The pandemic made the keynote event at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference a different kind of undertaking and spectacle. For the first time in its decades-long history, Apple's event was entirely virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic.
For the first time in its decades-long history, the event was entirely virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic. That meant it was a developer event without developers present and a tech"conference" that looked an awful lot like one long, pre-recorded commercial. Behind the scenes, Apple's team had to do far more than practice presentations and demos. Temperature checks, social distancing, and masks were among the priorities for those who crafted the event.
Read MoreAt the very end of the keynote, after Apple had unveiled new ways to organize apps, a plan to start using its own chips for its Mac computers, and a forthcoming feature that will enable people to unlock cars with their iPhones, an on-screen note laid out details of the precautions Apple took to put the whole thing together. These included daily health screenings and temperature checks, as well as social distancing, according to the company.
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