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Apple aims to show critics it hasn't lost its innovative edge

2013-06-11 05:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. unveiled a daring overhaul of its mobile operating system to kick off its annual developers conference, where it hopes to show critics that it has lost none of its innovative swagger. In addition to unveiling iOS 7,...

What kind of cat will the new version of Apple's Mac OS X be?

2013-06-08 09:05:00

Apple is widely expected to announce the next version of its desktop operating system, Mac OS X 10.9, and a big mystery remains: What kind of cat will it be named after? Since Apple introduced the Mac OS X operating system in 2001, the company has named...

Top features, products unveiled at Apple's WWDC 2013 [Video chat]

2013-06-10 14:12:00

Apple has wrapped up its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, and per usual, the company announced a flurry of new products and service. Join us here at 2:30 p.m. as we discuss Apple's announcements. The company had a lot of new products to offer...

Sen. John McCain thanks Apple for new feature

2013-06-10 16:13:00

Apple this morning announced the latest versions of mobile and computer operating systems, and at least one user was happy with what he saw: Sen. John McCain. The Republican from Arizona was a part of the hearing last month that questioned Apple CEO Tim...

WWDC 2013: What to expect at Apple developer's conference

2013-06-10 06:05:00

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off Monday morning with a keynote event that's expected to feature a slew of new products and services by the Cupertino tech giant. WWDC 2013: Follow our live coverage of Apple's keynote Of course,...

WWDC 2013: Vine videos from Apple's conference

2013-06-10 09:59:00

Ahead of Apple's keynote at 10 a.m., a who's who of Apple executives are standing around waiting for the show to commence. Among them are CEO Tim Cook, design chief Jony Ive and even former vice president and Apple board member Al Gore. Times reporter...

It once rained inside Facebook, brought down Web cloud -- no, really

2013-06-10 08:15:00

Facebook and other major tech companies have data centers to support what they like to call "cloud" computing, or the ability for users to store and work with files remotely. But in the early days of Facebook's first data center, an actual indoor rain...

WWDC 2013: Apple drops 'cats' theme, calls new Mac OS 'Mavericks'

2013-06-10 11:17:00

Apple got its annual Worldwide Developers Conference underway Monday in San Francisco with the announcement of a new version of its desktop operating system called Mac OS X Mavericks. Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi...

Apple to bring iBooks to laptops and desktops

2013-06-10 11:39:00

Apple will bring iBooks to laptops and desktops, it announced in the keynote of its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday in San Francisco. Since the launch of the iBookstore in 2010, iBooks has only been available as an app. The complete iBooks...

WWDC 2013 Live: Apple keynote, new Mac Pro and redesigned iOS 7

2013-06-10 08:54:00

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference has kicked off with a keynote event in which the Cupertino tech giant rolled out a smaller Mac Pro, a MacBook Air with a longer battery life, a redesigned iOS 7, and dropped the "cat" theme in naming its...

Server logs hint at new versions of iPhone and iPad running iOS 7

2013-06-09 14:22:00

Employees at Trademob, a Berlin-based mobile app marketing platform, noticed something curious two days ago.� In a routine scan of their logs, they noticed what appeared to be evidence of someone testing a new iPhone and iPad using the new iOS 7. No...

Google said to be buying Waze social mapping app for $1.1 billion

2013-06-09 16:11:00

Google has reportedly struck a deal to purchase Waze, a popular mobile mapping app, for $1.1 billion. Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg reported that the Silicon Valley giant could officially announce the deal as early as Monday. The move would...

Apple introduced and previewed its new Mac operating system called Mavericks.

2013-06-10 10:52:00

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 10: Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the keynote address during the 2013 Apple Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone Center on June 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California.

2013-06-10 00:00:00

GUSD's Katie Warren shows a group of teachers the ins and outs of the OS X Lion on new MacBooks Pros purchased with Measure S funds on Monday, March 26, 2012.

2012-03-26 12:28:00