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WWDC keynote speech highlights

Want to catch up with the WWDC keynote speech news? Check out the streamed video feed Apple has made available.
Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer

Want to catch up with the WWDC keynote speech news? Check out the streamed video feed Apple has made available.

Link to video here.

Here are the highlights:

  • OS X Lion - 250 new features - Available ONLY from the Mac App Store from July, price $29 - 4GB download - Multitouch gestures - Disappearing scrollbars - Expose and Spaces unified into Mission Control - Browse through different document versions - AirDrop offers peer-to-peer file sharing over WiFI - New, improved Mail client
  • iOS 5 - 200 new features - New, improved Notification Center - Newstand offers unified magazine subscriptions - Integrated Twitter - Safai offers Reader support to reformat web pages, turn multi-pages into a single page, strip ads - Full tabbed browsing - Reading list can be synced across multiple devices - Reminder app - Improved Camera app, access from lock screen, new features - Increase volume button can be used to take snaps - Split-thumb keyboard on iPad - PC Free brings over-the-air activations and OS updates - iMessaging app brings messaging over WiFi and 3G
  • iCloud - Cloud storage of content - Free replacement for MobileMe - Free Calendar, Email and Contacts sync - Daily backups for camera roll, settings and data - Docs created using Pages, Numbers and Keynote are backed up to iCloud - 30 day storage for the last 1000 photos on iOS devices - See (and download) your entire iTunes purchase history - Sync 10 devices with iCloud - 5GB storage (excluding music, apps, iBooks, etc) - iTunes Match will upgrade your non-iTunes music to 256k AAC DRM free ($24.99 per year)

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