At Apple Inc.’s annual conference for developers Monday, executives face the task of not only wowing the audience with new features but also shoring up confidence that the company can deliver quality software.
Apple’s expected emphasis on quality follows a year in which the company’s software captured headlines for the wrong reasons. Since September, Apple has issued 14 software updates for its mobile operating system, known as iOS, and fixed 67 software flaws—a 46% rise from the 46 bugs addressed in the same period a year...