It never hurts when a programming language becomes accessible to a wider audience. During the WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple announced that Swift 2, the update to its Swift programming language, would receive significant changes. A number of enhancements to the language are planned, adding Objective-C generics, a faster debug mode, C function pointer APIs […]
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Apple Pay will be incorporated into Passbook and become Wallet. During the WWDC keynote, Apple announced that its upcoming Wallet app will replace Passbook, but function in the same way: You’ll still store your concert tickets in Wallet alongside your Apple Pay card information. The program will also store reward cards for stores like Kohl’s […]
You knew it was coming. It wasn’t like the universe needed another streaming music service, but Apple’s thrown its hat into the ring and announced “Beats One”, or the Apple Music service, which will be available for US$9.99 per month for a single account, US$14.99 per month for a family account and feature on-demand content […]
Apple pulled the curtain back on watchOS 2, its upcoming operating system for the Apple Watch, on Monday. The new version, which will be available in the fall, is said to feature added support for native third-party apps, on-screen video playback, and a collection of many new features for both users and developers. The upcoming […]
Apple introduced iOS 9 during the Worldwide Developers Conference with a copious number of new changes. As the mighty Craig Federighi took the stage, he highlighted improvements for Siri, power management, extending battery life, etc. Federighi cited that Siri is now 40 percent faster, and comes with a new interface that matches Apple Watch, and […]