The 18 Most Important Features in iOS 8

At WWDC, developers ruleApple may have previewed iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite to the entire world at its opening keynote, but developers are the only ones who get to check out the beta version of the software until an open beta program kicks off this summer.

This year's conference has had its share of surprises, and it's little wonder devs are salivating: Apple is allowing more flexibility about what developers can grow within its walled garden. For the first time, third-party onscreen keyboards will be welcomed in iOS 8, widgets are coming to the notification center, and media apps will have greater access to the device's camera. Apple even debuted its own programming language, Swift, which got some of the loudest cheers during Monday's keynote. Read more...