WWDC

During the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Apple has announced that iTunes is dead. In 2019, the branding of the application was a little misplaced, given the applications original scope of music has grown to include music, video, podcasts and applications as well as device syncing. Apple has decided to split iTunes into 3 separate apps - Apple Music, TV, and Podcasts. There wasn't really...

Apple's finally addressing their lack of a current professional workstation with a new MacPro. With 8 internal PCI-E slots, Apple has clearly listened after the last Mac Pro that lacked the ability to upgrade. The Mac Pro uses a 28-core Intel Xeon processor and can access up to 300 watts of power to ensure it's not thermally limited. The power supply is a massive...

During WWDC, Apple has announced a big update to CarPlay. Apple are proud of their penetration in auto, with 90% of new cars being sold in the US and 75% of cars sold internationally supporting the platform. Apple claims this the biggest update since Apple CarPlay was announced more than 5 years ago. In reality, it's a refinement of what was already there. The...

Apple are updating the Photos app on iOS13. Appreciating that we all snap different type of photos, shots of the kids, photos of the whiteboard at work, Apple are helping analyse and categorise the photos. While Photos has always offered the ability to group photos by date, the new layout of Days and Months have a new view that shows off the photos you've...

One of the best new features coming to watchOS 6 is the ability for women to track their menstrual cycles and fertility windows. The app will notify women of an upcoming period or when they have reached the most fertile days of the month. The app provides the ability for women to enter their flow level and track it over time. This is great...

On stage at their WWDC, Tim Cook has just announced details of the latest update to tvOS. In the next release, tvOS will add multi-user support. Netflix has offered multi-user support for years, which makes the TV experience great for each user, given the recommendation for new content is based on who's watching. It is great to see Apple add support for this important...

Apple have just announced a new pre-installed app for iOS, News. Despite many apps already in the space (and an entire App Store category) like Flipboard which a lot of commentators are now predicting the death of. The pitch is that Apple News keeps all your favourite publishers, topics, and genres in one place. News has the latest stories, articles, and posts, with over...

In iOS9, Siri is getting smarter.. lots smarter. Siri will become a blend of Cortana and Google Now and also received big cheers for being released to developers as an API. This means iOS9 apps will be able to leverage the power of voice commands to get common tasks done faster. As you can see from the image, iOS9 is getting a...