Rovio has released a trailer for the next Angry Birds update, and it takes the birds and pigs underground!  Named Mine and Dine, Rovio say it’s set in the ‘dark, damp underbelly of the Angry Birds World’!  As you’d expect from a game set in a mine it’s rocky down there, with stalactites getting in

Thanks to the lack of live stream from Apple’s WWDC keynote yesterday, all most people have been able to learn about iOS 5 so far has come from live blogs or from post-event articles such as ours; but there’s nothing quite like seeing it in action to really understand how your phone will look by

The final piece of software unveiled at WWDC today was iCloud, an exciting remix of MobileMe with a ton of new features and one very important change.  But what exactly is it?  Apple CEO Steve Jobs summed it up perfectly – as usual – in one of his trademark soundbites, describing iCloud as ’storing your

The first piece of software to be demonstrated at WWDC today was Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the latest desktop operating system last seen during 2010’s Back to the Mac event.  Today was it’s official unveiling and several of the new features – along with some we’d seen before – were demonstrated. Multitouch will be implemented

Apple has announced iOS 5 today, a major revision of the company’s mobile operating system.  With 1500 new APIs and 200 new features, iOS 5 has a lot of changes inside and of course, Apple couldn’t demonstrate all of them during the WWDC keynote, so they chose ten of the most exciting.  Here’s what we

At the WWDC 2011 Keynote, the enigmatic iCloud was finally unveiled to all attending the keynote conference. Steve Jobs climbed back on stage to reveal the iCloud. He said, “I’m going to talk about iCloud. We’ve been working on this for some time now, and I’m really excited about it.” What exactly is iCloud? Well, iCloud is a way to  ”seamlessly integrated into your apps, so you can access your content on all your device” Before talking about the iCloud, Steve began by recalling how many years ago the PC was becoming the digital hub for one’s digital life.  Digital photos, digital videos, music. It worked for the better part of 10 years. But it has broken down in the past few years. “iCloud stores your content in the cloud and wirelessly pushes it to all your device. It automatically uploads it, stores it, and pushes it to all your devices.” Since it is integrated with all your apps, everything happens automatically. The iCloud can also work on the MobileMe apps since they have been re-written from the “ground up”. The contacts that are added in any device are pushed to the cloud and then sync’d down to all the other devices. The calendars work the same way-one can make a new calendar, edit it, and it is  all pushed to the cloud. Calendar sharing is now added as well. “Mail was in the best shape of all, but it’s even better.” Get an @me.com account and all your messages are sync’d and pushed across. Steve Jobs also confirmed that there are no ads. He said, “We build products that we use too, and we just don’t want ads.” With iCloud, you will be able to store all you content so it is always accessible from your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. It will give you almost instant access to your music, apps, latest photos, and more. Furthermore it will also keep your email, contacts, and calendars up to date across all your devices. There is no syncing required. And no management required. “In fact, no anything required. iCloud does it all for you. “iCloud will be free! And it is launching in developer beta today! Related Posts WWDC 2011 Announcement Live Coverage Recap: Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud WWDC 2011 Live: No iPhone 5 Announcement WWDC 2011 Keynote: IOS 5 & More

Today Apple held the Worldwide Developers conference (WWDC). During WWDC 2011, no iPhone 5 hardware was announced. Usually Apple announces new hardware each year, but this year none was announced. Steve Jobs started the Worldwide Developers conference by announcing the iOS statistics. After Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller took the stage and announced details on the Mac OS X Lion operating system. Scott Forstall announced details on the iOS 5 software update which will be released in fall. Once Scott was done, Steve Jobs went back on stage and announced details on iCloud. The WWDC is still ongoing, so stay tuned. We’ll let you know if Steve Jobs does end up announcing the rumored iPhone 5 that many sites have speculated on. Related Posts WWDC 2011 Announcement Live Coverage Recap: Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud WWDC 2011 Live Keynote and Video Stream Announcement Online WWDC 2011 Live Update: iOS 5 Release Date Announced

Scott Forstall has announced the released date for the new iOS 5 software update. It has over 200 new features and will support over the air updates. It will be released in fall and available for the following iOS devices: iPhone 4 iPhoe 3GS iPod touch 4th gen iPod touch 3rd gen iPad 2 iPad 1 Developers will be able to download a seed of iOS 5 from the iOS Dev Center some time today. You can check more details on our WWDC 2011 Live Coverage:  iOS 5 page . Related Posts WWDC 2011 Announcement Live Coverage Recap: Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud WWDC 2011 Live Keynote and Video Stream Announcement Online Watch WWDC 2011 Live Stream

Scott Forstall, Vice President of iOS Software at Apple Inc. announced statistics of the Apple iOS operating system during the WWDC 2011 live keynote. Here are the statistics that were announced: 200 million iOS devices have been sold to date iOS is the #1 mobile operating system with 44% market More than 425,000 apps are on the App Store now 14 billion Apps have been downloaded in less than 3 years Apple has paid out more than $2.5 billion to developers iOS 5 is also being announced, we will be covering the details on that. Stay tuned! Related Posts WWDC 2011 Announcement Live Coverage Recap: Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud WWDC 2011 Live Keynote and Video Stream Announcement Online WWDC 2011 Keynote: IOS 5 & More

At the WWDC Keynote, Steve Jobs unveiled the many great features of the newly released OS X Lion. The Keynote continued to highlight the sale of more than than 200 million IOS devices. ”That makes iOS the number one mobile operating system, with more than 44% of the market.” To talk more about the IOS 5, Scott Forstall enters the stage. In reference to the iPad 2, Scott Forstall says, ”It is an amazing product, and our customers just couldn’t wait to get their hands on it… actually they did have to wait.” “More than 15 billion songs have been sold through the iTunes Music Store, making it the #1 retailer of music in the world.” Forstall also explains that Apple has paid out more than $2.5 billion to developers — big check signed by Steve Jobs on the screen. Now, getting to the IOS 5, ”iOS 5 is a major release. This is incredible for our developers and our customers.” The first new feature discussed is Notifications. We’re looking at the current notifications, the annoying pop-ups that have been “massively popular.” More than 100 billion have been pushed so far! The notification center aggregates all the notifications. It is accessed by swiping down from the top. Notifications will no longer be interrupted with the activity on the ios. The next new feature on the IOS 5 is the Newsstand. Scott Forstall says,  ”Recently we added subscriptions, which makes it easier to get all the new issues without missing anything.” When you have purchased your news publications, they are automatically downloaded and placed on the Newsstand. It is integrated on the home screen making it look like a news stand. Furthermore, the new issues are automatically downloaded in the background, and also available to users offline. The third new feature discussed in the Keynote is TWITTER! ”We want to make it even easier for all our customers to use Twitter on all their iOS products.” There is a single sign-on and you’re configured for Twitter. Those credentials are then saved and there will be no need to sign in again and again. Twitter photos and the @ usernames can also be pulled automatically into contacts. Twitter can also be integrated with many apps, including Camera and Photos. Just tap the action button, hit “Tweet” and it’s attached. “It’s that simple.” Another great featured added in IOS 5 is TABBED BROWSING! “It is lightning fast to switch between windows now.” You just have to tap one of the tabs and -boom, your there. Reading List is another feature, you can save publications (just like bookmarking them) in a reading list for later reading. Another feature, Reminders allows users to store lists of things and assign them to any dates, plus you can also assign a location. It’ll sync across devices, and with Cal. The iPhone 4 camera is one of the best cameras on mobile, now there is a Camera button on the lock screen. Once you tap  on the camera icon and you’re right in the Camera app, ready to take a photo.  When you click on the photo icon, it will immediately take you to the photo and you can click as many photos without having to slide the lock key or enter a pass code if you’ve sent one up. Additionally, you can also use the volume button to take a picture now! You can also pinch to zoom  right in the app. Pictures can also be edited on the ios 5 now. You can crop, rotate, reduce red-eye, and you can do a one click enhance. Many changes are brought to Mail in IOS 5 now as well. Rich-text formatting, indentation control, draggable addresses (from To: to Cc: or Bcc:), flagging so you can mark them as unread, and now you can search the entire contents of messages. S/MIME is being added as well, for the security mavens. Furthermore, there is also an addition of a built-in dictionary that’s a service across the OS. “All apps from the App Store can use it.” Next up is the Game Center. ”iOS is the most popular gaming platform on the planet. There are more than 100,000 game and entertainment titles in the App Store.” Games can be purchased and dowloaded directly from the game center. You can also see what scores your friends earned in what game and compete with them. “In just 9 months we have 50 million Game Center users. To put that into perspective Xbox Live has been around for about eight years and they have around 30 million users.” Next feature: iMessage “I believe we have the best messaging client on the iPhone. It works tremendously well to send text messages and photos and our customers love it — our iPhone users. But what about our iPad users, and our iPod touch users?” With iMesssage, users are able to send text messages, photos, videos, contacts, and even do group messaging. For example, one can start a convo on your iPhone and pick it up on your iPad, or the reverse if you’re into that.