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                 Apple's First Virtual WWDC to Start June 22nd

   Josh Centers

   Apple has announced [1]the start date for its first virtual Worldwide
   Developers Conference: 22 June 2020. That's a bit later than usual,
   perhaps due to the difficulty of reshuffling the format and the added
   complication of the company's employees working remotely. We're lucky
   that Apple is holding WWDC at all'Google completely [2]canceled its I/O
   conference after promising to hold it remotely and Facebook replaced
   [3]its F8 developer conference with 'a series of updates throughout the
   year.'

   Happily, no $1599 ticket is required'this year's virtual conference
   will be open to all registered Apple developers. We anticipate that the
   keynote will be streamed for everyone to watch. Apple is encouraging
   all interested developers to install the [4]Apple Developer app for
   iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, which will offer more information and session
   videos as they become available.

   Since there's no point in offering student scholarships this year,
   Apple is instead holding a [5]Swift Student Challenge. Interested
   students should build a Swift Playground that can be experienced in 3
   minutes or less and submit it to Apple by 11:59 PM PDT on 17 May 2020.
   Winners will receive an exclusive WWDC20 jacket and pin set.

References

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   1. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/05/apple-to-host-virtual-worldwide-developers-conference-beginning-june-22/
   2. https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/20/21188669/google-i-o-canceled-2020-coronavirus-pandemic
   3. https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2020/02/27/important-f8-2020-update/
   4. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-developer/id640199958
   5. https://developer.apple.com/wwdc20/swift-student-challenge/

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   6. https://tidbits.com/wp/../uploads/2020/05/Apple-WWDC-announcement.jpg

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