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Oh My Pod! Daily – Episode 095 – August 30, 2011 – Show Notes
- by Peter
Apple News
Tim Cook reportedly responding to customer emails
Apple seeds new OS X Lion 10.7.2 build, iPhoto beta 3, iCloud beta 9 to devs
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.9 to Bring iCloud Support?
iTunes Match Beta Now Available for Developers
Apple confirms iCloud won’t offer iTunes streaming
Apple Removes 99-Cent TV Show Rentals from iTunes Store and Apple TV [Updated]
NFL’s Buccaneers equip every player with an Apple iPad 2
Apple’s MacBook Air draws long lines, stock-outs in Hong Kong debut
Apple Hires JailbreakMe Creator Comex as an Intern [Apple]
Apple building ‘exciting new features’ for iOS location services
Apple Stores Are Obsessively Designed to Look Perfectly Symmetrical from the Outside [Apple]
Elgato EyeTV Mobile dongle brings live TV to the iPad 2
Other Tech
B&N Reports Improved Losses, Massive Nook Growth
HP says PC group spin-out more likely than sale
Why Is HP Going to Keep Making TouchPads Through October? [WebOS]
HP TouchPad Becomes #2 Selling Tablet and Will Get Updates [WebOS]
HP: PC spinoff might resurrect TouchPad, stay number one
Rumor: next year’s BlackBerrys will run Android apps
Pro Tip: Do Not Buy An iPad From A Dude In A McDonald’s Parking Lot
How Beyonce Is Bigger Than Hurricanes, Earthquakes and SuperBowl Sunday [Twitter]
Every Airline Should Board Airplane Passengers Like This (It Cuts Boarding Time in HALF) [Video]
Gaming News
Xbox Live now topping 35 million users
Forza 4 creative lead: game missing Porsches due to lack of access from EA
The Sweet New ESPN on Xbox 360 Is Now Available [Xbox]
Kinect bundles include Child of Eden for a limited time
Grab the reins of the Gunstringer demo right now on XBLM
Oh My Pod! Daily – Episode 094 – August 29, 2011 – Show Notes
- by Peter
What’s On Our Radar
Movies – The Debt, Apollo 18, Shark Night
DVDs – Nothing at all
Music – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz
Games – Madden NFL 12, Bodycount
TV – Buried Treasure (Fox), US Open!
Steve Leaves
Tim Cook to Apple Employees: “Apple is Not Going to Change”
Portfolio of over 300 patents underscores Steve Jobs’ attention to detail
Steve Jobs Biography to Include Resignation Details, November Debut On Schedule
Salesforce chief gave Steve Jobs “App Store” trademark as token of appreciation
Apple Awards Tim Cook 1,000,000 Shares of Stock as CEO Bonus to Stay Until 2021
iOS News/Rumors
‘iPhone 4S’ Casing Resembles iPhone 4 with Some Antenna Changes
Prototype Next-Generation iPhone Front Panel Reveals Identical Design to iPhone 4
Apple to make 22M iPhones next quarter, most of them iPhone 4
No A6 Chip for iPad Until June 2012 at the Earliest?
Apple’s expedited Calif. trial against Samsung to start July 2012
Samsung rumored to buy webOS to compete with Apple’s iOS, Mac OS X
Samsung’s ChatON messaging service brings free texting to Android, iOS and BlackBerry (video)
Upcoming Amazon tablet to undercut Apple’s iPad
Apps: Spy Mouse, Nine Heroes: Zombie Invasion, Contre Jour HD, Zombie Minesweeper, Rail Maze, Peggle HD
Oh My Pod! Daily – Episode 093 – August 24, 2011 – Show Notes
- by Peter
Apple Releases iMac Graphics Firmware Update to Address Freezing Issues
Apple Finally Updates OS X Lion on Mac App Store to 10.7.1
Ban on Sale of Samsung Galaxy Smartphones in EU Set for October 13th
Dutch court issues injunction against Samsung Galaxy phones
Samsung Cites Kubrick’s ‘2001’ Film as Prior Art Defense Against Apple’s Injunction Requests
Sprint to Join AT&T and Verizon in Offering iPhone 5 at ‘Mid-October’ Launch
New Claims of iPhone 5 Coming to T-Mobile USA
Dual-Mode iPhone 5 Shows Up in App Developer Logs
Apple Building Cheaper 8GB iPhone 4, End of September Launch Alongside iPhone 5
Apple streaming pre-release Red Hot Chili Peppers album in iTunes, free
Steve Jobs Steps down as CEO of Apple
United Airlines Deploying 11,000 iPads to Pilots as Electronic Flight Bags
Oh My Pod! Daily – Episode 092 – August 22, 2011 – Show Notes
- by Peter
What’s on Our Radar
Movie—Columbiana, Don’t be Afraid of the Dark
DVD—Blitz
TV—Nothing Interesting
Game—Deus Ex: Evolution
Music—Noting Interesting
Apple Releases iTunes 10.4.1 with Assorted Bug Fixes
iOS 5 Beta 6 Seeded to Developers [Updated]
iPhone 4 and 3GS Rank as Best-Selling U.S. Smartphones
Early October Launch of iPhone 5 Confirmed by AT&T Vice President to Employees? [Updated]
Apple Planning Entirely New Mac Product Line?
Apple’s Lion drives 26% rise in Mac sales during July
RIM may be holding core updates for BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0
HP promises webOS still coming to non-mobile, Pre3 is alive
The $99 HP TouchPad Is an Amazing Deal, No Matter What Your Nerd Friends Tell You [WebOS]
Key HP Executives Had No Idea What Was About to Happen with WebOS [Hp]
Best Buy stops selling the TouchPad, HP offers refunds to owners
HP didn’t kill webOS, insists it’ll still be updated and loved
Just Give ‘Em Away. Buy A Samsung HDTV From Best Buy, Get A Samsung Android Tablet
Oh My Pod! Daily – Episode 091 – August 17, 2011 – Show Notes
- by Peter
iPhone Users Vs. Droid Users, The Infographic
Apple’s Online Stores Mysteriously Offline [Updated]
What changed at the Apple Store? It got more social.
Apple Proposing a Massive Glass-Roofed Retail Store on the Third Street Promenade
27K South Koreans sue Apple for $26M over iPhone privacy concerns
Apple again rumored to invest $1B in Sharp plant for iPhone, iPad LCDs
Apple predicted to ‘strike back’ at Google with its own patent purchase
Kodak’s patents valued at more than 5 times company’s market cap
Best Buy Has 200K Unsold TouchPads, Wants HP To Take Them Back [WebOS]
RIM Still Totally Fucked
Verizon 4G reachable by more than half of US
Intel denies partners’ requests for 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut
Samsung’s New Double-Speed SSDs [Hard Drives]
Paying for Parking By Phone Is the Best Thing for New York [Genius]
Video: How the new Xbox Dash watches your every move
The Wii Gets a Redesign [Nintendo]
Navigon on sale again