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AltWWDC announces AltLabs dedicated lab space

by Dave Caolo (May 24th, 2013)

No WWDC tickets? No matter. AltWWDC is a free, five-day event that will be held in San Francisco June 10-14, 2013. Today, the group has announced AltLabs, which will serve as dedicated lab space for attendees. Each lab will be staffed by helpful folks who are there to answer your questions or just ...

DevJuice: Don't forget to order your WWDC business cards

by Erica Sadun (May 23rd, 2013)

With WWDC just around the corner, time is running low. Have you ordered new business cards for the event? If you're looking for something a little more interesting than a plain white rectangle, there are lots of options out there. Moo is well-known for their rounded-corner high-quality ...

Developers react to WWDC ticketing issues

by John-Michael Bond (May 8th, 2013)

This year's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) sold out in a matter of minutes, leading Apple to announce the convention would be streamed online for developers who couldn't get tickets. The demand has grown exponentially, while the size of the conference has not. With such intense ...

Apple offers select developers another chance to purchase WWDC 2013 tickets

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 26th, 2013)

With tickets to WWDC 2013 selling out in mere minutes, Apple has reportedly been reaching out to select developers who couldn't secure tickets in time and offering them another chance to purchase tickets to Apple's annual developer conference. Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software sent out a ...

No WWDC tickets? Go to AltWWDC 2013 instead

by Steven Sande (Apr 25th, 2013)

As expected, WWDC 2013 tickets sold out in record time. If you are one of the many disappointed developers locked out of Apple's premier developer event yet again, take heart. The folks behind Appsterdam and a number of other developer events are organizing AltWWDC this year, a free 5-day event ...

DevJuice: Does WWDC need a lottery system?

by Erica Sadun (Apr 25th, 2013)

WWDC sold out in just minutes this year. As iOS developer Josh Avant put it, "Next year, tickets are going to sell out before they even go on sale." Many developers were greeted by server errors, failed purchases and the "Sorry, tickets are sold out" banner. Others, like Daniel Jalkut of ...

WWDC 2013 now sold out

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 25th, 2013)

WWDC tickets went on sale today, and the event sold out within minutes. This year, Apple developers were prepared to buy their tickets as the company pre-announced the ticket sales one day in advance. In previous years, the conference was announced and tickets went on sale at the same ...

A WWDC keynote would be the longest gap between events ever

by Mike Schramm (Apr 24th, 2013)

Jay Yarow's done the homework and determined that if Apple takes the stage as expected at WWDC, it'll be 230 days from the last big Apple event. That would make this the longest wait for a new Apple event ever, at least since the iPad's launch in 2010. The previous record was 132 days between ...

Daily Update for April 24, 2013

by Steven Sande (Apr 24th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple offers 150 student scholarships to WWDC 2013

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2013)

Like it has done in previous years, Apple is offering scholarships for students to attend WWDC. Students must be at least 13 years old and a member of the iOS developer program. To apply, each student must create an app that'll showcase their coding skills, background and interests. Apple will ...

Apple announces June 10 through June 14 dates for WWDC 2013, tickets go on sale April 25

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2013)

Apple announced today that its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held June 10 through 14 at San Francisco's Moscone West. Get those credit cards out and prep those web browsers as tickets go on sale starting Thursday, April 25 at 10 AM PDT. They will be available from Apple's WWDC ...

DevJuice: WWDC '13 alert service now accepting customers

by Erica Sadun (Mar 19th, 2013)

Last year, if you didn't have a personal Apple rep calling you at 5 AM to help you register for WWDC, you may have relied on a service like WWDC Alerts. Tokens developer Oisin Prendiville decided to go a little more entrepreneurial this year. Offering an alternative to WWDC Alerts, his site ...

Origin Stories: The now-unavailable Fun Folds app

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 1st, 2013)

Unfortunately Fun Folds is no longer available on the store, but I interviewed the creator in 2012 at WWDC. Of course, considering it was based on a bit of pop culture, do we expect those apps to last anyway? Occasionally I'll download the random meme app of the week, but in the end most of ...

Daily iPhone App: Recall helps you remember that recommendation

by Mike Schramm (Nov 15th, 2012)

Recall is an app that we were shown at WWDC last year, and it actually came out on the App Store last month, in a US-only release. But this week, the company behind the app has released it to a worldwide audience, and it's available now to everyone for a launch price of 99 cents. The idea ...

TUAW and MacTech Interview: blueHula Studios

by Michael Rose (Aug 8th, 2012)

The iOS development house blueHula Studios has a couple of beverage timer apps on the App Store, with more on the way. Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine) interviews Craig VanderZwaag of blueHula Studios at WWDC 2012. Craig was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the ...