It was 10:00 a.m. PDT on Thursday April 25, 2013. WWDC 2013 ticket went on sale.
Many reported that WWDC tickets sold out in 2 to 3 minutes top.
Some Developers reported that Apple offered them second chances to buy WWDC Tickets.
WWDC 2013
Apple announces Worldwide Developer Conference 2013 to take place on June 10-14, 2013. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. PDT, April 24, 2013. Each ticket costs $1,599 USD.
Fro the Press Release, Phil Schiller says:
“We can’t wait to get new versions of iOS and OS X into their hands at WWDC.”
Lodsys responds to Apple by suing iOS Developers earlier than planned.
Lodsys moves to sue iOS Developers earlier than planned as a respond to “Apple’s threat“.
From Lodsys’ blog:
Q: Why did Lodsys sue some App Developers on May 31, 2011?
Lodsys chose to move its litigation timing to an earlier date than originally planned, in response to Apple’s threat, in order to preserve its legal options.
Lodsys also sent Legal threats to Android Developers regarding in-app-purchasing patent.
Lodsys revealed that Apple, Google and Microsoft are already licensee of Lodsys’ patent portfolio. Apple, Google and Microsoft could seek to invalidate Lodsys patent.
——-
For some reason, this is what the iPhone 4 thinks of Lodsys:
NDA Is A Three-Letter Word, Mac OS X Lion Edition.
What does NDA stand for?
- National Dance Alliance
- National Dance Association
- National Dart Association
- New Drug Application
- National Deaf Academy
It also stands for: Non-Disclosure Agreement
Let’s talk about Mac OS X Lion. Sites like AppleInsider and 9 to 5 Mac have been posting tons of stuff about Mac OS X Lion that were supposed to be covered under NDA. Here are a little samples of what they have revealed:
- TRIM support, currently on Apple-shipped SSD.
- Front Row is not included in Mac OS X Lion.
- Yahoo! Messenger Support in iChat.
- New Dock, Finder & Desktop in Mac OS X Lion(with video).
- New window controls gestures in Mac OS X Lion (with video).
Well, if you really want to read more about Mac OS X Lion and you’re a registered Mac Developer, head to https://devforums.apple.com/community/mac/lion. There are a lot of discussions of new features, missing features and known bugs.
A Call To Arms……. VLC Needs Mac OS X Developers.
The news of possible end to VLC development for Mac OS X caused quite a stir today. Based the Forums post, at this point there are no active VLC developers for Mac OS X.
VLC is a multimedia player with supports for many audio and video format. It is also a required component for Handbrake feature to work.
Developers who can donate their time are desperately needed to keep this project going.