Apple's WWDC Keynote
On June 8, 2015 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET, Apple will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference with a keynote at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Expect news on the next versions of iOS and OS X, and maybe the introduction of a new Apple TV box. Fast Company's Harry McCracken and Daniel Terdiman will report live from the event.
WWDC is always, always primarily about software. This year, that might be even more true than usual. We can assume that upgrades to iOS and OS X are on tap. And the one major piece of hardware which was rumored to debut--a major update to the Apple TV streaming box--now seems unlikely. Come join us to see what's new--and to learn if Apple managed to keep any of its secrets truly secret.
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Well, Al Gore is here. Couldn't snap a photo in time, I'm afraid.
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Apple To Launch New Flipboard-Like App, While Newsstand Goes Away
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Harry or Daniel, if you spot a gold Apple Watch, I want a photo. And then I want an earnest, 1-sentence interview with them about why they didn't go with the rubber band model.
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Daniel is venturing near the VIP rows even as we speak.
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All the women on stage at Apple keynotes, charted
QuartzTim Cook says the company's dismal record on this will change today. -
I can spot Apple's Eddy Cue chatting with investor Ron Conway (whose snow-white hair makes him easy to pick out in a crowd).
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Looks like the hall is now filled--mostly with developers, developers, developers.
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Not to obsess over the gold Apple Watch thing--but do any Apple execs wear them? On one hand, it'd be too ostentatious for the valley, right? On the other, isn't the Apple exec the ideal customer for one of these things? Is not going gold akin to using an Android phone...or at least a 16GB iPhone model with the 64 only runs another $100?
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You've got just enough time to watch this trailer for The Martian, which stars Matt Damon saying: "I'm going to have to science this shit out of this."by Noah Robischon via YouTube 6/8/2015 4:55:20 PM
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They're telling us to switch our devices to silent (in the past, they said "iPhones," which sounded like permission for Samsung owners to be rude).
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The last (?) pre-keynote song: Uptown Funk, by Bruno Mars.
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Ready to go, we have Bruno Mars coming on in the livestream as wellby Joel Arbaje via YouTube 6/8/2015 4:59:03 PM
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Startup whisperer Ron Conway (right) and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee confer.
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Ron Conway, to me, is almost like vice-mayor of San Francisco these days. For what that's worth.
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Video of the WWDC rehearsal beginning. Looks like it's going to be a funny video.
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Funny WWDC preshow videos are a tradition dating back to when John "I'm a PC" John Hodgman used to be in them.
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Tim Cook is welcoming developers, 80 percent of who are here for the first time. Mentions scholarship winners, including a 12-year-old girl. 30 sessions being livestreamed for people who couldn't get in.
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This is very insider baseball.
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Update for iOS coming. Today bringing native apps to the watch.
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With a new version of the watch OS which gives developer more time to create apps.
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That's probably going to be the most significant news today.
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"I'm going to dispense with my usual update, other than to tell you everything's going great."
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Adoption rate among Mac users for Yosemite is 55%.
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It's notable that Cook is not breaking out Apple Watch sales in the normal sales updates that start the keynote. Apple has said they're not going to track watch sales publicly--but why? (My guess is that sales aren't on a 100-million-device trajectory as fast as their last new piece of hardware, the iPad.)
