{"id":50676,"date":"2015-06-08T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T22:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=50676"},"modified":"2015-06-08T18:50:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T22:50:33","slug":"some-of-the-announcements-from-apple-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/06\/08\/some-of-the-announcements-from-apple-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Some of the announcements from Apple today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/gallery\/everything-you-need-to-know-from-todays-apple-wwdc-keynote-announcement-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Everything you need to know from today\u2019s Apple WWDC Keynote<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Greg Kumparak<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Next Version Of OS X &#8212; Apple announced OS X 10.11, or \u201cOS X El Capitan\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>iOS 9<\/li>\n<li>Siri is getting smarter<\/li>\n<li>Split Screen iPad Apps: Perhaps the biggest feature of all, and something that has been rumored for ages: the iPad is getting split screen apps. You\u2019ll now be able to run two apps at once, side by side. (Split screen iPad apps are limited to the latest\/most powerful iPad hardware: the iPad Air 2)<\/li>\n<li>Picture in picture video<\/li>\n<li>CarPlay goes wireless<\/li>\n<li>Swift 2: Apple also announce Swift 2, the second iteration of their new programming language.<\/li>\n<li>watchOS 2<\/li>\n<li>Apple Music: As long rumored, Apple is launching a Spotify\/Rdio competitor. It\u2019s $9.99 per month, or $14.99 on a family plan (with support for up to 6 accounts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3047207\/fast-feed\/the-apple-watch-just-got-a-lot-more-useful\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Apple Watch just got a lot more useful<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from fastcompany.com by John Paul Titlow<br \/>\n<em>Apple&#8217;s WatchOS 2 is here and it will let developers build native, much more capable apps.<\/em><\/p>\n<header>\n<div class=\"byline\"><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row collapse\">\n<div class=\"body prose article-prose twelve columns\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you had your doubts about the Apple Watch, Cupertino just made it much more interesting. At the Worldwide Developers Conference this morning, Apple announced WatchOS 2, a new version of the watch&#8217;s operating system that lets developers build native apps for the device.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Watch OS 2 will also ship with a number of new features, like the ability to set photo watch faces, reply to email, take FaceTime audio calls, use Apple Pay&#8217;s new virtual loyalty cards, and get mass transit directions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3047204\/fast-feed\/apple-introduces-news-an-old-idea-with-big-potential\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Apple introduces &#8220;News&#8221;: An old idea with big potential<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from fastcompany.com by John Paul Titlow<br \/>\n<em>WWDC 2015 Update: Apple just unveiled News, a Flipboard-Style news aggregation app that will ship with iOS 9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Apple is now a Flipboard competitor. When iOS 9 ships in the fall, it will include a new app called News, a newspaper, magazine, and blog aggregator that will feel very familiar to anyone who&#8217;s ever used Flipboard, Pulse, or one of the many other apps of this nature. The new app was unveiled by Apple&#8217;s vice president of Product Marketing, Susan Prescott, this afternoon at the company&#8217;s Worldwide Developers Conference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2932776\/apple-os\/apple-maps-in-ios-9-adds-public-transit-local-business-search.html?\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Apple Maps in iOS 9 adds public transit, local business search<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cio.com by Marco Tabini<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/live\/2015-june-event\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50679\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Apple-6-8-15.jpg\" alt=\"Apple-6-8-15\" width=\"554\" height=\"1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Apple-6-8-15.jpg 554w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Apple-6-8-15-72x150.jpg 72w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Apple-6-8-15-488x1024.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/live\/2015-june-event\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50677\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AppleHomekit-Watch-6-8-15.jpg\" alt=\"AppleHomekit-Watch-6-8-15\" width=\"481\" height=\"903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AppleHomekit-Watch-6-8-15.jpg 481w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/AppleHomekit-Watch-6-8-15-80x150.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/live\/2015-june-event\/images\/ea856cb9fab20c6d674fde14c34fb514dc66e692_xlarge.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin shows some of the great things developers can do with the new version of WatchKit.\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything you need to know from today\u2019s Apple WWDC Keynote &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Greg Kumparak Excerpts: The Next Version Of OS X &#8212; Apple announced OS X 10.11, or \u201cOS X El Capitan\u201d. iOS 9 Siri is getting smarter Split Screen iPad Apps: Perhaps the biggest feature of all, and something that has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,45,112,210,141,82,180,158,153,25,87,511,245,309,204,84,312,186,367,562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-computer-science","category-corporate-business-world","category-emerging-technologies","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-engineering","category-innovation","category-interaction-design","category-interface-design","category-journalism","category-learning-spaces","category-machine-to-machine-communications","category-mobile-technologies","category-platforms","category-programming","category-smart-classrooms","category-user-experience-ux","category-user-interface-design","category-vendors","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50676"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50692,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50676\/revisions\/50692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}