For quite a while now, rumor and speculation have suggested that Apple could be planning to release its very own gaming controller for iOS. Third parties, if you'll excuse the pun, seem way ahead of the game in this respect, with many vendors and developers already supporting the traditional physical peripheral, but if Apple were to go ahead and bring its own official offering, it could be a real game-changer. According to mutterings at WWDC, the Cupertino is plotting exactly that, but not on its own, and with some documentation for iOS 7 pertaining to a Game Controller having just popped up on the dev site, official physical gaming controller support is about to become a reality starting from iOS 7.
If you're running a fairly new iOS device; for example, an iPhone 5 or iPad 4, you can rest assured that you'll be reaping the full benefits of iOS 7 when it does eventually become available to the end user. However, if you're in ownership of something a little more, shall we say, mature from the iDevice range, it's likely some of the latest and greatest iOS 7's treasures and niceties will be held back, due largely to lack of hardware support.
So, after much deliberation, rumor, concept and a little bit more rumor, Apple has finally shown the world what exactly Jony Ive's vision of software design is with the introduction of iOS 7. It's clean, crisp, and certainly a great deal brighter than ever before, but, new features aside, does it actually look better, and how does it compare? Here, we assess whether the clean lines and anti-skeuo approach is as much of a step forward as Apple has portrayed.
As I'm sure you're aware, iOS 7 was officially announced by Apple yesterday at their annual WWDC event in San Francisco. There's an enormous amount riding on this operating system release, as it's their one big chance to prove themselves as the leader of the pack when it comes to mobile innovation. There's a great deal riding on iOS 7, and it's clear that this is Apple's biggest overhaul of their iOS platform for quite some time.
Well, I had to do it. Just days after writing on this very site that I wouldn't dump my iPhone 5 jailbreak On 6.1.2 for a shiny new version of iOS, I'm sat here looking at iOS 7 on the very same iPhone 5.
As per the announcement at WWDC 2013, Apple has just released its first Developer Preview of OS X Mavericks 10.9. In keeping with the nature of the past few releases, OS X 10.9 delivers a plethora of rather minor changes which, collectively, make for a pretty decent overall improvement. Details after the break!
Over the last few years, both home and business users have felt the need to edit their office documents on the go, without resorting to local software. Many solutions have shun as winners providing this; Apple is now stepping up to the plate and bringing its iWork suite to the Web, under the form of iWork for iCloud.
For many in the industry, the Mac Pro was on its way out, finished. Indeed, Apple’s desktop computer aimed at the company’s highest-end customers had not seen an upgrade for a number of years, until now. Apple has just unveiled a radically redesigned Mac Pro that does not only look completely different, it has greatly increased hardware specs too. And as usual, we’ve got all the details right after the jump!
Following the announcement of OS X Mavericks, the new MacBook Air line and the long-awaited Mac Pro, Apple CEO Tim Cook returned to the stage to announce iOS 7. Describing it as "the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of iPhone," he then played through a video in which Jony Ive described attention to design detail the Cupertino has afforded the next-gen mobile OS. In line with the rumors and speculation, the OS is much flatter and cleaner than ever before, but when Craig Federighi switched places on stage to offer an in-depth analysis, it soon became apparent that iOS 7 is a great deal more than a lick of paint.
Apple has just released an updated lineup of the MacBook Air with bumped up specs, more details can be found right after the break.
