When Apple's WWDC changed the company and the world the most

Since its small beginnings in 1983 and right up to the current slick video presentations, WWDC has been where Apple has made so many major announcements — and sometimes they were so major they were turning points for the company.WWDC 2025 will be held at Apple Park — images credit: AppleTo be clear, the biggest single turning point for Apple must be the launch of the iPhone, and that didn't happen at WWDC. Nor did the iPod before it. Nor the 1998 iMac that saved the company.But apart from that... While WWDC has not always been so important to Apple's future — and while it wasn't always called the Worldwide Developers Conference — it has become so. Chiefly because it is a WWDC that so many Apple-changing announcements were made. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

May 14, 2025 - 17:18

When Apple's WWDC changed the company and the world the most

Since its small beginnings in 1983 and right up to the current slick video presentations, WWDC has been where Apple has made so many major announcements — and sometimes they were so major they were turning points for the company.

WWDC 2025 will be held at Apple Park — images credit: Apple

To be clear, the biggest single turning point for Apple must be the launch of the iPhone, and that didn't happen at WWDC. Nor did the iPod before it. Nor the 1998 iMac that saved the company.

But apart from that... While WWDC has not always been so important to Apple's future — and while it wasn't always called the Worldwide Developers Conference — it has become so. Chiefly because it is a WWDC that so many Apple-changing announcements were made.

Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums