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Apple announces tour schedule for iOS 7 Tech Talks
Apple announced back in April that it would be hitting the road this fall with Tech Talks, a likely response to the overwhelming interest in WWDC 2013, which sold out in mere minutes. Apple touts the benefits of its Tech Talk event as follows: Get in-depth guidance about developing for iOS 7, learn practical coding tips and obtain valuable one-on-one programming and design assistance in our lab. As expected, the Tech Talks tour will be hitting big cities across the world. There are two parts to the Tech Talks: an App Developer track and a Game Developer track. Note that developers can attend either track, but not both. You can head over here to Apple's developer page to apply, and if WWDC 2013 is any indication, you'll want to apply ASAP! The blurb regarding the App Developer track reads: Reimagine your apps on iOS 7 and take advantage of the new multitasking APIs, dynamic motion, iBeacon and much more. The blurb regarding the Game Developer track reads: Harness iOS 7 technologies in your games and get immersed in Sprite Kit, OpenGL ES, Game Controllers and Game Center. The schedule for the upcoming Tech Talks is listed below. App Developer Day: San Francisco -- Tuesday, October 8 New York -- Tuesday, October 15 Tokyo -- Wednesday, November 6 Shanghai -- Tuesday, November 12 Berlin -- Thursday, December 12 London -- Tuesday, December 17 Game Developer Day: San Francisco -- Tuesday, October 9 New York -- Tuesday, October 16 Tokyo -- Wednesday, November 7 Shanghai -- Tuesday, November 13 Berlin -- Thursday, December 13 London -- Tuesday, December 18
Apple to hit the road with more Tech Talks
Apple on Friday posted a new message on its developer news site stating that the company will be "hitting the road" this fall with Tech Talks set to take place in a number of cities. Enthusiasm for WWDC 2013 has been incredible, with tickets selling out in record time. For those who can't join us in San Francisco, you can still take advantage of great WWDC content, as we'll be posting videos of all our sessions during the conference. We'll also be hitting the road this fall with Tech Talks in a city near you. Hope to see you there. The initiative is likely a response to the overwhelming demand for WWDC tickets which continue to sell out at a faster clip with each passing year. This week, tickets to WWDC 2013 sold out in minutes, leaving many developers out of luck. To help remedy that, Apple in recent years started posting free videos of developer sessions online, something it will continue to do this year. Previously, Apple charged developers hundreds of dollars to view said videos.The last time Apple held a Tech Talks tour was back in 2011 when it launched its iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour. While Apple hasn't yet indicated which cities it will be travelling to this fall, the cities which received the Tech Talk treatment two years ago included New York, Seattle, Austin, Berlin, London, Rome, Beijing, Seoul, and Sao Paolo. via The Next Web
Friday TUAW Clinic: Spring clean your Mac with Erica and Steve
Spring is the traditional time to shake off the clutter of winter and do some cleaning. With Mac owners, it's a good time to think about doing the same thing -- getting rid of the junk that piles up on your machine, cleaning out excess log files, etc... To get you prepared for some spring Mac cleaning over the weekend, Erica Sadun and I will be hosting a live "clinic" tomorrow at 11 AM EDT here on TUAW. We'll start at 11 AM sharp, but you may wish to arrive a few minutes early to log into the CoverItLive system, which is what we'll be using to host the talk. Throughout the chat, we'll be capturing questions and providing answers as best we can, and we always like to hear from our readers about their favorite Mac spring cleaning tips. See you here tomorrow morning bright and early! And don't forget to bring your can of Lemon Pledge!
ArenaNet releases third Guild Wars 2 sound design dev diary
ArenaNet's third and final Guild Wars 2 sound design dev diary is live without a net on the company's official blog, and today's installment comes through with an interesting conclusion to the sonically inspired trilogy. The piece is clearly written by and for sound geeks, and we mean that in the nicest possible way (as some of the terminology left us scratching our heads). Lead sound designer Drew Cady and sound engineer Robert Gay are our guides to everything from voice processing, to mastering, to parallel processing. We're not sure what the heck any of that means either, but we're confident you'll get it if you go read the blog right now. If you're in a rush, the long and short of it is that ArenaNet is spending a lot of time, effort, and money on Guild Wars 2's sound design. Though gaming soundtracks are often drowned out by custom playlists and voice chat, Tyria's soundscape is shaping up to be one worth hearing.
APB Reloaded blog talks new client, closed beta date
Anxiously awaiting the (re)launch of the new free-to-play version of All Points Bulletin? You're not alone, as the folks at GamersFirst are as well. To that end, how does a projected late February closed beta date grab you? Bjorn Book-Larsson drops that particular hint in the latest APB Reloaded dev blog, and also says that the beta application details will be forthcoming in the next week. Book-Larsson goes on to talk about why it's taking GamersFirst a bit of time to turn the lights back on for the resurrected MMO crime opus, and two of those reasons boil down to a new game client and a new company network. While this week's blog is a little light on client details, Book-Larsson does indicate that more info is forthcoming. "The exact config of the client will be the focus for each update in each of the next several weeks, so at the moment all I will say is that the closed beta client will be a little bit smaller than the original shipping client. It will have a basic premium system built in, various balance fixes, and we might be able to turn on the chaos rule-set," he writes. The remainder of the lengthy blog entry focuses on techie details relating to GamersFirst's new network, and for those of you who are prone to glazed eyes at the thought of techno babble, Book-Larsson invites you to tune in next week when the discussion will turn to in-game features.
