WWDC 2015 Highlights

OS X -named El Capitan

• new split screen and full screen tools
• Brings the Metal API from iOS to desktops
• Unreal Game Engine available for Mac

Launched today For Developers, Available: Fall for public

iOS 9

• Better battery, performance and security
• new Seri interface with proactive content in Music ,Email and Search
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• Privacy for the user is on device level, not linked to 3rd parties

ApplePay

• -expands to include Discover Card
• -Square mobile payment will include apple pay
• -expanding to the UK
• -Store credit/debit card and loyalty card support
• -passbook renamed wallet

Apps

• Photos, drawings and links added to notes app
• Maps adding  public transit app using internal mapping to give exact travel times
• Find locations from search
• New app called  News, personalized News Reader

Multitasking

• Quicktype keyboard includes shortcuts and a trackpad feature
•  full screen previews of open tasks
• split view multi app and touch support, with resizable app windows
• keeps playing video as a picture in picture format 
• supports iPad mini 2 and up
• low power mode extends battery life by 3 hours when activated
• access your smart home via iCloud
• wireless support for Carplay

Available : Fall will work on all devices that support iOS 8-1.3 gb update size

swift programming language is now open source including Linux

Watch OS

• Use photos as your watch face
• Native watch apps
• use digital crown to "time travel"
• nightstand mode
• additional Apple Pay support
• Transit info to the watch
• Apps wont need to depend on phone for processing
• Audio/video playback , Facetime audio, healthkit , homekit on Watch Face

Available to public this fall

One More Thing...Apple Music Streaming Service

• Beats 1 World Radio Station 24/7 Live
• Connect: Direct Artist  Connection linking Facebook, Twitter 
• First 3 Months Free, $9.99 Monthly for single user Account, $14.99 for Family Account (up to 6 users)

Available: End of June

Think your password is the only thing at risk in Social Media

Most people might not even consider this, but in the Modern Social Media era We all live in the biggest concern when it comes to your account is not exactly the risk to your password but rather your over all Personal Identity.

the threat that people need to be concerned about is actually "Profile Spoofing" (BBB.org article). The Spoofing of ones Social Media account is becoming more of an issue due to just how much We as users actually have attached to those Facebook and Google Plus accounts.

The "Bad Actors" of the internet enabled world tend to have a number of insidious reasons why they want at our user accounts. From access to linked accounts elsewhere, the hopes that we have banking and credit cards attached or even to use the information to go after others, the end user has to be on guard.

in fact, in this last week I personally saw an attempt at the spoofing of a Family Member's Facebook account, when the "People you may know" suggestion service suggested a profile for this family member, whom I already have on My friends list.

Naturally suspicious, since the suggested profile had matching information for the user's name, birthday, current city and 2 mutual friends yet was missing a photo or any links to their spouse or kids profiles, I contacted the person on the existing profile and upon confirming they had not created it alerted the two mutual friends about the account and reported it to Facebook, whom it appears took it offline rather quickly.

Later over the weekend, a friend of Mine had posted up a list of "fill out and share" questions as a status message. Questions that included 

• Their full name
• date of birth
• nickname
• type of cell phone and charge remaining
• who they last texted and
• name of their pet growing up

Upon seeing this post I commented that due to privacy concerns I would not be sharing this status, as it prompted others to do, to which they expressed that most of it was pretty much common knowledge and that their password was safe.

The post, however quickly got deleted by My friend when I pointed out that with the info available anyone could create a email address, I used an example of combining the nickname with the battery percentage, at a service like Google Mail, then spoof the friend's Facebook profile and eventually have the potential to gain access to the user's original profile.

The moral of all this people, be careful with your information online. Try to avoid those cute "Answer these questions" status messages and use a service like Tineye.com to occasionally reverse your images to make sure others are not trying to pass your likeness off as their online representation. it is the most valuable asset you own.