This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: OS X gets a new name, and new features galore 2:22 Apple rebranded Mac OS X as MacOS on Monday at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. In addition to changing the name of …
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Apple to make its Photos app smarter in iOS 10
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, highlighted a couple of key updates to the Photos app in iOS 10. A new “Memories” tab will supply fresh doses of nostalgia by sorting through your …
Read More »Apple’s Siri can field tougher questions and follow
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Siri comes to MacOS 2:05 Apple’s virtual assistant Siri might be best known for mangling and misunderstanding questions and commands from users. That could change as Apple has been making improvements to the system, which it demoed Monday at …
Read More »Apple Design Awards go to Lara Croft Go and an anatomy app
Another round of apps and games has been honoured at WWDC with the annual Design Awards, scooping up trophies for the best design and ingenuity present in Apple’s app store. It’s the 19th year the awards have been up for grabs, and the light-up cube trophy has gone to some quiet achievers. Medical education app Complete Anatomy was awarded for …
Read More »Apple TV adds dark mode, single sign
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple refreshes tvOS, gets better at searching with Siri 1:54 If you were waiting for the Apple TV to offer something revolutionary that upsets the TV world as we know it, relax. The latest improvements to the company’s set-top …
Read More »Use Apple Pay to buy things online
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is bringing its Apple Pay payments system to the web. The company announced Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco that it’s working with companies to add an Apple Pay icon to purchase things directly from websites. Once you hit …
Read More »Apple keeps privacy central at WWDC
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s commitment to data privacy showed no signs of waning Monday at the company’s annual developer’s conference. “In every feature that we do, we carefully consider how to protect your privacy,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, said during the …
Read More »iOS 10, MacOS Sierra and a better Siri: Everything Apple just announced at WWDC 2016
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Every major Apple announcement from WWDC 2016 2:39 Before launching into the 27th Worldwide Developers Conference, Tim Cook took a moment to address the recent events in Orlando and to celebrate Apple’s diversity. Then came the numbers. All very …
Read More »How to sign up for the iOS 10, MacOS Sierra public betas
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: OS X gets a new name, and new features galore 2:22 Apple unveiled iOS 10 and Mac OS Sierra, the operating systems for its mobile and desktop platforms respectively, Monday at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. As with …
Read More »iOS 10 means it’s time for iPhone 4S owners to move on
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: The iPhone 4S is here! 8:20 If you still own (and love) your iPhone 4S, I have some bad news: it’s now time to move on. As it turns out, iOS 10 will be the first major operating system …
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