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