A "barrage" of presentations took place Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), yesterday's annual software developer conference, WWDC 2014 (World Wide Developers Conference), bringing a sense of technology.
In particular, the US company seems to seek to compete on equal terms with popular applications of rival companies such as Dropbox and WhatsApp through a number of software upgrades, while presenting new versions of its operating systems and desktop and portable systems.
Also, the light of publicity also saw HealthKit, software that works with "third" wearable devices, with emphasis on health. A parallel application, called Health, takes measurements that have to do with the state of the user's health and informs the hospital if it "perceives" large deviations.
Additionally, Apple has introduced new features to Apple iMessage, which indicate the company's intention to compete with the recently purchased by Facebook, WhatsApp. O user μπορεί να δημιουργεί και να τροποποιεί εύκολα ομαδικά μηνύματα, να στέλνει ηχητικά κομμάτια με μία movement και να δημιουργεί και να ανταλλάσσει μικρά κομμάτια βίντεο. Επίσης, παρουσιάστηκε η δυνατότητα αποστολής και λήψης γραπτών μηνυμάτων για όλες τις συσκευές της Apple.
The iCloud Drive - which "looks" in the direction of Dropbox - allows you to store files of any kind on remote servers and then access it through an iOS, Mac or PC device. The service is free up to five GB.
Apple also introduced the next generation of its desktop and laptop operating system, OS X Yosemite 10.10. The system boasts a new design and works best with other devices in the company, allowing users to make and receive calls and messages to and from their iPhone on their desktop and laptop. Like the predecessor, Mavericks, it will be available as a free update for Mac users.
Head of the company, Tim Cook, also introduced new features of its upcoming portable device, iOS 8 (expected in autumn), emphasizing collaboration between different devices. Among these is the Handoff, which allows a user to start a work on one device and move it to another. Also, Craig Fendrigi, vice president of software engineering, has unveiled the HomeKit, which is Apple's smart home design, allowing the user to control their home environment via smartphone, unlocking and opening doors, lowering thermostats, closing lights etc.
Also, a new programming language, named Swift, η οποία αντικαθιστά την Objective C ως η κύρια γλώσσα της εταιρείας για τη δημιουργία εφαρμογών. Στη WWDC 2014 παρουσιάστηκε ακόμη το predictive text χαρακτηριστικό QuickType, για την υποβοήθηση κατά το γράψιμο κειμένων, το οποίο «μαθαίνει» από τις συνήθειες του χρήστη, καθώς και ένα εργαλείο ονόματι Metal, που δίνει τη δυνατότητα στους developers να γράφουν προγράμματα για iPhone και iPad τα οποία χαρακτηρίζονται από μεγαλύτερη ταχύτητα και αυξημένη λεπτομέρεια όσον αφορά στα graphics.
Among the newcomers to the conference is the "opening" of Touch ID recognition technology to "third" developers, as well as the service Family Sharing, which allows up to six members of the same family to share material from the iTunes on their devices. At the same time, a number of improvements to the iOS App Store were presented, including the ability to offer multiple applications under a single, "bundle price", and the ability to publish videos on the application's description page.
Also, each developer will be able to offer its application as a public beta download via Test Flight, enabling users to test the original versions of applications before their official release (as in the case of "early access" seen in Steam).
Source: naftemporiki.gr
