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Apple have today held their yearly opening to WWDC week. This is an event where developers get together to see and use new technology released by Apple.

So today was a great event, centered around software and cloud services.

I will not go into too much detail over the different areas covered, the Internet already has many of those, here are some key areas to read up on-

Mac OS X Lion (Coming next month)

iOS 5 (Beta has already been jailbroken)

iCloud (At last!!)

Watch the full keynote here-

http://www.apple.com/apple-events/wwdc-2011/

Various articles-

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/desktop-os/2011/06/07/a-first-look-at-mac-os-x-107-lion-40093011/

http://www.engadget.com/wwdc-2011/apple-ios-5-hands-on-preview/

http://gizmodo.com/5808937/apples-new-icloud-iphone-and-mac-stuff

Apple have during this week released an update to iOS, v4.3 now suppports-

Personal wireless hotspot for iPhone 4, for up to 5 devices

AirPlay Enhancements

Safari Performance

iTunes Home Sharing

Details here-

http://www.apple.com/ios/

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/09/apple-releases-ios-4-3-with-airplay-and-safari-improvements-personal-hotspot/

Apple have today released the long awaited iOS 4.2.1 for all iOS devices.

This means you can now update your iPad, iPod touch and iPhone to the latest and greatest.

New features include-

Multitasking on iPad

Folders on iPad

AirPrint

AirPlay

Find My iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

And other features listed on this page-

http://www.apple.com/ios/

There is also some speculation around free MobileMe services and find my device. Not sure at this stage, time will tell. MobileMe page still states 60 day trial.

Apple have also updated the MobileMe login page and updates are on their way for the iWork apps to support AirPrint.

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/22/ios-4-2-notes-revamped-me-com-login-page-iwork-for-ipad-updates/