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At Apple ’s late Worldwide Developers Conference , the fellowship announcediTunes Radio , a Pandora - like streaming radio service that will start broadcast to the general populace in the drop . While some view this as Apple finally embracing a role model other than traditional euphony ownership , others marvel if the company is only dipping a toe in the water . Will Apple go all - in and produce something that ’s a measure forward , or is iTunes Radio a half - hearted me - too standard ?...

Apple did n’t endeavor to fix or raise the prices of electronic books when it entered into the market in 2010 , according to Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue . Rather , he say , the company was only work to ensure a profit for itself . “ We ’re not unforced to fall back money in any business , ” Cue told the court , have-to doe with to Amazon ’s practice of 2009 to sell electronic books for less than what it pay for them ....

A hebdomad that began with a flurry of Worldwide Developers Conference announcements from Apple is terminate with its once - fierce rival wee a footling news of its own . Microsoft on Friday announced a mobile version of its Office productiveness suite for the iPhone . The software giant ’s move resolve a longstanding demand for a translation of the world ’s most widely used spot package for one of the world ’s most pop mobile platform — though there are a twosome of big caveats that could fix just how widely this iOS - friendly version of Office gets adopted ....

Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue pop the question only poor answer in testimony Thursday in Union court when questioned by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors trying to solidify their causa that Apple , along with five of the large book publishers , worked together to illegally set the prices of electronic book for the grocery store . Apple carbon monoxide - founder Steve Jobs , who was instrumental in the negotiation , hurtle an even larger shadow across the proceeding ....

One exciting facet of the newMacBook Airrelease is the prospect of majuscule Wi - Fi focal ratio and performance . That ’s because Apple ’s updated laptop computer sports built - in compatibility with the young draft networking measure , 802.11ac , an upgrade of the current 802.11n . That potation standard ( establish by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ) is also build into Apple ’s newly releasedAirPort Extreme Base Stationand AirPort Time Capsule difficult drive ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict While the MacBook Air betterment are mostly subtle , they succeed in make an already excellent Cartesian product even more desirable . Most of the products Apple announced at WWDC wo n’t transport until later this year , but the newMacBook Airmodels are here . The MacBook Air did n’t undergo a dramatic , Mac Pro - like redesign — all of the changes to the MacBook Air are hidden under the toughie ....

Thekeynote eventthat kicked off Apple ’s 2013 Worldwide Developer ’s Conference was muddle - packed with announcements : iOS 7 , OS X Mavericks , a new Mac Pro , new MacBook Airs , new apps like iBooks and Maps for Mac , and more . But with smashing announcements come not bad opportunities for disappointment about the things that Appledidn’tannounce this time around . Whether they were only feature we ’d been hope for or whispers that dominated the rumor mill , here are some annunciation we wished we ’d get word about , but did n’t ....

Throughout these lessons I ’ve nonchalantly throw around such phrases as “ launch Safari ” and “ when you do this , Safari will open up and take you to … . ” And I ’ve felt pretty surefooted in doing so because , after all , if you ’re currently sit down in front of a Mac there ’s a very safe chance that you ’re reading these words within Apple ’s Web browser app ....

Usually , a central processing unit that offers more processing tycoon also requires more free energy — and in a laptop , that results in shorter battery life . But with Haswell , Intel ’s fourth - propagation Core central processing unit , the troupe foretell to hike up processing power and graphics operation while using less energy . Haswell made its Mac debut in Apple’snew MacBook Air , released at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday ....

In the applied science universe , being self-satisfied is deadly . Something that ’s innovative , revolutionary , or classic is needs tired and decrepit just a few long time later . As Steve Jobs himself preached , stay relevant is always about moving ahead . At Apple ’s 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) we envision Apple itself take a revolutionary product that ’s by many standards still the best in the industry , and interchange it into something Modern ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict It ’s bulky , inexpensively - made , and it does n’t even sour . Are you looking for an Apple Smart Cover that’snot really an Apple Smart Cover?If so , bet no further than Kensington ’s $ 35TriFold paging casefor the iPad mini . This Smart Cover - esque pagination case features a plastic walkover - on back and a thick cover that can be folded for two unlike sieve positions , both in landscape predilection ....

What better place than a room full of developer — people accustomed to harness as much computing power as they can get their hand on — tounveil a firebrand young Mac Pro ? And so that ’s just what Apple did on Monday , devoting a large constituent of the 2013 WWDC keynote to a product we ’ve long been hoping for — and even predicting . It ’s a newfangled Mac Pro , not at all like the honest-to-god Mac Pro , and it ’s come later on this year ....

There ’s a lot to be sex about afterMonday ’s promulgation of iOS 7 . Flashy new invention ! Panels ! Automatic app updates ! vocalization calls over FaceTime ! Such organisation - full changes aside , some of thebiggest changes to iOSare found in Apple ’s own mobile apps . Several of the lineage Apple apps for Io are being vamp , gaining young features and bass desegregation with the Apple ecosystem ....