WWDC 2011 = Great Expectations

Photo of the Moscone Centre in San Francisco where WWDC takes place Photo by AppleInsider

Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC 2011) is the one time in the year that Apple gears up for huge hardware and software announcements (iPhone 4 was revealed there a year ago) targeted to its developer community. It is also the time of year when future projects and roadmaps are unveiled while the whole world watches.

For WWDC 2011 it is all about OS X Lion, iOS 5 and the mysterious new iCloud streaming service. We will be there to bring you the latest reports from the Steve Jobs keynote on Monday, 10:00 a.m. Pacific/ 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. 

GarageBand and iMovie for iOS updated

The two iPad apps that defy the, "tablets are only for content consumption, not creation," argument, iMovie for iPad 2, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch (4G) and GarageBand for iPad 2 were updated today with a gamut of improvements in performance and reliability. Hit the jump for the full menu of upgrades.

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Review: Scrapbook for BlackBerry PlayBook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Today's tablets area all about consuming content. You have in tablets the best way to interact with websites, documents and online applications, but what happens when you want to save stuff for later? BlackBerry PlayBook users can now download Scrapbook, a deceptively simple but useful (and fun) application for getting bits of information sorted together.

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