1. OS X 10.7 Apple's preview of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard happened at the 2008 keynote. 10.5 was unveiled during the 2006 keynote , and 10.4 was done in 2004. Following that track, 2010's show would bring a preview, or at least an acknowledgment that Apple had 10.7 in the oven. Though given the focus on Apple's iOS, and the shiny new device that will run on it, it's not all that surprising we didn't hear a peep. An OS update, especially for the desktop, would have likely filled an hour or two on its own. Yet, the downside of this omission is that the eventual preview of that update will likely be shelved until next year's show, since WWDC is Apple's only big developer event of the year. 2. iTunes streaming service Prior to Apple picking up the company, sources had told CNET that Apple was planning to purchase the company primarily for its music streaming technology. Given the timing , that Apple would fill in the gap Lala.com's closure had left with something similar built right into iTunes, though that never came to fruition during Monday's keynote. Then again, given Apple's propensity for having its "music" events in September, we might just have to wait three months. Another good thing that is likely to keep such a service coming is pressure from Google, which just a few weeks prior had demoed its free music streaming service, which uses technology from SimplifyMedia--a company Google had quietly acquired back in March. 3. Free MobileMe 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman spotted some ...
7 Things We Didn't See At WWDC
Monday, October 22, 2012
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1. OS X 10.7 Apple's preview of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard happened at the 2008 keynote. 10.5 was unveiled during the 2006 keynote , and 10.4 was done in 2004. Following that track, 2010's show would bring a preview, or at least an acknowledgment that Apple had 10.7 in the oven. Though given the focus on Apple's iOS, and the shiny new device that will run on it, it's not all that surprising we didn't hear a peep. An OS update, especially for the desktop, would have likely filled an hour or two on its own. Yet, the downside of this omission is that the eventual preview of that update will likely be shelved until next year's show, since WWDC is Apple's only big developer event of the year. 2. iTunes streaming service Prior to Apple picking up the company, sources had told CNET that Apple was planning to purchase the company primarily for its music streaming technology. Given the timing , that Apple would fill in the gap Lala.com's closure had left with something similar built right into iTunes, though that never came to fruition during Monday's keynote. Then again, given Apple's propensity for having its "music" events in September, we might just have to wait three months. Another good thing that is likely to keep such a service coming is pressure from Google, which just a few weeks prior had demoed its free music streaming service, which uses technology from SimplifyMedia--a company Google had quietly acquired back in March. 3. Free MobileMe 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman spotted some ...
1. OS X 10.7 Apple's preview of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard happened at the 2008 keynote. 10.5 was unveiled during the 2006 keynote , and 10.4 was done in 2004. Following that track, 2010's show would bring a preview, or at least an acknowledgment that Apple had 10.7 in the oven. Though given the focus on Apple's iOS, and the shiny new device that will run on it, it's not all that surprising we didn't hear a peep. An OS update, especially for the desktop, would have likely filled an hour or two on its own. Yet, the downside of this omission is that the eventual preview of that update will likely be shelved until next year's show, since WWDC is Apple's only big developer event of the year. 2. iTunes streaming service Prior to Apple picking up the company, sources had told CNET that Apple was planning to purchase the company primarily for its music streaming technology. Given the timing , that Apple would fill in the gap Lala.com's closure had left with something similar built right into iTunes, though that never came to fruition during Monday's keynote. Then again, given Apple's propensity for having its "music" events in September, we might just have to wait three months. Another good thing that is likely to keep such a service coming is pressure from Google, which just a few weeks prior had demoed its free music streaming service, which uses technology from SimplifyMedia--a company Google had quietly acquired back in March. 3. Free MobileMe 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman spotted some ...
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