Everything important Apple announces today.
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off today with one of its big product-unveiling keynotes. (
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The big picture
As Apple’s iPhone App Store approaches its tenth birthday next month, and Apple’s Services business — including the App Store — represents one of its fastest growing businesses, app developers remain one of the company’s most important constituencies. There are 20 million developers around the world, and only a few thousand are in attendance today. Apple CEO Tim Cook says cumulative developer earnings will pass $100 billion next week.
iOS 12
Apple uses WWDC each year to unveil the year’s major update to iOS, which powers iPhones and iPads. This year, Apple is “doubling down on performance,” said SVP Craig Federighi, focusing on improvements that make devices faster — especially Apple’s oldest devices.
