A new version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 7, was announced at the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The release will feature, among a number of changes, a departure from the bubbly, skeuomorphic design that has prevailed on both iOS and OS X for the last several years in favor of flatter, more angular design elements influenced by Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, Jony Ive.

The most front-facing part of the OS, the home screen, now has app icons that lack the dimension and gloss effect of previous versions. Design elements within the icon, like the musical note within the Music app icon, appear as a flat design flush with the background rather than a cutout like before. iOS 7 isn't doing away completely with dimensionality, as some text elements shown in the intro video still feature embossing, and Ive emphasized that the OS focuses on "depth and vitality."

The look of several key apps in iOS...

Calling last year’s Apple Mac Pro an upgrade is being pretty generous. Aside from a slight bump in processor speed and built-in RAM, there wasn’t much new about the desktop PC. But Apple CEO Tim Cook tried to smooth ruffled feathers by saying that the company was “working on something really great” in 2013.

Today, we got our first glimpse of this greatness, and it was a showstopper.

Apple’s Phil Schiller gave WWDC attendees a sneak peek at the new Mac Pro, and gone is the large, industrial tower and in its place is a sleek, black cynlindrical device that’s one-eighth of the volume of the current model.

“It is a Mac unlike any we’ve ever made,” Schiller said.

Inside the machine is a 12-core Intel Xeon processor, which is double the CPU power of the prior model. Rather than a hard drive, the new Mac Pro uses high-speed flash memory. It will also be equipped with Intel’s...

Apple unveiled iWork for iCloud at its Worldwide developer conference on Monday, bringing its documents and productivity software application suite to its proprietary, cloud-based service. The improvements include the ability to use iWork in the browser across all Apple devices (desktop, iPad, iPhone) and also the ability to run iWork apps in the browser using Microsoft’s Windows OS.

Confirming our earlier suspicions, Apple today showed off some new features for its iWork suite of apps, which includes both Mac and iOS versions of the Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps. While Apple confirmed that new versions of the apps for Mac and...

Nearly a year after Tim Cook promised long-suffering Mac Pro users "something great" in 2013, Apple has finally announced a major update to its line of workstation computers. The new Mac Pro brings upgraded internal components, and it has also been redesigned for the first time since its introduction in 2006. Apple's Phil Schiller said that Apple wanted to do something a little bit different with the new box, and design something that would last for years to come.

The new tower appears to come in a sleek, reflective cylindrical case that's looks absolutely tiny next to a current-gen Mac Pro—it's 1/8 the volume. The CPU, memory, and graphics are all built around a unified "thermal core," sounding a bit like the older Cube Mac. The box will feature up to 12-core Xeon CPUs, and 1866 DDR-3 RAM. It will also feature a PCIe-based flash drive, which Apple says will...

Apple has just unveiled a completely redesigned Mac Pro at WWDC. The new machine features a brand new thermal core, with state of the art Intel Xeon chips.

Unlike the previous generation Mac Pro, who’s design remained largely unchanged for years, the new Mac Pro is a cylinder, which is 1/8 the volume of the previous model. According to Phil Schiller, the entire top of the machine is a handle.

Also interesting to note is that the Mac Pro is now built in the USA.

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Some interesting technical details to note:

-Supports 4K displays

-Thunderbolt 2 support

-Dual workstation GPUs

With the latest Xeon processors, dual FirePro GPUs, ECC memory, PCIe-based flash and Thunderbolt 2, all built around a revolutionary thermal core, the next generation Mac Pro is the most radical Mac yet,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice...

Lots of companies dream of giving their products a high-profile debut. Anki, a robotics company that uses iOS as both the controller and “brains” of a new race-car game, got to share the Worldwide Developers Conference stage with Apple.

A screen shot of the iPhone’s remote view of the Anki Drive race track.

Why take the time out of a keynote jammed with OS and hardware announcements to spotlight one app maker? To illustrate the continuing heft and draw of Apple’s now 5-year-old App Store. More than 50 billion apps have been downloaded from the store, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted during his keynote. There are are 900,000 apps available, with 375,000 of those designed specifically for the iPad.

“That still compares to just a few hundred (apps) for those other...

Apple today refreshed its line of networking products with support for the 802.11ac Wi-Fi protocol that promises to make Gigabit per second bandwidth far more common.

