WWDC 2012 keynote Live Blog!

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And that’s it! it is a wrap!

“I can’t think of a better reason to get up in the morning. I hope you have a fantastic week. Thank you for joining us.”

“Only Apple could make such amazing hardware, software, and services. We are so proud of these products. They are perfect examples of what Apple does best. Ultimately, it’s why people come to work at Apple, and with Apple. To create products that empower people. To make a difference. The products we make, combined with the apps that you create, and fundamentally change the world.”

“Let’s review… the new MacBook Pro. OS X Mountain Lion. The best OS X yet. iOS 6, with 200 new features. The world’s most advanced mobile OS.”

“So what do you think?” Big cheers.

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Tim Cook is back out.

“And that is iOS 6.”
“iOS 6 is a great release for all of our devs. And it’s available for developers today. It will ship this Fall. Will support 3GS and later, 2nd gen iPad…”

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New APIs for Pass Kit, transit apps (integrate and promote devs apps for transit info), map kit

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“We’ve added ‘lost mode’ to find my iPhone.” – Send a number to the phone, and the person who finds it can just tap on that to call you. Um… if they’re nice.

“So a brand new mapping solution from the ground up in iOS 6… and these are only a few. There are so many more in here. Game Center challenges. New privacy controls…”

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“The last thing I’d like to show you is turn by turn.” Demo—- Sorry folks the connection is crazy here— we pushing through it. Thanks for sticking it out with us… Images courtesy of The Verge!

“We’ve been building up 3D models of cities around the world.” Extremely fast performance on the iPad.

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“Now a really fun feature that we’re adding to our app is something called flyover.”

“And of course, the kids can ask the age old question…”

“You can ask questions like where can I get gas.”

Built in turn-by-turn navigation Integrated with Siri, works on LockScreen

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Built in turn-by-turn navigation.

“We’re also building a traffic service.” –
Incident reports, Integrated Yelp in Maps- Anonymous realtime incident reports.

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Next MAPS!!!!

“We were surprised at how many kids with autism have been using the phones, but there are controls in apps that you don’t want them hitting.” You can now select parts of apps to disable.

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“We set out to make the most accessible devices.”

“Next is guided access.”

“The best way to get all of your passes and tickets together in one place.”

Geolocate will pull up your card when you’re nearby a store, airport, theater- Cards are live — it will update your boarding pass with gate change info

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“Let me give you a quick demo of Passbook.”

“We’ve created templates to make this easy for devs.” works on lockscreen

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“Next up is a brand new app called Passbook.” This is a place to collect boarding passes, store cards, and movie ticket apps.

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“We’ve made it easy to insert photos and video right from the compose window.” loooooong over due

“Next are some great enhancements to mail. Starting with VIPs. It allows you to mark someone who you really want to be notified about. VIPs have a star, and we have a VIP mailbox. We’ve added a flagged mailbox as well.”

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Photo Stream sharing with friends. Choose the photos, choose the friends — friends will get a notification. The photos will appear in an album… and friends can comment. Weird, this is like a Facebook feature. Almost like Apple’s own social network.

“Next up is Photo Stream.”

“We’re also adding fullscreen support in landscape.”

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Smart app banners — you can have users jump right into the app or to download the app. Sync between web activity and app activity.

“We also adding the ability to upload photos right from Safari to your favorite websites.”

“We’re adding iCloud tabs, and offline reading list.”

“Next up is Safari. Safari is the best and most popular on the planet. About two thirds of all mobile traffic comes from Safari in iOS.”

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“Also, we’re unifying your phone number and Apple ID. So if someone calls you on your phone number for Facetime, you can answer it on your iPad or Mac. And we’re doing the same thing with iMessage.”

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“It only works over Wi-Fi… so what happens when there isn’t Wi-Fi? In iOS 6 we’re enabling Facetime over cellular.”

“Next is FaceTime.”

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“You also get fine grain control over which phone calls you can receive.” This is nice — you can also do groups. “You can also set up repeated calls — if someone calls a second time in 3 mins, it will come through.”

“I can see many of you are like me and you’ve been awakened in the middle of the night — this tells your phone not to bother you. The messages will still come to your phone, it just won’t light up the screen or make a sound.”

“Next up is something we’re calling do not disturb.”

“If you choose reply with message, you can choose any of these, or if you choose remind me later, you can be reminded in an hour… or remind me when I leave, which will set up a geofence and remind you when you leave the building.”

