Apple announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will take place in San Francisco in June.
In
an unusual move, Apple gave a one-day notice that tickets would go on
sale for what is considered a must-attend event for software wizards
interested in conjuring up applications for iPhones, iPads, iPods, or
Macintosh computers.
The 5,000 tickets made available to WWDC here last year sold out in about two hours despite the price of $1,600 each.
Apple
said this year's WWDC will take place June 10 through June 14 and that
tickets will become available online at developer.apple.com/wwdc on
Thursday at 10 am PDT (1700 GMT).
"We look
forward to gathering at WWDC 2013 with the incredible community of iOS
and OS X developers," said Apple senior vice president of worldwide
marketing Philip Schiller, referring to the company's mobile and desktop
computer operating systems.
"Our developers
have had the most prolific and profitable year ever, and we're excited
to show them the latest advances in software technologies and developer
tools to help them create innovative new apps."
More
than a thousand engineers from the Cupertino, California-based company
are to present sessions at the conference, which has historically
kicked-off with a keynote speech from the Apple chief.
Schiller
said that Apple "can't wait" to get new versions of the software
powering its devices into the hands of developers at WWDC.
WWDC
will take place about three weeks after a Google I/O conference at the
same downtown San Francisco venue for developers tailoring apps or
services to work with Chrome browser software or Android-powered
smartphones or tablets.
