Ina Fried in Mobile on June 7, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Even as Research In Motion has taken hits on other fronts, the company continues to have a loyal following for its BlackBerry Messenger service, which offers features such as delivery confirmation and an indication when a message has been read. With iOS 5, Apple is bringing several of those features to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
John Paczkowski in News on June 7, 2011 at 12:04 am PT
There were lots of numbers showcased in Apple’s WWDC keynote Monday morning–big, big numbers.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 6, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT
If it works the way Apple intends, iCloud will be so easy to use, you won’t know you’re using it at all.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 6, 2011 at 4:43 pm PT
AllThingsD’s Ina Fried offers up some analysis and talking points from the Steve Jobs keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday.
The event reveals that Apple is learning from its mobile competition, taking a bold approach with sync and turning OS distribution on its head.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 6, 2011 at 3:12 pm PT
With their next computer operating systems, both Microsoft and Apple are trying to capture the best of mobile operating systems and bring it to desktops and laptops.
However, the two have honed in on different aspects of what makes a mobile OS great.
Liz Gannes in News on June 6, 2011 at 12:46 pm PT
Many of Apple’s software and Web updates announced today come quite close to products already offered by other companies. Here’s the rundown of affected apps.
Liz Gannes in Social on June 6, 2011 at 11:45 am PT
Two energetic young video podcasters from the U.K. filled in the gaps when Apple didn’t provide a live video stream of its WWDC keynote today, where it debuted updated software for Mac and iOS and a new cloud storage service.
“Shit”
Instapaper developer Marco Arment, via Twitter, shortly after Apple announced “Reading List”, a new iOS 5 feature that appears to closely mirror the features in Arment’s popular iOS app. The silver lining, per Arment: “At least they’re hitting a lot of other apps too. Could be worse.” And then this: “Glad I’ve invested in social and editorial features. Not dead yet!”
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 6, 2011 at 10:45 am PT
After letting Mac OS X Lion out of the bag, Apple turned its attention to iOS 5, the next version of the operating system that powers the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and other devices.
The new operating system features 200 new features and 1,500 new programming interfaces to developers. Among the enhancements are an improved notification system. Also, the iPhone and iPad no longer needs to sync with a PC or Mac for setup and updates.
Ina Fried in News on June 6, 2011 at 10:14 am PT
After giving a brief rundown in October, Apple on Monday offered the full details on Mac OS X Lion, the next version of its computer operating system, which aims to bring some popular iOS features to desktops and laptops. It will sell for $29 and go on sale next month via the Mac App Store.
Among the features are the automatic saving of documents and the ability to resume after a reboot right from where one left off.