802.11ac also made its way into the new MacBook Air, so it's no surprise to see 802.11ac in Apple's Wi-Fi base stations.

The update applies to the AirPort Extreme, and the Time Capsule, with includes either 2TB or 3TB of storage. The improved bandwidth will benefit applications such as video streaming, file transfers, and wireless backups from Macs to the Time Capsule. 802.11ac transmissions will move across three streams, which means bandwidth should be around 1.3Gbps. Apple promised a "beamforming antenna array." As we've explained in our...

Apple’s WWDC 2013 keynote is about to begin in San Francisco, California, with iOS 7, an Apple music streaming service nicknamed iRadio, and new Mac computers/software expected to be officially announced. We’ll be providing live updates throughout the course of the event…

Apple's new MacBook Air lineup features Intel's latest Haswell ultra-low voltage processors, providing up to 9 hours of battery life with the 11-inch model, and 12 hours with the 13-inch version.  ...

During today’s WWDC keynote, Apple showed off a new Maps application for OS X. The app features the same maps that iOS users are familiar with along with some additional tweaks, including an SDK for third-party developers to integrate the maps into their own software.

Other updates include the option to see your estimated travel time and weather for your destination. An updated Calendar app, for example, can find the location listed in your events and apply the travel time and weather to the entry automatically.

The Mac app is also integrated with its iOS counterpart. Bookmarked locations can sync between the two using iCloud, and iOS users can press a button that sends the current directions from the Mac app to their iPhone as a push notification.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has started the keynote address at the currently-running 24th Worldwide Developer Conference by relaying some key statistics to the on-location and online audience. This year, there are 100 sessions, 120 labs, and 1,000 Apple engineers in attendance, but he warns those present "they're here to help, but don't ask them about future roadmaps."...  ...

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Apple showed off Safari 7 today at WWDC, which includes a cleaner design and performance improvements. Safari 7.0 also features better integration with Reading List and a sidebar for bookmarks. There’s also a “shared links” tab for browsing links posted to social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn. Finally, Safari 7 uses much less processor power and memory than its predecessor and competitors.

Also included in Safari 7 is a new iCloud Keychain feature that generates and stores secure passwords across all of your devices, much like 1Password.

Safari 7 will be included in OS X Mavericks.

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The BBC has just launched its first official BBC Weather app for iOS. The design of the app takes its cue from the elements of BBC's weather website: flat icons, clean text, and muted color tones.

Here's the full rundown of the feature according to its iTunes app listing:

• Simple and clear design for easy access to our most detailed and up-to-date information
• Search for locations (automatically added to your favourites), or use your current location
• Hourly forecasts with detailed information for the next 48 hrs (UK)
• Look further ahead with 3 hourly detail (UK and International)
• Tap each hour for a full detail including Pressure, Visibility and Humidity
• A day overview including Sunrise/Sunset times and UV, with Pollen and Pollution information for the UK
• Swipe vertically to view all your...

Apple on Monday unveiled Mavericks, the start of the next 10 years of its Mac OS X operating system, with a naming switch from breeds of cat to California locales. It will launch this fall on the Mac App Store  ...

Apple today unveiled OS X 10.9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference, showing off the first major revision of the Mac's operating system since last year's Mountain Lion.

Apple has apparently run out of cat names and is now naming releases after places in California, where OS X is developed. The new OS X is thus named "Mavericks."

Developers are being given a preview version of Mavericks today. It will be available to the general public in the fall.

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A restaurant here in London is delivering its customers' food orders in a unique way: via an iPad-controlled quadrocopter. The Yo! Sushi restaurant in Soho is promoting its new sushi burgers by delivering them to diners' tables via the "iTray" -- a quadrocopter fitted with a tray for the food, controlled by an iPad.

If you've eaten at a Yo! Sushi before, you know that the company likes innovative ways of delivering its food. Its restaurants currently feature conveyor belts where diners can lift the items they want as they crawl past their tables.

While I give the company props for finding a creative techie way to promote its new menu item, I'm not sure if you can call something that uses fish as the main ingredient a "burger."

Video: London resturant delivers food via...

