On Monday, June 11th Apple will be opening the doors to the WWDC 2012 taking place at theMoscone Center in San Francisco starting at about 10am Pacific Time. This year Apple is expected to announce much more than last year, which consisted mainly of iOS 5 and iCloud. For those of you interested in what Apple could talk about this year, I wrote an in-depth article on my predictions for the WWDC 2012 that include iOS 6, Apple TV SDK, refreshed Mac lineup and extended Siri and iCloud functionality.
WWDC 2012 Video Livestream
The hacker Chronic has recently been actively tweeting about an upcoming project called “Magenta“. The Magenta Project is essentially aiming to replicate iOS on the Linux kernel. In more technical terms it is an implementation of Darwin/BSD on top of the Linux kernel that will by fully binary compatible with iPhone iOS 5.0 firmware. This essentially means that you could run a stable version of iOS on Android smartphones.
Back in March Apple started rejecting applications that accessed your iOS device’s UDID. For for those you who are unaware of what a UDID is, essentially it is an identification number (alphanumeric string) that is unique to your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad. The reason why developers have been accessing your UDID is because it allows them to track users activity while they are using any givenapplication. As such you can kind of think of a UDID as a permanent cookie (used by web browsers to track user activity and then serve you relevant ads). The only difference with a UDID is, as mentioned before, they are permanent and track user activity without their permission.
For all of you Apple fanboys the WWDC 2012 is probably one of the most exciting times of the year. It is almost always an event where Apple unveils something extraordinary; last year being the world’s most advanced mobile operating system – iOS 5 and iCloud. This year the tech community is expecting something more than just software improvements however, and as such we are going to discuss our predictions on what Apple will showcase at the WWDC 2012.
The iOS 6 Firmware
Ever wanted to use your iPhone or Android device to power up a slim Macbook Air styled laptop.Clambook is a new laptop dock that lets you connect your Android device or the iPhone and use it asa laptop. Of course, only the apps on your phone can be used and it’ll connect to the internet using the phone’s data connection.