“You probably have been in a meeting where you can’t take a call, but you want to text back, or remind yourself to call them later. Now there’s a new tool in the phone app where you can.”

“Next, some nice enhancements to the phone app.”

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“And we’ve taken that same integration and brought it to the Mac.”

“Also your Facebook events will appear in calendars, and birthdays.” contacts too

“We’ve integrated it with the App Store. You can like apps, and see what your friends like. Same with movies, TV, and music.”

Tap to post to Twitter and Facebook built into notification center. An API so you can add functionality to your app.

“We’ve been working to create the best Facebook experience on a mobile device.” Integrated like Twitter. Login from settings, share from apps like photos or Safari. Locations from Maps. iTunes store, Game Center… integrated with Notification Center.

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“Next: Facebook.”

“We’re now taking local search around the world.” “So you can now do local search even in China. And we’re taking Siri beyond the iPhone 4S, and we’re bringing it to the new iPad.”

“We’re adding Italian.” We’re adding Korean. We’re adding Mandarin for Taiwan, Catonese….”

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“And we’ve added something called Eyes Free. We’re working with car manufacturers to include a button that will bring up Siri — so you can keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road. A number of manufacturers have committed to delivering this in the next 12 months.”

“You can now Tweet just by talking to your phone.” ”

“And those are just a few things Siri has learned in iOS 6.”

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“One other thing Siri learned: how to launch apps. Play Temple Run… and it’s just like that.” WOOOOTTTTT!!! Siri!!!

“You can ask about directors or actors. Show me movies staring Scarlett Johannson.”

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“We’ve integrated with Rotten Tomatoes.” “You can watch the trailer.”

“Next up, Siri’s become something of a movie buff. You can ask: ‘What movies are playing at the Metreon?’”

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“We’ve partnered with OpenTable — I can tap here to make reservations.”

“I can ask ‘find a great place for dinner’”

“What is Buster Posey’s batting average?”

Siri: The Giants were downed by the Rangers yesterday.

Demo time- Siri

“The first thing that Siri has learned in 8 months is all about sports. ‘What was the score of the last Giants game?”

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“I’m happy to announce iOS 6.”
“iOS 6 is a fantastic release. It has more than 200 new features, starting with Siri.” “Siri has only been out 8 months, and it does so much for you. Siri is fantastic. But she’s been studying up. Here’s what she can do in iOS 6.”

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“Nearly half of all the photos come from iOS 5.”

“Next is Twitter. We integrated Twitter directly into iOS 5. They’ve seen a 3X growth increase on iOS.”

“Next is iMessage. A 140m users. More than a 150b messages.”
“We’re sending 1 1/2 trillion push notifications.”

“SInce we introduced Notification Center, 81% of apps are using it.”

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“Almost all of our users are running iOS 5… now if you compare that to the competition. They released a dairy product, 4.0, about the same time as we released iOS 5. About 7% of their users are running it.”

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“We’ve sold more than 365m iOS devices through March.”
“Alright, let’s talk about iOS.”

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Mountain Lion releases next month for .99 for all Personal Mac’s, free to those purchasing a new Mac. Developers get access to near final build today!

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“Those are a few new features… get your apps ready for China.”

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“We’re improving our Chinese input method. Providing a new Chinese dictionary. In Safari, we’re adding support for Baidu.”
“One area I want to highlight — features we’re adding for China.”

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Racer OS X wins

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Racer OS X is out. In a racing outfit, playing head to head in CSR Racing — a new game

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AirPlay with Game Center Demo!

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Lastly, Game Center

“We support turn based and head-to-head gaming, across platforms.”

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“AirPlay mirroring next up.”

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“Keeps your mac up to date while it sleeps”
“Automatically refreshes data, silent, power efficient. Works with MacBook Airs and the new MBP.”

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“Wouldn’t it be great if our computers still worked for us when we weren’t working? Now it can.”
“I want to introduce you to a new technology in OS X that we call Power Nap.”

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“And if I want to Tweet something, I can summon a Tweet sheet right here.” In notification center, at the bottom.

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“Notifications also support internet notifications from services like Twitter.”

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Demo of new feature-tabview,
“You can zoom in and out, but what happens when you zoom further out? I’m pulled into Tabview — I see all my live tabs.” Tabview from iOS mobile Safari

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“Next is the new Safari.” Unified Search/Url Bar like Chrome,Matches from bookmarks and history. New feature called iCloud Tabs that syncs across your devices.

