WWDC Coming Next Week

Apple’s Possible Open AI integration with iOS 18 is Eagerly Anticipated

Apple’s week-long WWDC conference (WWDC24) kicks off June 10th at 10 a.m. PDT with Keynote address. The annual online conference occurs next week from June 10 to June 14, offering a stimulating week of technology and innovation.

Bringing together the global Apple developer community with insights into the latest technologies, tools, and frameworks coming to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS, the week-long event unites developers with Apple’s engineers, designers, and other experts.

Developers and enthusiasts are curious to see if Apple will be incorporating OpenAI into iOS18 while Siri gets up to speed at WWDC24.

WWDC offers more than 100 technical sessions, in-depth consultations, and live forums.

Here’s the itinerary for the week below:

Apple Keynote: June 10, 10 a.m. PDT
WWDC24 begins with its Keynote address, highlighting all the major updates coming to Apple platforms later in the year.

Platforms State of the Union: June 10, 1 p.m. PDT
The Platforms State of the Union offers a more in-depth overview of the latest advances across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS, and new tools for Apple developers.

Beyond these two essential sessions, WWDC24 offers access to experts and over 100 technical sessions over the course of the week where Apple developers can have direct insights from Apple engineers, designers, and other experts for a deeper dive into the latest technologies and frameworks. Members of the Apple Developer Program and Apple Developer Enterprise Program can connect directly with Apple experts through consultations and online labs for tailored guidance and support.

Every year, Apple supports students via its Swift Student Challenge program. 2024’s WWDC celebrates 50 Distinguished Winners for their outstanding submissions. These students will visit Apple Park for a three-day experience with special activities throughout the week of WWDC.

Apple’s annual Design Awards are also announced and celebrated at WWDC every year, highlighting the craft, creativity, and technical expertise that developers bring to their work in app and game design.

You can experience WWDC24 directly via the Developer App on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. All WWDC content, registration, news, feature stories, and documentation can be accessed at developer.apple.com.

Big Tech Grew During the Pandemic as Reliance on Their Products and Services Grew

From the tools that we use to work, study, and play to how we interact and communicate, shop and entertain ourselves, we’re using more technology in an increase that is expected to outlast Covid-19

In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, digital commerce is experiencing a boom at unprecedented levels, taking existing tech giants from Alphabet (Google’s parent) to Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Apple to soaring valuations. This is in large part due to increased user adoption swiftly at scale for products and services for daily work, study and play.

Digital avenues have existed for over two decades in these areas, but the level of adoption today is considerably higher than before. Tech titans that already benefited from such use, are reaping in the benefits as people rapidly adopt technology in almost every aspect of life. Despite a painful economic downturn, demand for computers, online retail, cloud computing, video games, digital marketing and advertising and online services have soared. The shift to remote work has also accelerated purchasing of computers and associated technology and use of platforms, products and services for work.

This has resulted in monumental growth for technology giants, while traditional brick and mortar retailers struggle to survive. The combined revenue of five of the largest tech companies in the United States (Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook) grew past $1 trillion while profit surged lsat 24%, raising market capitalization to $8 trillion. This success has also resulted in large hiring. Amazon for example, added half a million workers - 500,000 people - in just one year, which is roughly the size of the entire population of the city of Atlanta, GA, according to data pulled by the Wall Street Journal.

While regulators seek to rein in the power and colossal wealth of these tech giants, the demand for big tech continues to rise and will outlast the pandemic in all likelihood.

Apple Entrepreneur Week Kicks Off, App Earnings Hit New Highs

As Apple’s inaugural entrepreneur camp kicks off with 11 female founded app companies, app developer earnings cross new threshold. App developer earnings reach $120 billion since the 2008 App Store launch, an additional $20 billion in earnings since last summer alone.

On January 28th of this year, Apple opened its doors to attendees of its new entrepreneur camp - an innovative program designed to provide female app creators with the tools needed to thrive in today’s global app economy. A two-week immersive hands-on technology lab, the Entrepreneur Camp helps participants work on their apps with help directly from Apple experts. The program also has sessions on design, technology and App Store marketing. Each student also gets ongoing guidance and support from an Apple Developer Relations representative for a year. The curriculum encourages developers to use the latest Apple technologies such as optimizing for the A12 Bionic chip, integrating Core ML, building ARKit experiences and more. Each participating company will also receive two tickets to WWDC and complementary membership to the Apple Developer Program for one year.

“The App Store is the new digital Main Street, and creative developers are tapping into the vast potential of the global app economy.”

— Esther Hare, Apple Senior Director

“In the past, starting a small business often meant having to invest in overhead, inventory or retail space. Today, a world of opportunity opens up with some coding skills and an entrepreneurial spirit,” said Esther Hare, Apple’s senior director, Worldwide Developer Marketing and executive sponsor, Women@Apple. “The App Store is the new digital Main Street, and creative developers are tapping into the vast potential of the global app economy. We hope that this program helps to inspire women around the world to learn to code, join the iOS development community and share in the thriving app economy.”

The new camp will be held on a quarterly basis with up to 20 app companies accepted. Admission to the select program requires an app submitted by a female founded company with at least one woman on the product development team. More details are available here: developer.apple.com/entrepreneur-camp.

For this first session, the apps that have been selected include Bites by Warehouse Apps LLC; Camille by Ohhh, Inc.; CUCO: Lembrete de Medicamentos by CUCO Health; Deepr by Mental Mobile, LLC; D’efekt by Tatevik Gasparyan, Nané Toumanian and Vahagn Khachikyan; Hopscotch by Hopscotch Technologies; LactApp by LactApp Women Health; Pureple by Iceclip LLC; Statues of the La Paz Malecón by Estudio Chispa; WeParent by FamTerra Inc.; and Seneca Connect by Seneca Women.