Chrome doesn't load the page, and in Firefox it still asks for QuickTime. Come on, Apple. It's 2014, and you're still using plugins for video! I thought you were all for "HTML5 video" - unless it doesn't suit you, apparently.
If I were Dropbox I'd be really worrying now. All of the big 3 has it's well-integrated cloud storage -- so far Dropbox was the de-facto cloud storage for Apple users. Now what?
Except that DropBox is still cheaper, has a good app, stores file revision history, syncs across various operating systems.
Dropbox always seemed to me to be a bit more sophisticated product than just "I want a backup in the Cloud" type thing, and I doubt anyone who's using it more than just a simple one-computer/one-OS backup system will leave.
And I guess it gets most of its revenue from business accounts anyway?
It's true, to some degree they should be worried. However, I'm not sure how much they actually have to fear.
While I do like the new Continuity features (and I'm somewhat of a cloud skeptic), I don't see myself sharing files over iCloud with my friends anytime soon.
Another thing that strikes me is, while I do use Dropbox a lot to sync across my devices, and those devices are almost always Macs, I'm also a toxic Dropbox user. Dropbox should not want to keep me as a "customer": I'm on the free plan, totally maxed out storage space by taking part in every conceivable promo, relatively high bandwidth usage, across a lot of devices. There is no possible reason for Dropbox to want me continue using them.
Don't know why you're framing Ubuntu in a bad light. Windows does something similar with Bing. It's pretty easy to turn it off on ubuntu, will Apple allow you to do the same?
In the past I've been able to get around this requirement by getting the stream directly. If today's anything like previous events, should be able to use these URLs to open in VLC (the URLs will change when the stream goes live):
If you are using Chrome press F12 to open the devtools. Then press Esc and to to the "Emulation" tab. now choose an iPad or something and spoof your user agent as that.
it's dumb, but i think that should work. You will need to have QuickTime installed though, I don't think there's a way around that.
Same here. I'm doing some iOS development on Ubuntu right now because I was having issues with my new monitor in OS X. Guess I gotta reboot into the OS X partition and take a break from having my new monitor.
I usually glance at the Techcrunch live blog[1] every 10-15 minutes for WWDC keynotes.
Since it is a text-stream (with a few photos), it's helpful if you don't have an apple device to view the stream or are busy with office work or meetings to watch the live video stream.
How is an attachment meaningfully encrypted through iCloud if someone who isn't using a Mac can download the file through a link in the email they receive? If that link can be generated for them, it can be generated for anyone.
Edit: Even if a link is generated client side along with an access key, it's sent plain text and anyone who sees it can click it.
I'd imagine these users will have to go through a process that proves they don't just have the link but can also access the email account in question. Just like email subscription confirmations work.
That video really helped let us know how much Apple cares about its developer community Tim...except your responses to bug reports or pretty much any developer interaction...don't.
It probably cuts down on the number of people that can stream it making it less expensive for Apple and the stream more stable. And at the end of the day it's an Apple developer conference - Apple developers typical have Apple hardware which this can be viewed on.
Google benefits from everybody using the web. Apple benefits when people use their ecosystem. Thus Apple restricting the webcast to Safari makes sense, and Google not limiting access to just Chrome does not make sense.
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