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Next is sharing. Links, images, video… and now in Mountain Lion you can share right from the app where you’re working. There’s a share button on the toolbar. Twitter… just like that.”

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Next up, dictation. It’s built into the system and works everywhere.” “Even in Microsoft Word.”

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Notification Center: “Sometimes when you’re using your Mac, it needs to get your attention. Everyone had their own way of doing it. It could be disruptive.”

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“If you’re sitting at your Mac and your phone buzzes, you can respond right there.”

“We have a great little notes app. We support images and links. And of course you can open notes in separate windows. But the huge one here is Messages.”

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“So this is our first look at Mountain Lion. We have a gorgeous new desktop image, and gorgeous new glass dock.” Hundreds of people just leaned forward.

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Live DEMO!!!
“When you launch Pages, it shows all the docs you have in the cloud. And it makes these available across all of your devices.”

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“We’re also bringing integration with your documents, with a feature we’re calling Documents in the Cloud.”

“And we introduce three new apps: messages, reminders, and notes.”

“With Mountain Lion we built support for iCloud right in. When you sign in with your account, we configure all of your apps and your content is up to date across devices.”

“Mountain Lion is a major new release with hundreds of new features. I’m going to detail just 8, and we’re starting with iCloud.”

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“And now we’re here to announce Mountain Lion.”

“Lion was our best selling release ever. 40% of users are on it. And that was in 9 months.”

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Craig Federrichi is out for OS X Mountain Lion

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Phil back on stage:
“So let me tell you about the configs.”
Starts at 99.
Ships today

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Johny Ive is a design genius

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Video time – new MacBook Pro with Retina display!!! We will have it posted as soon as it is available

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“Let’s take a look at the ports. SD slot, HDMI, Thunderbolt, USB 2 and 3 on both sides, headphone, magsafe… thinner.”

“So this amazing display, high performance… how’s the battery life? 7 hours, up to 30 days of standby.”"And of course it’s built around flash storage. Up to 768GB.”

“The fastest RAM, the fastest graphics.”

“Here are a few of the things on the inside. The fastest CPU w

“It’s dominated by a battery — it takes tremendous work on battery tech to drive this hardware.”

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“So all throughout, this display is a breakthrough. But inside is just as amazing.”

“Some great games are being created too. Diablo III.”

“Autodesk is working on a new version of AutoCAD.”

“Now applications do have to be updated for this new display. We’ve been working with some key developers. Let me give you some examples. Adobe Photoshop.”

“Incredible performance.”

“Final Cut Pro.”

“And we’re updating our professional apps too. Aperture.”

“Mail has been updated, Safari, iMovie, iPhoto. You’re going to see a clarity and level of detail you’ve never seen before.”

“The OS has been updated for the new display.”

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“It’s got deeper blacks, a higher angle of viewing, and we’ve reduced the glare by 75%.”

“The world’s highest resolution notebook display.”

220ppi

“The world’s highest resolution notebook display.”

2880 x 1800

15.4 inches across

“The pixels are so small that your retina cannot discern them.”

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About as thin as a MacBook Air. And it’s under 4 1/2 lbs.”

“About as thin as a MacBook Air. And it’s under 4 1/2 lbs.”

“0.71 inches thin”

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So across the board, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro all updated today. We’re proud of the engineering team here for this.” “It is a breakthrough in engineering.”

“It’s thinner than my finger.”

Or almost no ports.

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Sorry folks… Connection really slowing down here….. New MacBook Pro model with Retina display!!!!! WOOOTTTTTT!!!

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“So that’s the update to the MacBook Pro, and it is shipping today.”

“Same 7 hours of battery life with all that performance.” Prices stay the same.

15-inch starts with quad-core CPU.

Prices stay the same.

“Here’s the 13-inch, starts with a 2.5GHz i5.”

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“As you might expect, we’re updating the IO too. USB 2 and USB 3 too.”

“A new generation Nvidia GeForce GT 650m graphics.”

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“We’re updating the MBP processors to Ivy Bridge. 2.7GHz, turbo boosted up to 3.7GHz.”

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“We also have a really nice update to the MacBook Pro. Our customers really care about having the speed for their music, video, and design.”

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“We’re updating the Facetime camera — 720p camera.” “As you know it comes in 11 and 13 inch.” “Prices are 9 and 99 for 11 inch, cheaper than before.” Starts shipping today. YESS!!!

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“Other people have added it into their products. This is how they do it. That’s not how we do it.”

