Apple News, Analysis and Podcasts

Apple Sets the Stage to Disassemble Cable Monopolies

TV network The CW and Apple joined forces last month as The CW will be bringing its programming to AppleTV. This may not appear to be blockbuster news, as The CW already has their ad supported content available via an iOS app, Windows 8, Android and XBox 360, but adding AppleTV to the mix — the one device that is a dedicated to content streaming — reveals that at least some networks are ready to forgo the traditionally heavy handed cable operators and set themselves free.

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WWDC: What You Didn't See

Wisdom says that you can learn more about a person by watching what they do rather than listening to what they say. You can also learn a lot about what someone chooses not to say, or avoids saying.

We don't have to go back too many WWDC’s ago when Apple shared its stage with companies such as Microsoft, Intel or Adobe. But if you watched today's keynote, you'll notice none of these tech giants were seen on stage let alone mentioned (except for Intel’s new Haswell processors).

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WWDC: Apple Streaming Live on Apple TV and Website

WWDC 2013 is going live! As in Apple will be streaming the event live via their home page and Apple TV. Thus, T-GAAP will be bringing a recap of the show this evening, so stay tuned. 

• Apple website link
• Apple TV link... Well, there is no such thing per se, so just turn on your Apple TV and in the bottom right of the home screen, there is a WWDC icon. Click on that and you are ready to go (and so are we). Images of Apple TV's WWDC link below.

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WWDC Photos — Looks Like Apple Is Ready!

Our Bay Area informant took advantage of a sunny Saturday afternoon in San Francisco to shoot some of these photos of the Moscone West and surrounding area. Looks like Apple is ready for a colorful WWDC 2013! From these photos it appears as if the show will focus on iOS7 and OS X, but Apple could also announce some new hardware too! We will have several posts on Monday and Tuesday with our thoughts on all of Apple's announcements.

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Where To Stream Apple's WWDC 2013

Apple has not yet indicated, nor posted any feed for live streaming of their 2013 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). For those of you wondering where the best place to find a home grown stream from those in attendance, we have a few suggestions for you. Below are several outlets that will be broadcasting the WWDC conference live:

• San Jose Mercury News
• live.gdgt.com
• live.cnet.com
• live.gizmodo.com
• live.theverge.com
• live.slashgear.com

T-GAAP will also be providing updates and analysis on Monday, along with a timely podcast Monday evening. Conversation is likely to run the gamut after the conference, as the latest banners show an amazingly thin font type coming to OS X and iOS 7. While iOS devices already boast retina displays, does the thin font type for OS X hint that the entire Mac lineup will also be gaining retina displays?

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WWDC Photos — More Work to Be Done

Our Bay Area informant headed down to Moscone West in San Francisco this afternoon and snapped these pictures as of 2:00pm Pacific Time today.

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Professional Hardware Coming At WWDC?

Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference is coming next week and most are expecting solid updates to OS X and iOS. WWDC is the best place to reveal new features because developers can learn how to add them to their software, but OS updates may not be the only big items coming to WWDC.

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h.265 and the Rest of the Apple TV Puzzle Pieces

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced at last week's AllThingsD conference that Apple had sold 13 million Apple TVs, and of them, nearly half that figure was sold in the last year. Host Walt Mossberg and co-host Kara Swisher asked about a new Apple HDTV and what it would entail. Cook was mum on anything resembling an answer, but one thing became abundantly clear: Demand for a way around the cable industry via an Apple solution is ripening at a rapid pace. While Cook used the term "intense interest" to describe Apple's devotion to the TV industry, there is still no indication as to when Apple would enter with its own solution.

The most plausible launch time for an Apple HDTV would seem likely to take place in early 2014, as much needed updates to iPads and iPhone are likely slated for Fall 2013.

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WWDC 2013 Operating System Convergence with iCloud

Apple will be showing off their new versions of iOS and OS X at WWDC this year. iOS 7 should see some big changes since Jonathan Ive took over development for Scott Forstall (fired by CEO Tim Cook in October 2012). Ive is expected to update the user interface, but Apple needs more than an iOS facelift to stay ahead of the competition.

Jonathan Ive took over iOS development in the middle of its development cycle. Apple had to pull developers from OS X to get iOS back on schedule. This means OS X 10.9 will be unlikely to see any major changes and may even be released after iOS 7. What are we likely to see from the next major operating system updates from Apple besides an interface change?

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Cook and Jobs at All Things D11, Likely One and the Same

Apple, Inc. CEO Tim Cook will be headlining the Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD conference tonight. The technology eyes will be glued on Cook, but will there really be much difference between Cook's performance vs the messages Steve Jobs brought to the table while in the public spotlight? Not likely.

There are rarely personalities and visionaries like Steve Jobs, and enough has been said about his ability to woo an audience. While Cook cannot compete with that charisma, the marketing crew at Apple works closely with ad agency TBWA/CHIAT/DAY, delivering the same vernacular out of Cook that came from Jobs. Whether Cook talks about Apple TV as a hobby, or talks about Apple as a company that is at the cross roads of technology and the liberal arts, the public talk track of the two men is nearly identical.

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