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Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Apple's WWDC news: New Macbook Pros, iOS 6, upgraded Siri



Apple's $2,199 Retina MacBook.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
Apple's news at WWDC today skewed heavily toward its Mac line, with long-awaited updates to its MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and MacBook Air lines, while also providing a first glimpse of the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system.
The event served as a reminder that while Apple's largest growth drivers are the iPhoneand the iPad, its Mac line continues to be an important part of business. To better illustrate the point, Apple unveiled a next-generation MacBook Pro.
That said, the mobile end got its update with iOS 6, which includes 200 new updates, as well as upgrades to Siri.
Apple made the most of WWDC this year, offering up a wave of news. Here's what got announced (and here's what didn't get announced):
App Store update: Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that it has 400 million App Store accounts. In addition, the company has 650,000 apps in its App Store and 30 billion apps have been downloaded so far. As a result, Apple has doled out $5 billion to developers since the marketplace's inception.

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