Apple Debuts Safari 5 For Mac
'The OS wars have finally begun,' said Mike Gartenberg, technology strategist and vice president of Interpret. 'The bar has been raised once again.
Apple is very well positioned in the PC space for consumers, and we can expect Apple to begin its first major onslaught in the business market.' Traditionally, Apple has focused its Worldwide Developers Conference on software, as the event is devoted to training developers to code for Apple platforms. However, this year's sold-out event included a heavy load of hardware-related news tailored toward impressing consumers, demonstrating that Apple is at no loss for communicating to its fans after. 'WWDC is the only real, public venue for Apple now,' said Tim Bajarin, principal analyst with Creative Strategies.
Apple's answer to web browsing Safari, has now been updated to the latest version dubbed Safari 5.1.2. Download Safari 5.1.2 for your Mac and Windows now. Direct Links available. Apple debuts macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 with Business Chat and eGPU support Apple today updated macOS to version 10.13.4, bringing new features like Business Chat in Messages and support for external GPU (eGPU) enclosures to Mac users.
'It's their only opportunity to talk to their larger community. The big star of WWDC was iPhone 3GS, whose improvements are internal, as the overall physical design remains the same as its predecessor's. The 3GS introduces a digital compass for improved GPS navigation, enabling the iPhone Maps app to display directions based on which direction a user is facing. Another major addition to the handset is an improved, 3-megapixel camera, which includes autofocus, auto-white-balance and video-recording capabilities. A less-expected new feature of iPhone 3GS is a voice-control interface.
By loading an app, users will be able to dictate commands to perform various tasks, such as calling a contact or playing a song in the phone's iTunes library. Looking ahead, the iPhone 3GS includes support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA — a faster, next-generation network standard that many carriers plan to adopt. The 3GS will cost $200 for the 16GB model and $300 for the 32GB model. Apple is aiming to i-vangelize as many consumers as possible by offering its current iPhone 3G smartphone for $100 beginning today.
Gartenberg said this price cut is significant because it will force rivals to devise new solutions to compete. Though the new iPhone 3GS does not come with a new look, it will still attract early adopters, Bajarin said. The price drop on the current iPhone 3G to $100 should also help expand the company's market share in the smartphone segment. The revamped lineup of phones should help Apple pull ahead of competitors like the newly launched Palm Pre and the BlackBerry phones, Bajarin said.
'Apple is staying in the same price point as its earlier iPhone 3G, which is where all its volumes were,' Bajarin said. 'Right now they are just giving buyers a range of pricing options for their phones.' Apple also slashed prices across its MacBook line. Its 15-inch MacBook Pros now start at $1,700 — $300 less than before. Previously called MacBooks, the 13-inch unibody models now also sport the MacBook Pro name, and they start at $1,200 — down from $1,300. Additionally, the MacBook Air received an upgrade and dropped to $1,500 (from $1,800).
Apple's aggressive pricing for its MacBook line and the price drop on its lightweight MacBook Air will not compromise much on its profit margins, Bajarin said. 'They are not favoring market share over profitability in a big way,' he says. 'They have already taken the pricing curve down on the unibody and chipsets, so they are building on those lower costs.' Showing no mercy, Apple also announced a low price tag for its next-generation Mac operating system, OS X Snow Leopard.
Priced at $30 for current Leopard users, the OS will sport a number of refinements. But it is still based on the earlier Leopard version's code base, Bajarin said, which means Apple can afford to give it away for a lower price.' The iPhone 3G and new MacBooks begin selling today with their new price tags.
The iPhone 3GS is shipping June 19 — two days after the launch of the. September is the scheduled release for. (Just like we thought – wouldn't be announced today.) 11:38am Final demo: Line6 (digital guitars and amps) and Planet Waves (made the iPhone app ChordMaster).
They're working together on an app. They're on stage with an electric guitar. Using the accessory framework you can connect an iPhone to the Line6 amp and then you can choose different amp effects! This is exactly what we were asking for in Some examples: Turn an electric six string into an acoustic 12-string.
Another neat trick: You can change the tuning of the guitar strings without even touching the guitar strings. (WTF?) Tuning app will let you adjust each string. He can live-monitor a person's data (heart rate, critical care unit information) on the app. That's amazing. Solves the problem of bringing any data to any doctor anywhere on the iPhone. 11:16am An Audi R8 is spinning around on the screen.
In the game you can open up the car stereo and choose songs from your iTunes library. (iPhone 3.0's new media access allows this.) 11:13am A few devs are coming on stage to demo what they've done with iPhone 3.0.
Mark Hickey of Gameloft is on stage. He's announcing a 3D racing game called Asphalt 5.
11:08am You can even send the phone a message saying 'this is a lost phone' and force it to play an alert sound, whether or not it's in silent mode. If your phone really is lost or stolen, you can send it a remote wipe command which will delete all your data.
