News: 2 June 2014 - iOS 8, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, Swift

News: 2 June 2014 – iOS 8, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, Swift

iOS 8 and OSX 10.10 Yosemite were announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) 2014 in San Francisco. Also another big announcement – at least to developers – was that Swift will be the new language replacing Objective-C.

iOS 8 and OSX 10.10 Yosemite are due for release in the autumn/fall.

Here’s the edited highlights of iOS 8 and OSX 10.10 Yosemite:

iOS 8

New APIs – HomeKit and HealthKit
HomeKit – allows people to control household objects and appliances – directly from their iPhones – Internet of Things
HealthKit – collection of lifestyle tracking tools
Health – app which ties into the HealthKit
TouchID – will be open to developers for things like authorisation, login etc
Photos – some new features to edit lighting and contrast
iCloud Photo Library – will also be on OSX 10.10 – allows users to store photos and access across all their devices
Messages – new audio and video controls to allow quick record and send of multimedia – group message updated
Keyboard – will be predictive and changeable / allow third-party keyboards
QuickType – update to auto-correct (at last!)
Family Sharing – allows permission for purchases etc
iCloud Drive – will also be on OSX 10.10 – allows upload of files that can be accessed via any device – will also mean there will be a file browser in iOS
Continuity – also on OSX 10.10 – should make working across Mac and mobile devices more seamless
Interactive Notifications
Spotlight – will also be improved to access info like Wikipedia, news, maps, results from iTunes, iBooks, App Store, suggested websites
AirPlay – will allow peer-to-peer sharing, so not just via wifi networks
Notes app – will allow rich text

iOS 8 Will run on iPhones from iPhone 4S up and iPads from iPad2 / iPad Mini up – plus on iPod Touch 5th Gen

Further info on iOS 8 – from Apple – from MacWorld – hands on from CultOfMac

OSX 10.10 Yosemite

New interface, new dock, ‘beautiful’ icons
New interface – iOS 7 style re-design with translucent, flatter icons
Spotlight – more prominent – as well as searching your Mac can search on the web
Mail – productivity updates
Will allow more connectivity with iPhones – can make calls on Mac
Continuity
Handoff

Further info on OSX 10.10 Yosemite – from Apple – from MacWorld

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News: 2 June 2014 – iOS 8, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, Swift

News: 2 June 2014 – iOS 8, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, Swift

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