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Apple’s new iOS 11 Control Center combines simplicity and depth

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple looks like they’re striking the right balance for their Control Center feature with the new iOS 11. The company showed off the redesigned section during the company’s keynote at WWDC 2017.  Scroll up from the bottom of …

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How to sign up for the public betas for iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, Apple announced new versions of its mobile and Mac operating systems, iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra. As with past WWDC announcements, developer betas will be made available today, with public betas and official releases …

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Apple’s iOS 11 take on AR looks pretty good so far

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Augmented reality: what the heck do you do with it? No one really knows for sure, but everyone’s trying. Apple is making a concerted push towards AR with iOS 11, adding a developer toolset called ARKit that helps create augmented experiences on iPhones …

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iPhone 8 could bring you wireless charging, face recognition

Apple’s annual WWDC conference is less than a day away, but you may not have to wait until then for some saucy Apple news. A trio of people who work within Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that makes many of Apple’s products, did an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit over the weekend, where they dished on the iPhone 8, Apple Glasses, …

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Are Macs safe from viruses?

Macs were immune to the widespread WannaCry ransomware attack, the huge cyberattack last month that targeted older versions of Windows. Before Mac users become too comfortable or smug, you should know that although Macs are less frequently the target of cyberattacks than Windows PCs, they have been attacked in the past and will undoubtedly be targeted again. Wait, there have …

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How iOS 11 could change the iPhone

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The iPhone improves every year in two ways: through a big hardware launch every September that also comes with a software refresh. Everyone knows that a new iPhone debuts every fall. But three months earlier, Apple‘s annual WWDC developers conference gives an early …

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Apple says iOS app developers earned $20 billion last year

The market for iOS apps is growing, and so are the rewards. That’s the word from Apple, which said Thursday that since the Apple App Store launched in 2008, app developers have been paid more than $70 billion, or $20 billion more than the total Apple announced last year. Downloads from the App Store have also increased, growing 70 percent …

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How the iPad could improve at WWDC

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. It’s 2017. It feels like it’s been years since I dreamed of the iPad as a true laptop replacement. (Actually, it’s been five years.) I’ve come to accept that that day may never come. Instead, the iPad’s destiny might be to ride alongside …

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7 ways Apple TV can get better

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I like the Apple TV a lot. It’s one of my favorite streaming media devices, coming in third place on my list after a couple of Rokus and ahead of Amazon’s Fire TV Stick. There’s still room for improvement, however. WWDC, Apple’s big …

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Apple’s Siri Speaker is reportedly in the works

Now playing: Watch this: Apple may announce Siri speaker next week 1:27 Enlarge Image Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 5.  Apple We’re learning a bit more about Apple’s alleged Siri speaker as the rumor mill heats up before the company’s annual developer conference. The voice-control speaker is reportedly already being manufactured, according to Bloomberg, and an unveiling at the …

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