Ron Gilbert is the great game designer mind behind popular series like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, and the recent Deathspank games. His latest project is called Scurvy Scallywags, and arrived on iOS last week. The game is great -- it's a match-3 title that makes use of some excellent RPG and combat mechanics. While it's not the most polished thing on the App Store, there's a whole lot of piratey fun to be had.

Gilbert (and his fellow developers) are obviously big pirate fans -- you may remember the great shanty scene from Monkey Island -- and this game has no lack of nice piratey touches, including hats, faces, and clothing to unlock, ships to build through a crafting system, and a whole lot of great music.

The main goal of your match three adventures is to re-discover a lost pirate shanty. Whenever you come across a new verse,...

AT&T has launched an iOS version of its Enhanced Push-to-Talk service, that allows customers to chat instantly with large groups. Limited to the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, the new app can be used to make calls on compatible WiFi networks, including more than 32,000 AT&T hotspots, as well as over the company's 3G and 4G networks. On top of basic calling features, the app also includes personal alerts, free and busy status options, and supervisory override that allows supervisors to communicate important time sensitive messages to their team. Enhanced Push-to-Talk requires an AT&T subscription and... ...

Previews of the next versions of iOS and OS X are almost certainly on the agenda at this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference. But could Apple surprise us with any other news? We’ll know for certain on Monday at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET when Apple executives kick off the week-long developer get-together with the WWDC keynote.

Join us for live coverage on Monday morning, with our blow-by-blow account and pictures of the keynote as it happens. Until then, you can read our predictions of what we expect to see at WWDC this week and our wish list for an updated Mac Pro that could be unveiled at WWDC.

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AT&T will launch a push-to-talk, walkie-talkie style application to the iPhone for its corporate customers, according to a report. Push-to-talk has long been a feature of the Nextel network, which is shutting down this summer, and was a popular selling point for business users. This is the first time the…

Despite all its growth in recent year, Apple still crams all its developer news into a single keynote at the start of its annual Worldwide Developer Conference.

This year, we can expect details on iOS 7, a major update to the operating system that powers the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, along with information on the next version of OS X. In addition, Apple could launch new hardware and is poised to launch a streaming music service, having signed up all the major record labels.

Meanwhile, developers will be paying keen attention to what, if any, parts of the iPhone become accessible. Speaking at D11, CEO...

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 2.0.7. The new version, a 41.9 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:
- Fix track selection for PowerPC machines.

- Fix audio decoding for WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4.

- Fix audio encoding for MP3 and AAC.

- Numerous translations updates and new Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations.

- Fix a memory leak when creating AVI files.

- Fix two XSS vulnerabilities in the Web UI.

- Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability in some...

Just after 10 AM ET, the online Apple Store went down in preparation of today's WWDC Keynote at 1:00 PM ET/10 AM PT. Which announcements are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.

And be sure to be here on TUAW at 1:00 PM ET/10 AM PT for TUAW's coverage of the WWDC Keynote. While Apple is live-streaming the keynote, the TUAW liveblog will have all the commentary from our excellent hosts: the always lovely Erica Sadun, the exceedingly witty Steve Sande, the rest of our TUAW crew and comments provided by you!

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AT&T yesterday announced that customers must now wait 24 months before becoming eligible to buy new phones at subsidized prices. Previously, customers could upgrade at reduced rates with the signing of a new contract 20 months after their previous phone purchase. Verizon recently switched from 20 to 24 months as well.

The new 24-month policy will take effect at AT&T for contracts expiring in March 2014 or later. There is still an early upgrade option, of a sort. "Once you’ve completed six months or more of your Service Commitment, you qualify for partial discount off the full retail price when you sign a new two-year wireless agreement," AT&T said.

AT&T today also...

We’re about two hours from the WWDC kickoff and its accompanying keynote address.

And it will, of course, be streamed.

Per 9to5Mac, like as it has done for some events in the past, Apple has pushed a WWDC app to Apple TV units overnight in order to access a live stream for today’s keynote, which is slated to start at 10 AM Pacific standard time.

Apple is expected to announce iOS 7, OS X 10.9, and a streaming music service at this event.

The keynote can be seen live at www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2013/.

Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

The online Apple store has been temporarily shuttered ahead of today's WWDC 2013 keynote. Apple normally only closes the store midday when it's preparing to launch major new products. As such, the move may all but confirm expectations that updated Macs will be announced during the keynote....   ...

Apple is set to unveil iOS 7 today, and 9to5Mac has posted a mockup of Apple’s new OS released with additional details before its official debut. iOS 7 reportedly uses a thinner font throughout the Home Screens. Apple has replaced the carrier signal bars with five white or gray…

Apple's online store was replaced with the familiar "Back Soon" notice Monday morning ahead of the company's annual World Wide Developer Conference keynote event. Apple typically doesn't take its Web-based store offline ahead of media events unless new product announcements are coming, hinting that rumors of new Mac Pro and MacBook Air models might be accurate.

Adobe has officially released Photoshop Lightroom 5 today. The photo editing and management software is a direct competitor to Apple's Aperture. While the software has dozens of new features, here are the six top ones:

• Advanced Healing Brush: Remove distracting elements with a single brush stroke. Adjust the size of the brush and move it in precise paths. Unwanted objects and flaws-even those with irregular shapes like threads-just disappear.
• Upright tool: Straighten tilted images with a single click. The new Upright tool analyzes images and detects skewed horizontal and vertical lines, even straightening shots where the horizon is hidden.
• Radial Gradient tool: Emphasize important parts of your image with more flexibility and control. The Radial Gradient tool lets you create off-center vignette effects, or multiple vignetted...

The London Mac User Group is getting together today to watch Apple's WWDC 2013 keynote event and do a little socializing at the same time. The group will be meeting at the Old Explorer Pub in London's West End on Great Castle Street, and they're planning on having food, beer, and will be giving away an iPad mini door prize. The event kicks of at 5:30PM London time, and costs £3 (free for LMUG members).

Apple will be running live video of its keynote event today, both on its website, and via an “Apple Events” channel on Apple TV. Starting at 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EST, viewers will be able to tune in and watch as the company is expected to introduce iOS 7,…

As first reported by MacRumors, Apple will live-stream Monday’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote.

Apple’s WWDC keynote kicks off at 10 a.m. PT Monday (1 p.m. ET), and of course Macworld will provide live coverage for those unable to watch Apple’s video stream, or those who prefer their Apple excitement in text-and-photo form. The live stream will be available via Apple TV and on Apple.com; the Web-based stream will work not just on your computer, but on iOS devices as well. (Apple did the same thing with last year’s iPad mini event.)

Apple has previously announced that it will reveal the next...

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Apple’s share price has dipped following the company’s annual World Wide Developer Conference keynote for four consecutive years, as investors had their perhaps overly exuberant expectations for the event recalibrated.

The day after the company’s WWDC 2009 keynote, the stock fell 1.3 percent; the day after its WWDC 2010 keynote, it dropped 2.6 percent. After the WWDC keynote 2011 and WWDC keynote 2012? Down 3.3 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, according to BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk.

Will Apple’s share price slip post-WWDC this year, as well?

The answer won’t be clear until market open on Tuesday. But with expectations for Apple’s WWDC plans far more subdued than they have been in years past, there’s...

Apple will be allowing owners of its Apple TV the ability to watch the keynote at the Worldwide Developer Conference later today, as well as through its Apple Events page. The stream will be available to view through the Apple Events channel later today, which has been rebranded with the purple WWDC logo specially for the keynote, and it also provides access to previously-recorded keynotes and events....  ...

I'm not a weather junkie, but when it's time to get up and go -- a wintertime road trip or a fishing or hiking expedition -- I usually take a peek into the mountains with a weather app that I've now replaced with an even better version. The new app? Radar Cast Pro - NOAA Hi-Def FutureCast, Push Notifications, Lightning Strikes & Weather by WeatherSphere. The search engine friendly title is a mess for real life use, so I'm going to just call it "Radar Cast Pro."

