Apple has confirmed the WWDC today, but there are some bad news for Mac developers. First, tickets cost $300 more than last year; more importantly, there won’t be any Apple Design Awards for Mac applications - which could be a clear sign of Apple focused on the iPhone OS platform rather than the Mac.
Too bad, we were betting on Transmit 4 winning an ADA this year.
Apple has finally confirmed that the Worldwide Developer Conference, WWDC, will be hold in San Francisco on June 7 through June 11. Moscone Center is the place, of course.
You can purchase a ticket here at $1599. Apple Design Awards will be announced as well.
Press release follows after the break.
Storing applications licenses is quite a mess: either you have to keep a very well organized mail inbox or youàll end up having a ton of PDFs into your hard disk that donàt make any sense. Fortunately, some developers have come up with applications meant for storing applications licenses, sort of meta but it definitely works. Just take a look at App Shelf or 1Password, which comes with a dedicated feature for licenses.
Is there room for something better? Probably, and that’s what AppChest aims at.
We heard some rumors, and here’s the official news: Steve Jobs will make his appearance at the annual D: All Things Digital Conference this year in June, and it will also include Ballmer, James Cameron and Mark Zuckerberg.
It’s gonna be interesting.
“Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be this year’s opening-night speaker, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will make his fourth appearance and “Avatar” director James Cameron will appear onstage at D for the first time on the annual event’s second night.
Founded by co-producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in 2003, the D conference is a gathering of the most influential figures in media and technology. Each year, Mossberg and Swisher put these top players to the test onstage during unrehearsed, unscripted conversations. The results are candid, entertaining sessions that provide glimpses into the strategies of the industry’s most creative thinkers.”
Apple has released an update to iTunes, aimed at fixing various bugs found in the previous version.
Available in Software Update.
Here’s the full changelog:
Addresses several stability issues with VoiceOver
Addresses a usability issue with VoiceOver and Genius Mixes
Addresses issues with converting songs to 128 kbps AAC while syncing
Addresses other issues that improve stability and performance
The iPad is still young, but there are a couple of good business and financial applications already out that could make your lives easier if you’re that kind of guy that aims at doing a lot of stuff with his new device. Personally, I’m trying to do a lot of stuff wih my iPad (writing posts, taking notes, email) so I wouldn’t mind to take care of expenses and incomes as well.
Fortunately, I’ve found this neat application called Expense Tablet which is just the best you can have right now.
We’ve gotten used to think that FTP applications should be simple, highly functional and powered by outdated and ugly user interfaces. Some people seem to think that a good FTP client is that app that comes with hundreds of features and doesn’t care about design principles and good practices just because it has to be functional, and functionality doesn’t play well with the eye candy. I think that an app meant of power users doesn’t have to exclude a great Mac-like UI design from its list of features- it’s the contrary: a full featured and complex app should find the right compromise between design and features.
It’s quite difficult to approach Transmit 4, the latest release from Panic, considering that is an application that comes with an immense amount of hype, possibilities and commands, being specifically meant for people who do file transfers like they drink water. Put simply, Panic has just released the ultimate file transfer app for Mac OS X. But delving deeper into it, there’s so much more to talk about.
AdMob has released new data that give us a good and interesting overview about what’s really going on in the smartphone market.
