All Eyes on Apple As WWDC 2011 Kicks Off.

One of the most hotly anticipated dates of the year – at least within the tech world – has finally arrived.

Today marks the official kick-off to Apple’s 2011 World Wide Developers Conference.

Beginning this morning at 10:00 am PST, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take the stage at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco to lead the keynote presentation.

With regard to the event specifics we’ve already deeb told to expect, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X; iOS 5; and iCloud.

According to some industry analysts, however, this year’s WWDC may ultimately be best remembered for that which we presently can’t anticipate. Music streaming? Mac OS X and iOS convergence? Digital lockers? Revamped AirPort/Time Capsule? The list of potential announcements is seemingly endless.

In a press release about the WWCD late last month, Apple said this year’s conference will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Mac developers will see and learn how to develop world-class Mac OS X Lion applications using its latest technologies and capabilities.

Additionally, mobile developers will be able to explore the latest innovations and capabilities of iOS and learn how to “greatly enhance the functionality, performance and design of their apps.” Apple says all developers can bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers.

Mobile Marketing Watch will begin providing coverage of the conference today, following the Steve Jobs keynote.

Apple leaked iOS 5 "Automatic Downloads"

Some will say "Finally", some wont really see a difference but to most it will be a feature that they will benefit from. Apple have leaked a feature of iOS 5 and the corisponding version of iTunes, Automatic Downloads, which means no longer will you have to manually update your apps, it will do it itself in the background, lets just hope theres a setting to only download over WiFi. 

[Source : MacRumors] 

More claims of 'Deep integration' of Twitter in iOS 5

Earlier this week various Tech Blogs have reported that Apple plan to intergrate Twitter much deeper in their iOS, going as far as to have it as a standard feature within the iOS. For regular twitter users this seems like great news as it would mate the App much more seamless and maybe abit more reliable, but many fear that for none regular users, its just going to be another icon which you can not remove from your homescreen 

[Source : MacRumors]

Apple Has Hired MobileNotifier Developer Peter Hajas

News has broke from various sources that one time Cydia store developer, the man behind the MobileNotifier ; Peter Hajas, has been hired by Apple, with the role, "iOS Apps and Framework". A few people have noted thats as this is only a new finding, they hope this doesnt mean that Notifications in iOS will again be a no show, come iOS 5 in a few days time.

[Source : MacRumors]

E3 Expo to be broadcast in 3D

NVIDIA today announced that GamerLive.TV, an online provider of videogame, entertainment and lifestyle content, will be the first media organization to broadcast news and updates from the E3 2011 conference in stereoscopic 3D for NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ users.
 
E3 Expo (June 7-9, 2011, Los Angeles Convention Center) is the premier annual trade show for the computer and video games industry, used by many game and hardware developers to showcase new titles and game-related gear. 
 
Beginning today and continuing through June 9, GamerLive.TV will issue more than 50 high-quality 3D videos of the latest E3 news, including game launches, booth demos, 3D game captures, celebrity interviews, Expo events, and VIP parties.  It will also post exclusive interviews with the world’s top game developers, including representatives from Activision, Capcom, Disney, Electronic Arts, Sega, THQ, and Ubisoft.
 
The videos will be available on GamerLive.TV’s YouTube channel, as well as here.  In addition, NVIDIA will showcase the videos at 3DVisionLive, and will post regular updates on Twitter (@NVIDIAGeForce) to alert users when new videos become available.
 
3D Vision users will be able to view all of the E3 videos in rich, high-quality stereoscopic 3D on their NVIDIA 3D Vision PCs and notebooks when using the latest version of the Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
 
To view YouTube stereoscopic 3D videos, an NVIDIA 3D Vision-equipped PC or notebook and the latest NVIDIA GeForce® drivers (version 275 or above), are required, as well as Firefox (version 4 or above), which includes support for HTML5 video streaming.  Users will also need to select the HTML5 viewing option when viewing a YouTube 3D video: Which can be found here.
 
For more information about how to view YouTube videos with 3D Vision, please visit 3DVisionLive.

Kodak Launches Social Network Connectivity

Kodak Company, a world leader in photo systems and inventor of the photo kiosk category, has now introduced Social Network Connectivity to the KODAK Picture Kiosk. With this new offering, consumers can access and print the photos they’ve published or shared on KODAK Gallery, FACEBOOK and Picasa Web Albums, helping retailers, both large and small, increase profit potential.  
 
With more than 475 million active consumers in 180 countries and more than 3 billion photos uploaded to these sites each month, the software offers retailers a huge opportunity to market their unique in-store services to these users.
 
“Today’s online savvy consumers want to access their favourite online photos anytime and anywhere. Adding Social Connectivity to our KODAK Picture Kiosk means new, easier and faster ways for people to connect, print and share their memories,” said Darren Johnson, Regional Business Director and Vice President, Retail System Solutions, Paper and Output Systems and Film Products, EAMER. “In KODAK Picture Kiosk Software V5.0, we’ve developed what we believe is a breakthrough customer experience, helping our retail partners create vibrant, inspiring and fun photo retail destinations with the potential to bring more profit per square foot.”
 
Kodak is helping consumers to be as creative as they want with anytime, anywhere access to their photographs. With no need for media such as memory cards consumers just have to log into Facebook on the KODAK Picture Kiosk to instantly access their own photo albums (or the ones they have created with friends) and create a range of inspiring products including prints, collages, greetings cards and Photo Books – instantaneously.
 
KODAK Picture Kiosk Social Photo Album Creator
Features of the KODAK Picture Kiosk, such as Social Connectivity are designed to inspire consumers to create something truly memorable with their most important photos easily and within seconds, through highly profitable premium at-retail photo products. The KODAK Picture Kiosk Social Photo Album Creator allows consumers to collaboratively create a group photo album with their friends using Facebook. Facebook friends can add photos to one album and once the album is created it can be accessed by all of those friends at KODAK Picture Kiosks for easy creation of Photo Books, prints and more. Whether bridesmaids want to combine photos posted on Facebook from a friend’s wedding, or cousins want to share photos from the family reunion, Kodak now makes it possible to collaboratively create that group album, leading to quick fulfilment of fun and unique photo mementos of that event. Given the number of photos available on FACEBOOK today, this feature answers a key consumer trend and offers huge profit potential to retailers.  
 
KODAK is taking the kiosk experience to a new level, incorporating social media connectivity to not only enhance the consumer experience but generate new opportunities for retailers.  Social network connectivity will be available on KODAK Picture Kiosks in UK from June 2011.
 
For further information about the KODAK Picture Kiosk, visit Kodak.