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  • Apple's macOS Mojave shares name with fictitious Microsoft Windows release

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    Precisely zero people are going to know or care about this historical footnote.
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  • iOS 12 'doubles down' on performance for iPhone and iPad

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    rogifan_new said:
    wizard69 said:
    Wow, not much to get excited about here.
     lol, you guys are a riot -- first people complain that Apple needs to work on making its platform more stable, and then they complain it's not exciting enough.
    I guess if you’re a teenybopper who lives in Snapchat and Bitmoji this was a great update. I liked the changes to notifications and Siri shortcuts and group FaceTime but the rest was meh. News in the stocks app? Who even uses that app? And showing off ARKit with people holding up iPads? Who’s gonna do that? Your arms would get tired in an instant. Where is the SiriKit domain for music and podcasts? Where is the support for 3rd party music and podcast apps on AppleWatch? Or more Siri skills for HomePod? HomePod wasn’t even mentioned on stage. How about changes to iCloud pricing? Based on the little rumors we had I wasn’t expecting a ton of OMG things but I was expecting more.
    To answer your questions:

    1) Q) News in the Stocks app A) They mentioned this for a reason if you watched until the end... the News, Stocks and Voice Recording apps have been rewritten and ported to iPad AND Mac OS.  That's why it's important to mention since it demonstrates that Apple is eating it's own dog food with the conversion and that it's working great.  Plus, lot's of people use Stocks and News, probably just not you.

    2) People holding iPads shows a higher resolution screen when viewed on the massive screens in the hall.  Also, it provides a more expansive space for interaction. Lastly, kids will probably be more apt to use iPads in a classroom or play setting than an iPhone.

    3) SiriKit domain for music and podcasts: I'm not sure if this answers your question, but Apps can register their own phrases for Siri.  All apps.

    4) Support for other audio apps on Apple Watch: This was already mentioned that apps will support background audio on Apple Watch 5.

    5) HomePod was not mentioned much, but it was made known that the Siri Shortcuts you register or create are available on ALL of your devices, HomePod was in the picture and was also mentioned.

    6) iCloud Pricing: This is a developer conference. They aren't interested in iCloud pricing changes.
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  • iOS 12 'doubles down' on performance for iPhone and iPad

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    harry wild said:
    Looks to me that the lowest Apple will support will be the A9 with 2GB of LpDDR4!
    It's supporting devices back to 2013 or the original iPad Air (A7)
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  • Apple to let developers port iOS apps to Mac, starts with own apps in macOS Mojave

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    I'm super-excited about this as an app developer at WWDC!  We have been struggling to get a decent version of our app available on the Mac Store.  IF we can reuse most of our code and make it compatible to be compiled to Mac... it will make things so much better!
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  • Apple's Phil Schiller confirms Steam Link iOS app failed to meet App Store guidelines

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    rogifan_new said:
    nunzy said:
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    dipdog3 said:
    Many VNC apps stream live video and send back commands. You could buy the Golden Gate Bridge using a VNC App without giving Apple a cut. How is this any different?

    Seriously!?

    If I were Apple I would start revoking developer accounts for developers who promise things they clearly know is against the rules. Sorry, but ANY developer who’s serious about developing for iOS WOULD HAVE READ the contract and UNDERSTOOD what is or isn’t possible. And getting your fan base worked up in a tizzy should be an immediate cancellation of your developer account.

    The guidelines have been in place since day one, in fact they’ve become more relaxed since then. There’s no reason ANY developer should attempt to step beyond those rules and hope for the best. Unless they think they can rally their fan base and try to force it. As I said, in that case, cancel their developer account. 
    Exactly. They knew that they were cheating, but they did it anyway. No surprise that the app got booted.

    Apple curates the hell out of these apps. Nobody curates nearly as good as Anple. Google is a joke.
    So how was this app approved in the first place? App reviewers at Apple are morons?
    They probably hide the functionality for the review and then turned it on after it was approved thinking they’d get away with breaking the rules.
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