.6 only), just open the Apple menu (, top-left corner) on the menu bar and choose Software Update. Then update your system to the latest Mac OS X update that contains the Mac App Store built-in. Voilà! Note: If you’re having problems downloading from the […]
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Apple Design Awards 2010
The Apple Design Awards 2010 list has been published. This year only iOS (formerly known as iPhone OS) apps were considered for the awards. And the winners are: * iPad Applications Financial Times iPad Edition Flight Control HD Pinball HD Star Walk — Interactive Astronomy Guide TabToolkit * iPhone Applications 20 Minute Meals — Jamie Oliver […]
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