Apple has officially announced in a press release that Steve Jobs will appear on stage at WWDC 2011 due next week and he’ll reveal iOS5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion. The company hasn’t revealed what iCloud is but according to rumors it is basically expected to be a suite of cloud-based services that will include a streaming music service backed by major record labels in the U.S. Apple rarely reveals what it’ll introduce at WWDC or any event for that matter and this sudden change makes us wonder, does Apple have something else up its sleeve? Full press release after the break.
[box] Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6
CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2011—Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering. WWDC will feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Mac® developers will see and learn how to develop world-class Mac OS X Lion applications using its latest technologies and capabilities. Mobile developers will be able to explore the latest innovations and capabilities of iOS and learn how to greatly enhance the functionality, performance and design of their apps. All developers can bring their code to the labs and work with Apple engineers.
For more details, visit the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 website at developer.apple.com/wwdc. [/box]
Source: iClarified