Programs and services that are "killed" Apple at WWDC 2014

On the last night of the presentation of the new operating system iOS 8 and OS X 10.10, Apple showed several built-in services that will be "killers" familiar to many third-party applications.

Dropbox

iCloud never perceived as a full-fledged "cloud" storage. Just great for certain documents and nothing more. In OS X 10.10 will iCloud Drive, is not inferior to the Dropbox functionality and other similar solutions. In addition, Apple is seriously lowered the price of rent more space. So, now the 20 GB will cost only $ 0.99 per month and 200GB - $ 4. For comparison, 100 GB in Dropbox will cost $ 10.

Skitch

Skitch software allows you to add text and graphics on a variety of a simple image or PDF files in just a couple of clicks. In several Apple modified the idea, adding the ability to draw on their own markup elements with subsequent transformation into cute arrows or dialogue bubbles. Looks a transformation is very cool and it could be reason enough to forget about Skitch.

WhatsApp

Until yesterday, many might not know that iOS has built the ability to create group chats, in WhatsApp. And this ignorance could justify the very limited functionality iMessage. But in iOS 8 finally appeared all the classic controls for the messenger. Now you can close the dialog and include a "Do Not Disturb" mode in certain chats. In addition, new versions of operating systems an opportunity to send audio and video messages for iMessage.

SoundHound and Shazam

As we wrote previously, Apple reached an agreement with Shazam to embed their music recognition feature in Siri. Runs very cool and fast. To a separate application for this purpose will now need?

Nest

Apparently, after Apple left the development team and went to work at Google, in Cupertino decided to make a "horse course", releasing their own tools for "smart" home. This is a great move by the company, since a very long time to create all sorts of devices and expensive, but to collect third-party gadgets into a single bundle, controlled with the iPhone, is much easier and effective.

Aperture

It may look strange, but Apple kills and own software. Several years ago, Aperture has been a very good professional tool for photo editing. However, while he was firmly buried Adobe Lightroom and since then almost did not get the updates. Instead of modifying a bad product, the company decided to improve even the iPhoto, and plain application "Browse". The program will function significantly improved and perhaps will become a powerful image editor in OS X.

Hightail and We Transfer

If earlier, when sending large files, it was necessary to use a variety of third-party services, the now Apple has introduced in their operating systems Mail Drop, allows you to send files of up to 5 GB. And all of this will work due to built-in tools that end users means no hassle.

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