This week’s Apple WWDC 2020 is all virtual and Zoomy, so say goodbye to the traditional in-person networking and collaboration. However, they announced some cool widgets in the new iphone iOS, so here’s the widgets that may tempt me to upgrade sooner:

App Library

Organize my stuff so that I use the most valuable stuff more often but can still find quickly the infrequently used but useful. “iOS 14 includes a new feature called App Library that automatically organizes apps. Users can also delete entire pages of apps in one tap, or see similar apps, like all of the games from Apple Arcade, using App Library.”

Translate

This is an app that I would probably never use, but I’d love to see in action—look for the YouTube test videos to come.

“Apple has introduced a new translation app, called Translate, that enables real-time translation between two different languages. 

“An iPhone with the Translate app can be put in between two people speaking different languages and can translate what they are saying in real time.”

Further Reading

Here's everything Apple just announced: iOS 14 will give iPhones a new home screen, ditching Intel chips and moreDuring the WWDC 2020 keynote, Apple revealed iOS 14 with a new home screen for iPhones, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, watchOS 7 and more. It also said it will begin to switch to using its own Apple chips instead of Intel chips in Macs.www.cnbc.com

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How Do You Network in a Zoomed Out WorldNetworking (v): the action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts Apple's annual developers conference was in the news today, most ...cake.co

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Basically this version of iOS takes most of the features I like of Android's UI and puts them in without any real changes just for changes sake which is nice and has made an iPhone an even more appealing option. Though even the die hard apple fans I know felt it was a bit of a let down and over hyped by the presenters for features that go back a decade in some cases for Android. I feel like it would have landed better if they went through the new features quickly and then focused on the differentiating ones. Like the stacked widgets with AI integrated to try and show what you likely need at any given time. And having their own translate app is cool but google has had that for awhile and Microsoft has as well, so what makes Apple's better?

But I'm surprised the WWDC thread that came up was about this and not the ARM transition.