WWDC 2017 brings high expectations beyond ecosystems and operating systems

WWDC 2017 takes place in new and uncertain territory

 By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Jose - Apple's WWDC or World Wide Developers Conference, is first and formeost. a developer event designed to usher in new technologies and ecosystems for the coming year.

Ten years ago, WWDC was all about macOS and later, the focus shifted to iOS. 2017 has the most number of ecosystems than ever before. iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, HomeKit, HealthKit and CarPlay are just some of the ecosystems that developers are expecting updates on. There's also a surging interest in ApplePay, in a standalone smart assistance and now, more than ever before, a focus on new hardware.

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Adobe Scan makes it possible to scan documents and transform them into PDFs

Adobe's latest app enables scanning, editing and transformation of documents into PDFs for easy sharing.

Adobe Scan turns your phone or tablet into a scanning tool that automatically recognizes text. It allows users to capture images in a snap and transform them into brilliantly clear Adobe PDFs. Available on iOS and Android, Adobe Scan connects users to the world’s best PDF services, created by the people who invented PDF.

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Swift Playgrounds 1.5 offers expands coding education to robots, drones & musical instruments

Apple today announced that Swift Playgrounds, its educational coding app for iPad, will offer an exciting new way to learn to code using robots, drones and musical instruments.

Swift Playgrounds is perfect for students and beginners learning to code with Swift, Apple’s powerful and intuitive programming language for building world-class apps. Apple is working with leading device makers to make it easy to connect to Bluetooth-enabled robots within the Swift Playgrounds app, allowing kids to program and control popular devices, including LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, Sphero SPRK+, Parrot drones and more. The Swift Playgrounds 1.5 update will be available as a free download on the App Store beginning Monday, June 5.

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Motorola Moto Z2 Play and new Moto Mods coming to Canada in June

Barely a year since Lenovo's Motorola launched the modular Moto Z line of smartphones along with their Moto Mods accessories, we get word that the company has launched Moto Z2 Play as well as some new Moto Mods coming in June.

Designed with a thinner, lighter design and faster performance, the second generation Moto Z² Play delivers on the features you care about, while still offering transformative experiences with new Moto Mods. 

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