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WWDC, Xbox, and Amazon's media streamer - 90 Seconds on The Verge

2013-04-24
it's Wednesday April 24 2013 i'm david pierce a mysterious man with a dangerous secret this is 90 seconds on the verge brought to you by virgin mobile summers just around the corner which means it's time for apples annual worldwide developers conference the event will take place June tenth through 14th in San Francisco an apple senior VP Phil Schiller promises developers will get their hands on new versions of both iOS and Mac OS 10 it's also the first WWDC since former iOS head scott forstall left company well jony ive's design chops be seen in the new software you find out soon enough we already had the date circled but now it's official there will be a new Xbox coming on May 21st microsoft sent out invitations today to a press event in redmond dubbed a new generation revealed the company will be providing the first details on the new console codenamed durango rumored features include a next-generation Kinect sensor a google TV leg overlay for cable boxes and the controversial requirement of an always-on internet connection microsoft will follow up with another event at e3 in june where it will show off a lineup of games for the console and finally amazon wants a new hot it's reportedly developing its own media streaming device bloomberg reports that amazon's lab126 division is working on the device which could launch as early as this fall amazon already offers its own video streaming service and a set-top box would let it offer that content directly to consumers without having to go through third-party hardware Apple and Roku pretty much had the streaming market cornered up to this point but then again they haven't had to compete with Amazon you and that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow tickets go on sale for my own conference David fest get your browser's ready people they're gonna go fast
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