Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference
Join Fast Company editors and writers in New York, Chicago, and California on June 2 at 9:00am EDT for ongoing, live coverage. While we're likely to learn more about iOS 8 and OS X 10.10, will we also get some new hardware? Will we learn more about Apple's plans for Beats?
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Safari includes a new smart search feature that will show those new robust Spotlight suggestions in the completion bar. Safari will also know which users you message most frequently, with user suggestions for sharing content appearing within the browser.
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A lot of Apple's updates here are really about speed--autocompleting searches that you're making, either in Finder or Safari. This is how fast desktops have to be in a world dominated by Google's instantaneous, autocompleting search. Faster than clicking icons and menu bars allows.
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You can now sign your PDF. Which you could do before in Preview. But few knew that.by Farhad Manjoo via twitter 6/2/2014 5:32:14 PM
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New Mac OS will allow up to 2 hours longer battery life when streaming video.by Walt Mossberg via twitter 6/2/2014 5:34:42 PM
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Kind of sucks for Yosemite branding. RT @EliLanger : "OS X Weed" is now Twitter's top trending topic worldwide. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpJFjYnIEAAK3-k.png
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Federighi is now moving on to continuity: Airdrop will work between Mac and iOS devices. Handoff will let users finish compiling messages they start on their iPhones or iPads on the Mac. Instant Hotspot can create a wireless network for Macs. Users can receive messages and phone calls from their Macs, regardless of what devices the senders are on.
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Here's what you need to know about HealthKit, Apple's new centralized hub for biometric data.
Apple Introduces Health App, A Centralized Hub For Biometric Data
Fast CompanyNew features in iOS 8 point to a new era focused on health tracking. -
And you may not have noticed but there was breaking news in the font world today!
Apple Changes OS X's Main Font For The First Time Ever
Co.DesignFollowing the lead of iOS, Apple's desktop operating system says goodbye to Lucida Grande, and hello to Helvetica Neue. -
Did you miss today's event? Here's a roundup of the keynote announcements, a look at the main design features of Apple's new OS X, a closer look at HomeKit and a smart take on the Health app and HealthKit.