Here are all the vital numbers from the WWDC 2011 keynote by Apple.
- 5200 developers are attending WWDC this year
- The Mac App Store is now the #1 retail channel for PC software over Best Buy and Walmart
- Mac sales rose 28 percent year-over-year during Apple’s last quarter, while PC sales declined 1 percent
- There are now 54 million active Mac users around the world.
- Mac sales have outpaced the broader PC market for 5 years, 22 straight quarters
- Apple has sold 200 million IOS devices to date …
- … which accounts for more than 44 percent of the mobile market
- 25 million iPads were sold in the device’s 14 months of availability
- 15 billion songs have been sold from the iTunes store …
- … making Apple the #1 music retailer in the world
- 130 million books have been downloaded from iBooks
- There are 425,000 apps in the app store
- 90,000 of them are designed specifically for the iPad
- 14 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store in less than 3 years
- Apple has paid some $2.5 billion to developers building apps for the app store
- There are 225 million iTunes Store accounts, all of them with associated credit cards and 1-click purchasing
- There are 50 million Game Center users. XBox Live, which has been around for a lot longer, only has about 30 million
- IOS users send more than 1 billion Tweets a week
- To date, about 100 billion push notifications have been sent to iOS devices
- The iPhone 4′s camera is the second most used camera on Flickr
- OS X Lion boasts 250+ new features and 3,000 APIs
- iOS 5 has 200+ new features and 1,500 APIs
Apple has just posted the video of Steve Jobs keynote from the WWDC 2011. Apple didnt broadcast the event live, so Im sure this video is going to get million of views.
Within this keynote Apple launched Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud.
Apple is set to keynote the WWDC 2011 conference today and launch iCloud, iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion. Steve Jobs will be providing the keynote at aournd 10 am PDT. Here is where you can watch it live.
1. MacRumors
2. GDGT
3. Engadget
I just wanted to quickly let everyone know that they can now watch the recorded stream from the Apple iPad 2 launch.
Watch the video here.
Breaking News!
Steve Job is taking a leave of abscence from Apple after being plagued by rumors of his serious health issues. To date pundits, blogs, and news agencies have speculated over the mysterious weight loss Steve has suffered over the past two years. His abscence from many of Apple’s major events, and this official stance on pulling out of MacWorld futher fueled the idea that Steve Jobs was on his death bed.
While that is not the case based on the official statement, there is no doubt that Apple stock will take a serious hit due to this announcement, and speculation will continue on regarding the validity of this statement.
I personally wish him well. As fan of Apple Inc., their computers, their consumer product, and their innovation in the market. I truly hope we see this amazing man come back before 2009 closes.
Here is the official word from Steve Jobs himself which can be found HERE on Apple’s website:
Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Dear Apple Community,
For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.
So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve
My writings, my podcasts, and basically my predictions have come true. Today it was announced that Apple will no longer be a part of MacWorld Expo, the very event that was almost defined by the very company.
“Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote for this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo, and it will be Apple’s last keynote at the show.”
This is monumental ladies and gentleman, MacWorld was defined as the definitive spot where Steve Jobs, Apple, black turtle necks, and Mac fanboys. Whether it’s the economy, or the reason they state in the press release, it’s not surprising that Apple would make this move.
For those of us that have been around long enough to look fondly on this Expo, this is indeed an end of an era. Without the draw of Apple, what will become of this once dominant conference?
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