History
The first WWDC was held in Monterey, California in 1983. Until 2002, WWDC was held in mid-May. From 2003 to 2005 it was held in June to better distribute Apple's show commitments. In 2006, WWDC was moved to August due to scheduling conflicts at the Moscone Center. Since 1998 the conference generally starts with a keynote presentation which has been delivered by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, resulting in the event becoming known as "Stevenotes". His last keynote was delivered at WWDC 2011. In 2012 the keynote was delivered by Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple since August 2011. Recent WWDC's have focused on demonstrating and distributing preview versions of upcoming OS X and iOS versions to developers.
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