WWDC 2013

April 25, 2013 — Leave a comment

WWDC 2013

update – tickets sold out within two minutes.

Apple just announced the dates for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference – June 10 to 14 to be held in San Francisco, USA. Tickets at US$1,599 each will be on sale tonight from 1am (SGT). In order to buy a ticket, you must be a member of the iOS Developer Program, iOS Developer Enterprise Program, or the Mac Developer Program as of the announcement of WWDC (5:30 a.m. PDT, April 24, 2013) and at the time of your ticket purchase. Developers between 13 and 17 years of age must have their ticket purchased by their parent or guardian who is an eligible member.

WWDC 2013 Student Scholarship

WWDC 2013 Student Scholarship

If you are a student who has interest in coding and has created your own apps, you can also try applying for the WWDC 2013 Student Scholarship where if awarded, will receive one ticket to the WWDC 2013 worth (US$1,599). To be eligible for the scholarship, you must be a full or part-time student, 13 years of age or older, and a current member of the iOS Developer Program, iOS Developer University Program, iOS Developer Enterprise Program, or Mac Developer Program. Applications will begin on 30 April 12am (SGT) and will close at 3 May 8am (SGT).

What to expect at WWDC 2013?

There will definitely be the unveiling of new OS X and iOS as highlighted by Phil Schiller in the press release:

“We look forward to gathering at WWDC 2013 with the incredible community of iOS and OS X developers,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Our developers have had the most prolific and profitable year ever, and we’re excited to show them the latest advances in software technologies and developer tools to help them create innovative new apps. We can’t wait to get new versions of iOS and OS X into their hands at WWDC.”

What is not known is whether there will be updates to any of the Mac or iOS products as by WWDC 2013 keynote, it will be 230 days since Apple last announced any new product.

Apple product launch timeline

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Fancy having coffee with Tim Cook

April 25, 2013 — Leave a comment

Coffee with Tim Cook

Only if you have more than US$130,000 (at post time) and more to pay for transport and accommodation. To raise funds for RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights, Time Cook is offering 30mins to an hour to speak with two person at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters.

Besides Tim Cook, Charity Buzz also listed a lunch with Francis Ford Coppola at a Napa VAlley winery, a backstage meeting with Alec Baldwin or a personal tour of Jay Leno’s car collection and many more, as part of RFK Center’s fund raising activities.

So want to get some one-to-one time with Tim Cook, prepare to fork out lots of $…for the sake of charity.

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Apple updated China homepage with message of support for earthquake victims

April 22, 2013 — Leave a comment

Apple CN Homepage message

Apple has updated their China homepage with message of support to earthquake victims in southwest China. In a short message (seen above), Apple offers condolences to victims of the earthquake in Ya’an (雅安), Sichuan and respect for the rescuers who are still attempting to locate survivals.

In a separate announcement, Apple has vouch to provide monetary support to rebuild the city as well as to help schools affected by the earthqauke with new Apple products and local Apple staffs will also be ready to provide support at any time.

Let’s hope more will be rescued in the coming days.

(via 9to5Mac)

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MacHeist nanoBundle 3

April 18, 2013 — Leave a comment

MacHeist nanoBundle 3

MacHeist is back with the nanoBundle 3 and this time they have 6 Mac apps (2 more to be unlocked) that cost up to US$260 at a very low cost of US$9.99. The 8 apps being offered this time are:

Just having Fnatastical and CleanMyMac 2 included is making this a great deal. Add to that iStopMotion and possibly Path Finder, it will definitely be worth spending the $9.99. Out of the money collected, 10% will be given to a charity of your choice.

The MacHeist nanoBundle 3 will be up for another 5 days before it goes away.

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Epic 10,000 iPhone 5 Domino showcases 10,000 iPhones (that’s right TEN THOUSAND iPhones) falling neatly in patterns. These CG iPhones’ feature NFC (Near Field Communications) concept that enable content to be passed on from one iPhone screen to another.

This iPhone video is imagined as an advertisement for the iPhone 5 concept feature of NFC. If iPhone 5S comes with the NFC feature, this could be a pretty neat iPhone commercial.

Created by Aatma Studio

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