Apple is planning on resurrecting the Tech Talk World Tour for the sake of iOS 5, claims Japanese site Macotakara. The last one was held in 2009, leaving a considerable gap in terms of industry trends. Apple is bringing it back, the new report suggests, to ensure developers are familiar with both iOS 5 and iCloud, which is closely associated.
Tech Talks are similar in concept to Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference, but feature free sessions and consist of one-day events held in cities around the world. Often these are places where travel to a WWDC in San Francisco would be expensive or impractical. In 2008, for instance, Apple held Tech Talks in cities such as Tokyo, Bangalore and Melbourne.
Apple may consider iOS 5 so fundamentally improved or altered over 4 that developers will need help producing rapid app upgrades. The notification system has been completely overhauled, and the OS adds new components such as Reminders, Twitter integration and iMessage. Tech Talks could even draw news and magazine publishers curious about Newsstand and background subscription downloads.
by MacNN Staff
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