WWDC 2013

Apple updates WWDC app with improved video playback and more

Earlier this week, Apple released an iOS app for its upcoming WWDC. The app will help attendees stay on top of the latest news and events going on at the conference, and allow registered developers to watch daily session videos.

Those that have downloaded the app will be happy to hear that Apple has updated it for the second time this week. This time around, it has received a number of improvements, including several bug fixes for video playback...

First WWDC 2013 banners go up at Moscone West (hint: flat icons)

With less than a week until the highly anticipated June 10 keynote at Apple's summer conference for developers, first banners are now going up at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Judging by the looks of it, WWDC 2013 will focus on a major iOS redesign that Tim Cook officially confirmed last week during his D11 segment. As more of these photos surface in the next hours, we'll be adding them to this post throughout the day...

Don’t expect new iPhones or iPads at WWDC

There has been some commotion in the past 24 hours concerning a comment Tim Cook made during his D:11 talk last evening. Specifically, when asked to talk about Apple's next big thing, tight-lipped Cook wouldn't budge and instead reminded the audience that Apple's June 10 keynote at the upcoming WWDC 2013 will be a launchpad for the next versions of iOS and OS X operating systems

"What I can say is that we have our developer conference in less than two weeks," he said. "We’re going to be rolling out the future of iOS and OS X and we’re all super excited to do that." Some commenters were quick to interpret Cook's comment as a sign that WWDC after all might see a new iOS device launch. Not so fast, warns the prominent and very reliable blogger Jim Darlymple, known for his deep Apple connections...

Apple confirms WWDC keynote to take place June 10

With Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference now just a few weeks away, it's hard not to get at least a little excited. After all, the Cupertino company is expected to show off new versions of OS X and iOS during its WWDC keynote.

And it looks like we'll be seeing that keynote on Monday, June 10. In an unsurprising move this morning, Apple has confirmed that it will be making all of its big announcements on the first day of WWDC at the Moscone Center in San Francisco...

iOS 7 spikes in web traffic logs ahead of WWDC

With a little over a month until Apple's summer conference for developers, web site owners are now beginning to see a noticeable spike in traffic from devices that run iOS 7 beta code. Analysis of traffic logs and IP addresses reveals some of that traffic originating from Apple's Cupertino campus, which is usually a tell-tale sign that Apple is seeding the work-in-progress code internally to select engineers.

However, the mobile site conversion firm Onswipe over the past week or so started seeing iOS 7 traffic spikes across a bunch of web sites that incorporate its solutions...

Apple announces Tech Talks coming this Fall

Following an unprecedented interest surrounding Apple's upcoming developers conference this summer, with tickets selling out in under two minutes, the company is trying to make it easier for the folks who won't be able to make it to WWDC this June 10-14. This past weekend, Apple via its portal for developers announced that Tech Talks are coming this Fall to a number of cities...

WWDC 2013 tickets: gone in 120 seconds

Well, that sure didn't take long. In under two minutes after Apple put up WWDC 2013 tickets on sale at 10am PDT, the WWDC web site greeted developers looking to buy their seat with the Sold Out message. By comparison, tickets for WWDC 2012 sold out in under two hours.

WWDC 2011 and 2010 respectively sold out in ten hours and eight days (one month and two months for 2009 and 2008 WWDCs, respectively).

And tickets for Google I/O 2013, which takes place June 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, sold out in under twenty minutes. Google I/O 2009 sold out in 90 days and tickets for Google I/O 2011 took 59 minutes to sell out...

Apple opens WWDC 2013 Student Scholarships with free tickets for young devs

Apple yesterday announced its annual developer conference, WWDC 2013, takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco from Monday, June 10 until Friday, June 14. With tickets for the last year's WWDC selling out in less than two hours, Apple this time around won't screw West Coast-based developers as tickets for the event go on sale today at 10am PDT via the WWDC web site.

If you're a poor student who can't afford WWDC tickets running at $1,599 each, you may be eligible for Apple's WWDC 2013 Student Scholarship where they are offering 150 free WWDC tickets to student developers with proven creativity and coding skills...

Apple announces WWDC 2013 for June 10-14, confirms iOS 7 and OS X 10.9 previews

Having posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings yesterday, Apple this morning officially announced that its annual developers conference will take place at Moscone West in San Francisco from Monday, June 10 until Friday, June 14. I know what you must be wondering: will the five-day conference serve as a launchpad for a next major revision to Apple's iOS and OS X operating systems, right?

According to Apple's marketing honcho Phil Schiller, that's in fact in the cards. “Our developers have had the most prolific and profitable year ever, and we’re excited to show them the latest advances in software technologies and developer tools to help them create innovative new apps," he was quoted as saying in a press release...