WWDC 2015 - Pat Walsh IT Services

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2015

Monday 8 June 2015 saw the WWDC take place in San Francisco.

Apple usually unleashes lots of announcements at this event and this year was no exception. Below I’ve briefly outlined the major announcements.

iOS 9

The main features of iOS seem to be the enhancement of performance and making many of the features already available – such as Siri – more intelligent. It will also take less space to install than iOS 8 and promises battery performance enhancements. iOS 9 will work with any device that iOS 8 runs on.

For the iPad, there are new Multitasking modes, including Split View and Slide Over. The availability of these depends on the iPad – Split View is only available on the iPad Air 2, whereas Slide Over is available across the iPad range.

Apple also announced new apps for iOS 9, including News, a Newsstand replacement and enhancement, plus enhanced Notes app and Passbook is to be replaced with the Wallet app.

Availability – Now for developers, July for a public beta, autumn for general release.

OSX 10.11 El Capitan

This update to OSX focuses on performance and stability, with a few extras thrown in.

Spotlight is being enhanced, including a new search feature called “search in their own words”.

The Apple Metal graphical engine will be incorporated into El Capitan, as was done with iOS 8, this is mainly for games but also good for graphics heavy type apps such as 3D modelling.

Availability – Now for developers, this autumn for general release, which will be a free update.

Apple Watch OS 2

Apple announced Apple Watch OS 2, which will allow native apps on the Apple Watch.

Availability – Now for developers, autumn for general release

Apple Pay

Apple Pay is arriving in the UK in July 2015 and will work with a large range of banks and shops, plus also work on TfL transport – tube, buses, Overground etc.

The range of banks and shops in the US accepting Apple Pay is also increasing.

Apple Music

The Apple Music service was announced, its a replacement for the Beats Music service.

It will cost $9.99 per month.

Availability – With iOS 8.4, due June 30, for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch. Also available in the autumn for Windows and Android.

Pat Walsh fixed my site within hours of my contacting him – his WordPress website fix service clearly works!

Douglas Green, Douglas Software

Pat performs comprehensive website testing for us, across all the main browsers and platforms, including mobile devices. His flexible approach to testing and clear feedback enable us to have confidence that the business end of our website is still working smoothly after system updates and changes.

Steve Liu, Manager, Wicked Lasers

Pat Walsh provided Kingston Valdes with a professional and personable service that was excellent value. The site was built and tested quickly, we are delighted with the results, and we have already had positive feedback from some of our clients. If you’re thinking of building a new site or adapting an existing one, I’d certainly recommend speaking with Pat about it.

Kathy Valdes, Kingston Valdes

Pat has been absolutely incredible at testing each of our projects he works on. He’s very professional, organised and diligent. I look forward to using him again in the future.

Oliver Thurtle, Director of Technology, Drum

Pat came to Composed to respond to our (increasingly urgent) need of QA on mobile and web and I can testify he more than fulfilled the task. On the Android side, his very structured approach (first exploratory testing, then focus on defining test plans for a variety of scopes) and his clear knowledge of the latest mobile technologies have quickly paid off. He was involved directly with the developers (including myself) and this very dynamic relationship enabled us to annihilate bugs swiftly and efficiently.

David Ferrand, Android Developer, Composed

Couldn’t recommend Pat highly enough. He goes beyond what you’d expect of a QA tester, commenting more broadly on user experience and even design. He’s quick, efficient and thorough – couldn’t ask for any more.

Rob Calvert, Director, Click

Pat is an excellent one-stop-shop for testing Apps and Websites. He is a self-starter who just knows what needs to be done and gets on with it, and is responsive to requests for any specific testing requirements. He provides test plans and reports as a matter of course and was a pleasure to work with. I will definitely be working with Pat again if the opportunity arises.

Andrew Birley, PM, Storythings

We’ve worked with Pat Walsh on a number of very different projects, from interactive video projects to mobile apps. His work is very thorough and has quickly become an essential and important phase of all the production work we do at Storythings. He’s thorough, diligent, and a pleasure to work with.

Matt Locke, Director, Storythings

We hired Pat to help with QA of a music streaming app. We needed someone with that magic “6th sense” of where the bugs are lurking; the ones which developers tend to miss. Pat more than fulfilled this need, with highly methodical approach and a great eye for detail.

Subsequently Pat has provided QA services for a personal app project of mine, finding a significant issue which had been lurking for some time.

Pat is a real asset to any team – highly competent technically but also easy going and a great guy to work with. Highly recommended!

Andrew Ebling, Head of App Development, Composed

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2015

Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2015

iOS 9

OSX 10.11 El Capitan

Apple Watch OS 2

Apple Pay

Apple Music

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