Apple WWDC 2014: The 6 Biggest Moments

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Apple WWDC 2014: The 6 Biggest Moments
Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West center on June 2, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Tim Cook kicked off the annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The conference runs through June 6. Credit: Justin Sullivan

A lot of changes are coming to Apple products this year. Monday's keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference showed the future of the iPhone, iPad and Macs -- and here are the top highlights to come from the event.

1. iOS 8: The announcement of iOS 8 drew heavy applause from the crowd. The mobile operating system's features include interactive notifications, new group thread abilities and the much-hyped HealthKit.

2. Interactive notifications: The latest update to Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 8, will make it easier to respond to texts without exiting out of another app.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils iOS 8 at WWDC 2014. Credit: Apple

3. Group messaging: It is now possible to name group threads, as well as add and remove people from group conversations. When group thread conversations are constantly popping up, users can now use the "Do Not Disturb" function to stop the notifications or even remove themselves from the thread entirely.

4. Greg Joswiak's duckface selfie: Joswiak, Apple's VP of iPad, iPhone and iPod marketing, demonstrated the ease of sending Snapchat-like photos and videos through iMessage by snapping a selfie, much to the amusement of the crowd.

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5. HealthKit: Apple rolled out the much-anticipated health information tracking app, which catalogs data like heart rate, sleep patterns and calorie counts in one location.

6. Doctor contact: The Health app, in partnership with the Mayo Clinic, can contact a patient's doctor should the user's health readings abnormally spike or dip.

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