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Well, we were pretty sure that Apple was going to out a new version of iOS next week, and a banner just went up at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (the venue for WWDC) seems to confirm the rumors. As you can see, it shows only the number ‘7’, which all but confirms that we’ll be seeing Jony Ive’s first iteration of Apple’s mobile OS in just a few days. Tune in to our coverage next week to check the accuracy of our deductive powers and find out what other goodies Apple has in store.

Update: Our friends at 9 to 5 Mac have more pics, including photos of an ad with a big ‘X’ in front of a wave. That should put to rest any hopes for this being the launch of OS XI.

Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile, Apple

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Source: Macstories

Apple was supposedly waiting for a deal with Sony before it could launch its rumored internet radio service. That roadblock may have just been cleared: AllThingsD claims that Apple has reached an agreement at the last minute, which gives it the all clear to announce the streaming feature at WWDC. Other details aren’t immediately available, but previous rumors have suggested that Apple won’t deploy the ad-backed service right away; we may end up waiting a few months before we can tune in. If the rumors are true, though, Monday’s keynote will be more interesting than we first thought.

Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Internet, Software, Apple, Sony

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Source: AllThingsD

The on-again–off-again status of NYC’s e-hail pilot program is now, well, back on. A New York state court has just lifted a temporary restraining order brought on by the city’s livery cab companies that halted the year-long trial of taxi-hailing apps like Uber, Hailo and TaxiMagic. They argued that using the apps to book cabs counts as pre-arranging a service, which is strictly their territory. After weeks of deliberation, judges sided with the city, which contended the software is just another way to hail a cab.

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Source: The Epoch Times

Hulu may be constantly on the brink of a buyout, but that doesn’t mean the current owners are just sitting about waiting for some high roller to come along. In fact, over the last couple of months the streaming service has undergone a pretty impressive transformation. There have been a few new features added and some licensing deals struck. But, most noticeably, Hulu Plus has received a spiffy new look across almost all platforms. Today it’s the iPad’s turn to cash in and the new experience has a heavy focus on discovering content. Tapping on a show brings up the “discover” panel, which provides you with a quick shortcut to play the first, next or latest episode (depending on where yo left off) along with details about the program. If you want to keep looking, but don’t want to drop back out to the card-like UI of the home screen, swiping left or right will take you to the next collection or season. If you’re in the middle of watching an episode of SNL then remember you forgot to add the latest episode of Misfits to your queue, you can pinch the video to minimize it quickly add it then pop back to a full screen of Weekend Update without skipping a beat. Of course, multitasking is in-app only — so you wont be able to shrink the episode down to the corner while you search for stills from Good Burger. There are also a bunch of more minor tweaks, such as inline clip playback and curated collections. After the break you’ll find the complete changelog as well as a video walk through of the updated app.

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Source: Hulu, Hulu Plus (App Store)

From the initial preview to its final release, Mountain Lion took a journey that lasted over five months and saw 269 builds of the update before finally going gold in July of 2012. In fact, it was more than a month after its big WWDC keynote that Apple finally got OS X 10.8 out the door. But, things may be a little different this time around. Bug reports are starting to pop up in Cupertino’s Radar system with the operating system build number 13A451. The first half, “13A,” strongly suggests platform in question is OS X 10.9, since Mountain Lion was 12A, Lion was 11A, and so on, and so forth. The second half implies that this is the 451st build of the (not so) mysterious OS known only at 13A. That means that there have already been almost twice as many internal releases of 10.9 (presumably Cougar or Cloud Leopard… or maybe Scottish Fold?) as there were of 10.8 at the time of its release. This could indicate that Apple is preparing a substantial overhaul of its desktop OS, or it could just be that the company wants to ensure it avoids the usual flood of issues that accompany upgrades to the operating system. Either way, with WWDC right around the corner we’re sure the mystery will be solved soon enough.

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Source: Apple Insider