Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced the August 2022 “Friday Night Baseball” schedule. Scheduled games continue to be available to watch for free, only on Apple TV+. Game assignments for “Friday Night Baseball” broadcasters will be announced on a weekly basis. “Friday Night Baseball” live pre and postgame … [Read more...] about Apple and MLB announce August “Friday Night Baseball” doubleheader schedule
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Apple scores record-breaking 52 Emmy noms for “Ted Lasso,” “Severance,” and more
July 12, 2022 PRESS RELEASE Apple scores record-breaking 52 Emmy Award nominations, with “Ted Lasso” leading as most nominated comedy, and freshman breakout “Severance” landing Outstanding Drama nomination “Ted Lasso” earns 20 Emmy nominations in total, dominating as most-nominated comedy series for the second year in a row, with standout performances nabbing 10 acting … [Read more...] about Apple scores record-breaking 52 Emmy noms for “Ted Lasso,” “Severance,” and more
Swift language announcements from WWDC22
See the sketchnote in full resolution Swift has evolved significantly during the past year, and we’ve seen two large updates to the language. Swift 5.6 was released in March 2022 and introduced major improvements to the type system, concurrency model and Swift ecosystem. It laid the groundwork for further updates in Swift 5.7, which is included in beta versions of Xcode 14 … [Read more...] about Swift language announcements from WWDC22
All-new MacBook Air with M2 available to order starting Friday, July 8
July 6, 2022 UPDATE All-new MacBook Air with M2 available to order starting Friday, July 8 Featuring a new, strikingly thin design in four beautiful finishes, larger 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, 1080p HD camera, MagSafe charging, and more Beginning Friday, July 8, at 5 a.m. PDT, the completely redesigned MacBook Air with M2 will be available to order, and will start … [Read more...] about All-new MacBook Air with M2 available to order starting Friday, July 8
Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware
July 6, 2022 UPDATE Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware Apple is previewing a groundbreaking security capability that offers specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware. Apple is also providing … [Read more...] about Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware
Developer Spotlight: Porting Graphing Calculator from C++ to Swift
Developer Spotlight is a series highlighting interesting Swift developers from around the world. This post is authored by Ron Avitzur, author of the Pacific Tech Graphing Calculator. Graphing Calculator began in 1985 in C for the 128K Macintosh in the days of 16-bit ints, black & white Quickdraw, and the 8 MHz 68000 CPU with no MMU, FPU, nor GPU. It was a simpler time. … [Read more...] about Developer Spotlight: Porting Graphing Calculator from C++ to Swift
Exploring Swift: Property wrappers in the wild
Property wrappers were introduced in Swift 5.1 as to make it easier to reuse common programming patterns, but since then they have grown to work with local context, function and closure parameters, and more. We’re lucky enough to have lots of creators in our community creating apps with property wrappers then writing about their experiences, and we’d like to share a few of our … [Read more...] about Exploring Swift: Property wrappers in the wild
Announcing the Language Workgroup
The Swift community has accomplished a great deal together, with hundreds of changes to Swift through the Swift Evolution process and significant advances to the language and tooling since Swift became an open-source project. In recent years, there has been increased momentum in the community through various workgroups, including Diversity in Swift and the Server Workgroup. … [Read more...] about Announcing the Language Workgroup
Apple unveils new ways to share and communicate in iOS 16
June 6, 2022 PRESS RELEASE Apple unveils an all-new Lock Screen experience and new ways to share and communicate in iOS 16 Users can personalize their Lock Screen, keep family photos in iCloud Shared Photo Library, recall sent messages, schedule mail, and discover more with Live Text and Visual Look Up CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today previewed iOS 16, delivering the … [Read more...] about Apple unveils new ways to share and communicate in iOS 16
watchOS 9 delivers new ways to stay connected, active, and healthy
June 6, 2022 PRESS RELEASE watchOS 9 delivers new ways to stay connected, active, and healthy Introducing more customizable watch faces, an enhanced Workout app, sleep stages, a first-of-its-kind AFib History feature, and an all-new Medications app CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today previewed watchOS 9, which brings new features and enhanced experiences to the world’s … [Read more...] about watchOS 9 delivers new ways to stay connected, active, and healthy