Kodi 17 Krypton alpha 2 has just been released with a plethora of changes, including two new touch-enabled skins, theming, and much more. Here are the details.
Apple has just made iOS 9.3.3 beta 4 and OS X 10.11.6 beta 4 seeds available to both developers registered on Apple Developer Program, and testers registered on Apple Public Beta Program. Alongside the latest iOS 9.3.3 and OS X 10.11.6 betas, tvOS 9.2.2 beta 4 for Apple TV 4 has also been released.
According to Apple, the use of its new "Differential Privacy" feature in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra, which improves the computer learning that goes into making things like Siri and image recognition better, will be completely opt-in and limited to four different uses at the outset.
Apple has confirmed that it will be discontinuing its popular Thunderbolt Display. The Cupertino-based company first introduced the stunning Thunderbolt Display to the market back in the year 2011, where it has remained pretty much untouched ever since without a refresh.
After seeding beta 1 of iOS 10, tvOS 10, watchOS 3 and macOS Sierra last week right after the keynote on day 1 of WWDC, Apple has now released beta 3 version of iOS 9.3.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices, tvOS 9.2.2 for Apple TV 4, and OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 for Mac to those registered on both the Apple Developer Program and Apple Public Beta Program. This year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2016) may have been all about Apple's next-generation software platforms, but let us not forget that Apple still has a job to do prior to those major software upgrades launching later this year.
According to one inquisitive developer's findings, the new Photos app in iOS 10 and macOS Sierra can detect seven different facial expressions and 4,432 different objects within photos.
It's always extremely interesting and entertaining watching Apple's executive team take to the WWDC stage to present all of the notable changes in the company's major software platforms. Those announcements give us an insight into what's about to imminently arrive on our devices. However, what can actually be sometimes more interesting, is finding the things that Apple doesn't announce by digging into the codebase and accompanying release notes. As is always the case, that level of investigation has once again revealed some interesting potential insights in the future of the MacBook range.
Announced away from all the buzz that surrounds all things WWDC, the new Apple File System (APFS) is aimed at every product Apple makes, unifying the underlying file systems that everything from the company's wearables to its high-end workstations run on.
It's been a good run for Game Center on iOS and Mac, but it looks as though it's finally time to say goodnight and move onto newer pastures as Apple plans on pulling the app for good with the release of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra. Apple's introduction of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra during the opening keynote of WWDC 2016 event was enough to whet the appetite of iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac users, but it seems that there's also value in knowing what has been removed from the platform as well as what has been added.
WWDC 2016's opening keynote has come to a close and we now know just what Apple has been waiting to share with us for the last 12 months. Here's a roundup of everything announced at the event.
