Apple presentation at WWDC 2014: Results

Congratulations on the start of the annual conference WWDC 2014, which we all so impatiently waiting for! Since October of last year we have tried to share with you any available information relating to this special event. According to tradition, during the WWDC, we told about new Apple products: operating systems, OS X 10.10 and iOS 8, as well as a variety of new features for developers. Now all details!

WWDC 2014 began with a video in which people shared their impressions about who are the developers how they look, behave, and much different from ordinary mortals. Apple fans talked about various applications which help them in daily life, school, friends and work. After the video, as always, the first on the scene there was Apple CEO Tim Cook. It was the size, soft, and, as always, is modest. During the conference, he shared with us, indeed, impressive figures.

On the creation of applications for the Apple operating system is now working about 9 million developers, the youngest of whom is only 13 years old! At WWDC 2014 profit developers from 69 countries, 70% of which have appeared at the conference for the first time. Since the release of the new OS X Maverics moved 51% of users, while the new Windows - only 14%.

Flat OS X 10.10 Yosemite

The star of the evening was, like last year, Craig Federighi, he began his story with flat OS X 10.10named «Yosemite» in honor of the California national park of the same name. Craig was, as always, ulybchiv and joking, showing the new features OS X.

The new OSes an entirely new design, similar to iOS 7. Naturally, in this regard, it has been revised many applications, such as Reminders, Calendar and Notifications Center. Has been updated and Spotlight, it has a new interface, the search bar itself can now move even in the middle of your Mac's screen. Search provides access to not only located in the Mac applications and documents, but also to the information from Wikipedia, a site dedicated to the cinema or a cafe nearby.

new service iCloud Drive, Dropbox analogue was introduced. It documents and other files will be organized the same way as in the Finder. Mail application has become more elegant, plus it an opportunity to leave his signature directly in the letter written by you, and add annotations to messages. Safari is now even faster, you will only have one press to move to the most favorite and frequently visited sites. Changed the location of your tabs in the browser, now they will be grouped automatically. AirDrop now works on iOS and Mac. Plus, in Mac the opportunity to work with iOS-device functions directly from the desktop: for example, SMS and even phone calls can be sent and received directly from your computer!

For developers, OS X will be available from today, and the public beta will be released this summer!

iOS 8

A huge number of people are buying iOS-device, everything in the world sold 100 million iPod Touch, 200 million iPad, and as many as 500 million iPhone! Over the past year to the iOS-community to join the 130 million new customers, and after the emergence of iPhone in China, the Middle Kingdom has moved just a half of users to the new system. New seventh version were satisfied with 97% of owners of iOS-devices. And if you compare it with Android, on iOS 7 is moved 89% of users, while the KitKat - only 9%.

In iOS 8 Notification Center has changed - there are interactive notification, by which is now you can reply to or delete emails without having to go to the appropriate attachment. Also, as the new OS X, the design has changed a bit Mail, Drafts were comfortable, but has also been improved Spotlight. Plus, in the Messages voice messages will now appear and function QuickType - hints of answers that will focus on the previous dialogue with a particular user. Unfortunately, this feature is left without the support of the Russian language. In the same way as on the Mac, calls and SMS messages can be taken and on iPad. In addition to this in the Messages you can create group chats, delete and add new interlocutors.

There are new features for business users, which allow you to quickly configure corporate devices, add them to shared documents, books and videos. The new service Healthkit and Health app will help you keep track of your health, pressure, weight, and activity, and send the results to your doctor, who can give timely recommendations.

In addition, there was a function of Family Sharing, which allows you to share with your members of the family photos, events in the calendar, reminders, music, movies, books and apps. And, importantly, control the purchase of children! On a map, you can bind up to 6 family members.

In addition to all the above, all of your photos can now be found in iCloud library with a simple and intuitive search by place, time, or album name. Initially, iCloud will be available for free 5 GB for $ 0.99 per month - 20 GB, and for $ 3.99 - 200 GB. Photos app also processed.

As expected, in the Siri embedded Shazam music recognition, thanks to the voice assistant made it possible to purchase in iTunes, as well as support for 22 new dictation languages ​​(including Russian).

iOS 8 is available in beta from today.

What's New for Developers

Introduce new features for developers went out again, as he called himself Tim Cook, "Superman" Craig Federighi.

App Store now has 1.2 million applications every week and users time to make 300 million downloads. But in general, for all the elapsed time as much as 75 billion downloads have been made!

As for the store, a new opportunity for developers has been added to it - the association of applications and their sale as a package (bundle). Plus, when you view the new applications have the opportunity to add a preview in the form of videos.

Of course, it has been affected and the theme of the purchased app Testflight. Now all developers for the iOS-devices will be able to invite users to try out new applications that are not yet available in the App Store.

In general, the developers added many new features and enhanced capabilities of the system. Different applications can now interact, and developers - to make their own different Widgets for Notification Center, and use the information in the application as a password to log in Touch ID.

A new system HomekitWhich allows to control and manage the house locks, doors, cameras and other smart household gadgets.

Cloudkit - now the need to buy a dedicated server, developers will be able to use Apple solutions, though, of course, with certain restrictions. Metal system will improve interaction games and a powerful new processor A7, and SceneKit - use 3D-graphics for casual gaming.

And the most interesting, is now in Xcode has a new programming language - Swift! It is faster, more modern, interactive and safe. He, of course, the syntax has changed, plus the program adds support for multiple languages ​​simultaneously.

That's all! No new devices, but a lot of food for thought for both regular users and, in particular, for the developers! And we'll try to cover everything in detail as soon as possible, follow our reviews and news!