Apple Shifts Developer Conference to Online Only
March 13 2020 - 12:53PM
Dow Jones News
By Matt Grossman
Apple Inc. said Friday it will move its June conference for
developers to an online-only format as technology giants continue
to adapt to the global spread of Covid-19.
The conference, aimed at developers who make third-party
software for Apple's platforms, is in its 31st year and has been
held in San Jose, Calif. since 2017. In some previous years it took
place in San Francisco.
"The current health situation has required that we create a new
WWDC 2020 format that delivers a full program with an online
keynote and sessions, offering a great learning experience for our
entire developer community, all around the world," Apple marketing
executive Phil Schiller said.
Facebook Inc. last month canceled its 2020 developer conference,
which had been scheduled for May. Amazon.com Inc. earlier this week
moved a conference for its Amazon Web Services platform scheduled
for April to an online-only format.
Apple said it has committed $1 million to organizations in San
Jose, Calif., that would lose revenue with the in-person event's
cancellation.
Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 13, 2020 12:38 ET (16:38 GMT)
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