Today at WWDC Apple has officially announced the next version of watchOS for the Apple Watch. watchOS 3 was unveiled by Apple executive Kevin Lynch and includes a variety of changes and enhancements.

Highlighting watchOS 3 is a major improvement to the speed of opening apps. Lynch explained that watchOS apps should open instantly and that watchOS 3 finally allows that to be the case.

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Filed under: Apple Watch Tagged: Apple watch, watchOS 3, WWDC 2016

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MORE NEW GEAR FROM TODAY:

Amazon’s 4K-capable Fire TV Streaming Media Player is on sale for $85 shipped, more

If you’ve been holding out on buying a GoPro, here is the deal: HERO4 Black (refurb) $329 shipped (Orig. $499)

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Filed under: Tips and Tricks Tagged: 12-inch MacBook, 9to5Toys, Amazon, app deals, Beats Solo2, Best Buy, Daily Deals, free apps, Gold Box, UE BOOM 2, video games

The website for the Apple Beta Program has gone down ahead of the WWDC 2016 keynote, due to start at 10 AM PT (in about 40 minutes). With Apple about to unveil iOS 10, macOS 10.12, watchOS 3 and new tvOS, the Beta Program site going down indicates that at least something new will be available for wider release today.

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Filed under: AAPL Company, iOS, iOS Devices Tagged: iOS 10

With WWDC 2016 just an hour away, developers in the area have begun noticing that Apple has created custom Snapchat geofilters for the event. Embellished with this year’s WWDC 16 banner designs, the filters we’ve seen continue to play on the pseudo-code Apple has been showing off on the official developer site. At the end of February this year, Snapchat had introduced the ability for anyone to create custom geofilters at a cost. These On-Demand Geofilters could be designed by users, and then geofenced into an area on a map. The filters could then be purchased and would remain live for a set amount of time.

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Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: geofilters, Snapchat, WWDC 2016, WWDC16

It’s Monday, June 13th and Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is about to kick off with the company’s opening keynote and press event at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET.

iOS 10, OS X macOS 10.12, watchOS 3, and updates to tvOS for the new Apple TV are just a few of the expected announcements alongside some highlights from Siri and Apple Music. We’ll be bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage as usual with live updates and analysis, and you’ll also find handy links to all of our other WWDC coverage in the News Hub below. more…

Filed under: AAPL Company, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iOS, Mac Tagged: iOS 10, keynote, Live Blog, macOS 10.12, News Hub, Siri, Tim Cook, tvOS, watchOS, WWDC

We’ve been getting hit by iOS 10 and macOS 10.12 since the middle of last year, mostly coming from Apple’s campus and the surrounding areas. Obviously, things have been ramping up lately and it’s interesting to see what the numbers are like a few hours ahead of when all developers get their hands on the new OSes and the data gets crazy…

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Filed under: iOS, Mac Tagged: iOS 10, macOS 10.12

As we eagerly await the kick off of this year’s WWDC, you were kind enough to share your views in three separate polls on Friday, so here’s a quick roundup of the results.

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Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: iOS, Kindle Scout, OS X, WWDC, WWDC 2016

A tweeted photo suggests that Apple is installing metal detectors at the entrance to WWDC for the first time, as CEO Tim Cook tweeted a message in support of the victims and families of the Orlando shooting.

The additional security – a first for a WWDC event – is likely to be in response to the deadliest mass shooting in recent history, a gunman killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others in a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend.

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Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: Orlando, Tim Cook, WWDC, WWDC 2016, WWDC security

Nomad already makes some of the most versatile and practical accessories for Apple hardware, and now the California company is teaming up with Chicago’s Horween Leather Company to offer some high quality and stylish gear. The two companies are starting with new versions of Wallet, Nomad’s ordinary billfold that cleverly tucks a 2400mAh rechargeable battery and Lightning cable within, now available in two sizes and wrapped in Horween leather.

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Filed under: Tech Industry Tagged: Horween Leather, Nomad