This will erase all your contacts, mail, everything. If you ever find the phone again, plug it in to iTunes and restore from backup.
11:07am Moving on to Languages. A multi-lingual user can tap on a globe button and switch to a different language. We're adding support for even more languages in iPhone OS 3.0. Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Korean and Thai. We now support more than 30 languages in iPhone 3.0, Scott says.
Every one of these languages has a portrait keyboard and a landscape keyboard. If you lose or misplace your phone, you can log in to MobileMe in any web browser and it will show you on the map where your phone is. 11:06am Next, Safari. We've got great improvements to Safari. Faster performance.
Auto-fill for example to easily log in to your web sites. Support for HTTP streaming audio and video. 11:04am 'It is a seamless experience.' Once you turn on tethering on your phone, there's no need to run any other app. This also requires carrier support — 22 carriers around the world that will support this in iPhone 3.0. AT&T is NOT on board with tethering.
Later this summer?! Geez, AT&T is behind. Crowd is booing 10:57am.
@markmcc says 'iPhone app video drives home what a huge advantage this dev community is over something like Pre.' . 10:55am Now we're moving on to iPhone 3.0, the next-gen operating system. 10:50am Some developers are saying they're traveling around the world while making games. Success of their iPhone apps allows that. 10:48am Now we're moving on to the iPhone.
Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone software, is coming on stage. 10:44am Just like that you have all your Exchange e-mails, folders, to-dos, everything immediately. And you can still use OS X features such as Spotlight to search the messages.
Something cool: You can drag an Exchange contact into an event in your iCal. Easier way to enter contact information for people you're meeting, for example. $30 for current Leopard users. If you have several machines, you can get a family pack for $49. Snow Leopard will be shipping September. And today Apple is making a near-final version available for developer preview.
Apple Debuts Safari 5 For Mac 2017
Leopard Mail for an example: When Mail is busy, it uses more threads to take advantage of more cores. But when Mail is idle, it gives all those threads back to the system. Overall you get a big win in performance and responsiveness. 10:37am Bertrand is back on stage talking about the advantages of 64-bit mode. Long story short: It's super freaking fast. Moving on to multi-core processors. A challenge of multi-cores is how to take advantage of them, how to program them.
10:34am @markmcc 'Safari 4: Cover Flow view of browsing history. Flip through pages you've seen. Plus full searching of history.' 10:10am The rest of the specs remain the same, except for the express card slot is being replaced by an SD card slot. Processor and memory changes: 3.06 GHz intel core 2 duo processor for the 15-inch MBP.
And up to 8GB RAM. 10:06am Phil is talking about Macs. He says notebooks are the hottest sellers.
He's recapping what Apple did with the MacBooks starting with the MacBook Air — the unibody. He's announcing an upgrade to the 15-inch MacBook Pro. It's going to include the same battery as the one in the current 17-inch MacBook Pro. 10:00am Schiller says OS X users have grown to 75 million users thanks to the popularity of the iPhone. Phil Schiller is on stage welcoming everyone.
'We have an amazing week planned for you.there's over 5200 developers from 54 countries around the world.' John Hodgman is on the screen. A new Mac ad. Hodgman is talking about a billion iPhone apps sold and stumbling over his words. Then Justin Long appears and says, 'Hello I'm a Mac, and what PC was trying to say was have a great conference.'
Dimming the lights. We're starting!
The goal of the Behind the Mac campaign, the company says, is to highlight how users continue to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation with the Mac platform. It will highlight 12 individual stories of how artists, developers, and many others are using the Mac in their respective fields. For instance, entrepreneur Peter Kariuki is featured for his development of an app that aims to reduce traffic deaths in Rwanda. Kariuki founded the company SafeMotos, which works to ensure “Africans do not have to choose between affordability and safety for their transport.”. Popular musician Grimes is also featured as part of the campaign.
The artist has committed to producing all of her own songs, and relies heavily on the Mac and accompanying software to do so. Behind the Mac also spotlights Bruce Hall, a legally blind photographer who has a permanent collection in the Library of Congress: Bruce Hall is a legally blind photographer, teacher, and disability advocate. Hall lives in Santa Ana, California and exhibits his photography internationally.
The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division purchased a portfolio of photographs from Hall’s Autism in Reflection series for their permanent collection. Behind the Mac includes a 1-minute spot that airs during the FIFA World Cup, as well as social and display ads. The campaign also gets its own dedicated webpage on Apple’s Behind the Mac campaign is one of its largest Mac ad pushes in recent years.
While many of the company’s recent campaigns have and, this campaign puts a focus on the Mac and the effect it has had on its users since 1984. The new campaign continues Apple’s focus on the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The new skills for Siri ahead of the event, as well as curated content for Apple News, Podcasts, and more. It also rolled out support for just in time for games. The videos that will air as part of the campaign can be seen below.