“It’s up to 10 times faster than USB 2.”

“It’s faster than any hard drive we can put in a notebook. And we’re adding USB 3.”

“It’s so zippy and quick, but now we’re making it even faster.” The SSD, that is.

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“We’re going to update it with some really great features and updates. New CPUs — Ivy Bridge. Up to 2GHz dual core.” “With Intel turbo boosting, up to 3.2Ghz.”
Up to 8GB of RAM. Up to 512GB of flash storage. WOOT!!!

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“It’s revolutionized the notebook. It’s a breakthrough. Everyone is trying to copy it. They find it’s not so easy.”

“Our customers love them.” I know I love mine Phil

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“We have some really nice updates to each of them. Let’s start with the MacBook Air.”

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“Today we get to talk to you about the MacBook lineup. We are so proud of this lineup. The best in the industry.”

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“Let’s get right to it. I’d like to invite Phil Schiller on stage to talk about changes in our notebook lineup.”

Phil: “Good morning everyone.”

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We want to deliver more innovations so you can take your ideas even further. Today we’re announcing new changes in our notebook lineup, and new versions of our OS and iOS.”

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Tim Cook Back on Stage:

“That’s a great reminder of what it’s all about. And why we do what we do. We’d like to thank everyone in the dev community for the incredible apps you’ve done for us. Thank you.”

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Photos courtesy of The Verge

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“Apple has made it easy through the SDK to stretch our imaginations.”

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Airbnb founder: “When we started, it was us renting our apartments, now we’ve given all these other places a way to come together.”

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“Over the last few years, we’ve had hundreds of people here.” “Airbnb makes it easy to do bookings. We don’t think of it as a business.” “It’s more like meeting new friends.”

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“When the iPad came out, everything changed.” “We were able to do medical learning.” “With the processing power, we could push the boundaries.”

Video- Tree house

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“What’s amazing for us is that our apps are used to teach in universities, and in elementary school.”

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“Walking in the forest allows my brain to switch off and start dreaming… but I couldn’t find my way. A blind man is talking about using a GPS app to lead him through the forest. “I wanted to develop an app to help blind people explore the world.”
“People say ‘your app has changed my life.’”

Now video talks apps in classroom- “Teaching anatomy to kids who are levels behind and don’t know English was a challenge before.”

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“Despite these numbers, what we do together is much more important than any numbers could reflect. Our goal has always been to do great work, and make a difference in other people’s lives.”

“Nothing makes us happier to see devs around the world using our hardware and software to share their latest and greatest ideas… there are heartwarming stories out there.”

“We’ve prepared a video to highlight just a few of these. Let’s roll it.”

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“I’m happy to announce a new milestone — customers have downloaded 30b apps.” “We’ve written checks for over b for you guys.”
“It’s an economy in itself. It operates in 120 countries around the world. And I’m pleased to announce that we’re adding an additional 32.”

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“1000 Apple engineers here. We closed Apple for the week.” “I’d like to get started this morning by giving you a few updates on the app store.” “These are 400m accounts with credit cards, and quick buying. This is the store with the largest number of credit cards on file anywhere in the world. And we have 650k apps in that store.” “225,000 Apps for iPad”

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Tim Cook:
“This is our 23rd WWDC — it’s older than a lot of you are.”

“It sold out in record time.”

“This is truly a worldwide conference. We have a great week planned. Over 100 sessions, 100 hands-on labs, you can take in your code, get some help…”

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Impressive stats

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Tim Cook is on stage, the crowd is goes nuts!

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“I see lots of familiar interfaces in the crowd. Looks like Instagram finally accepted Facebook’s friend request.” Ok now that was funny….

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Siri is a joker…. “If you devs need investors to finance your app… I found 392 VCs near you.” Big laughs.

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Lights down, music killed & boom Siri video welcoming people here kicks it off . “I was asked to warm up the crowd.”

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And here we go…….

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“Ladies and gentlemen, please switch all electronic devices to silent mode.”

of course, Coldplay is gonna be the last song to play to kick this thing off…. It is an Apple Event!

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Bring on iOS 6 and New Retina MacBook Airs…. Me wants it now!

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Apple will reportedly release a new ‘iPad Smart Case’ in a few moments. No word on what these are exactly but they are said to personalize-able and come in the following colors:

DARK GRAY
LIGHT GRAY
PINK
GREEN
BLUE
RED

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We are just 40 Minutes away from the start of the Apple WWDC 2012 Keynote!

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