iOS 6 Gets Improved Privacy, Redesigned Stores, Lost Mode & Tons More [WWDC12]

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Apple announced a lot of cool features in iOS 6 today, but here’s some of the stuff they didn’t show worth noting:

• Improved privacy controls.
• Redesigned stores
• Lost mode: if you’ve lost or misplaced your iPhone or iPad, you can send a phone number directly to that phone
• Game center challenges
• Per-account Mail signatures
• Voice-Over imrpovements
• Personal dictionary in iCloud
• Tons of new APIs for Devs, including Pass Kit, in-app contrent purchases (sell iTunes music right through your apps), transit apps

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