We’ve heard nothing of new Haswell iMacs in the pipeline but prominent Apple Analyst Mingchi Kuo from KGI securities thinks they are on the way:

What’s new
We forecast iMac shipments to be 650k units in 2Q13, down 63% from 1.75mn units in 1Q13. We expect shipments to pick up in 3Q13 as Apple (US) launches Haswell iMac and peak season arrives. Full-year shipments are set to reach 4.7mn units.
Analysis
We attribute the shipments decline to the fact that new product shipments have peaked and due to the arrival of the consumer slow season. But we believe iMac shipments troughed in 2Q13. Apple is expected to upgrade iMac processor to Intel’s (US) latest Haswell processor in June or July. Meanwhile, the consumer peak season has arrived. Thus we expect shipments to reach 1.1mn units in 3Q13, up 69% QoQ. Full-year shipments are forecast to be 4.7mn units, up 31% YoY.

Even a July launch, if the analyst is correct, could...

If you're an Apple fan, all the fun is happening out in San Francisco at 10 AM PST. That makes those on the other side of the pond feel especially far away from the action. However, if you're here in London why not share the excitement of today's WWDC keynote with other Apple aficionados?

Once again to London Mac User Group is holding a special event during today's keynote. The event is being held in the downstairs bar of The Old Explorer Pub on Great Castle Street in the West End. There'll be food, pints, and Apple bingo. Attendees will also have a chance to win an iPad mini. The event begins at 5:30 PM -- that's 30 minutes before the keynote's 6 PM London-time start time.

The entrance fee is £3, but free to all LMUG members. More information about the meet up can be found here. The Old Explorer Pub is located at 23 Great Castle street, London, W1G 0JA. You can find directions to the pub on...

Notable software releases this week include LaunchBar 5.5, Aperture 3.4.5, iTunes 11.0.4, BBEdit 10.5.4, TextWrangler 4.5.2, and Security Update 2013-002 for Snow Leopard and Lion.

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It took a while, but Apple is finally ready to announce its iRadio service. It should get a formal introduction at Apple’s WWDC event today, and a launch later this year.

We don’t know if Apple is actually calling iRadio “iRadio”. But at this point we do know quite a bit about the streaming music service:

• Apple has been trying to launch it since last fall, but only started getting the formal backing of the big music companies in the last few months. Sony, the last big holdout, signed on late last week
• iRadio is meant to be a “Pandora-plus” offering: It will be free, and will give listeners more control over their music than Pandora or other Web radio services, but not as much paid...

Photoshop maker Adobe has officially released Lightroom 5 for Mac and Windows as both a part of the Creative Cloud subscription suite and as standalone software. Creative Cloud subscribers can add the software by download immediately, while standalone users an upgrade to version 5 for $79 or buy the product new for $149 from Adobe. The program, which has been in beta testing for the last couple of months, features new editing tools, more sharing and publishing options, video slideshows, Smart Previews and more.... ...

You can now download Adobe Lightroom 5 from Adobe for $149.99/$79 upgrade as an individual license and via Adobe Creative Cloud. The upgrade to the professional photo organization and editing tool is significant:

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Adobe on Monday announced the availability of the latest version of its prosumer photo editing software, Lightroom 5, bringing improved workflow features and functionality highlighted by a new perspective-correcting "Upright" tool.  ...

Apple’s WWDC app was updated late last week for various video enhancements, and tonight, the eve of Apple’s developer conference, the app has been again updated with video playback improvements. However, this time, Apple isn’t so specific about what has been “enhanced.” Thanks, Daniel!

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Not a bad PR move on AT&T’s part: While everyone is getting hyped for WWDC, Ma Bell throws the same curve ball that Verizon threw at us in April. You must now wait the full 24 months to be eligible for phone upgrades rather than getting in at 20 months as you could have previously.

Today, we’re announcing a 24-month upgrade policy across all of AT&T’s wireless products and services.  This aligns device upgrade eligibility with our standard two-year wireless agreement and it applies to any customer whose agreement expires in March 2014 or later.

The move shouldn’t be a huge deal for iPhone customers who are used to two year cycles who can plan ahead to 2014.

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It would appear that AT&T iPhone users will have to wait a bit longer to upgrade to their next handsets, as the carrier announced on Sunday that it will be extending its hardware upgrade cycle to a length of two years.  ...

AT&T is following in the footsteps of its chief rival by lengthening the period customers must remain on contract before they can upgrade their devices. An anonymous source tipped Engadget to the carrier's decision, which will limit customers to upgrading their devices only when they've reached the full duration of their contracts. Prior to the policy shift, the upgrade period was 20 months....  ...