iOS 6.0.1 available

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Connect you iOS device to iTunes and click “Check for Update.”

And this is why I don’t trust analysts

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“Apple’s innovation is sputtering,” [Trip] Chowdhry wrote in a research note to clients. “Why is that Apple, the company that brought touch to phones and tablets, stopped just there and did not bring touch to notebooks and iMacs? Why is it that Apple brought high-resolution screens to…some MacBooks and not to all devices? High-resolution screens are a commodity today.”

Well Trip, people tend to use computers in a different way than they use tablets and phones. It makes no sense to push out touch enabled displays on products that people expect to use a keyboard and mouse.

Apple does use high-resolution displays, but Retina displays are not a commodity. With a price conscious customer in mind, Apple has to balance its products to offer the best it can for a reasonable price.

I hope that answered your question Trip.

Android’s 290,000 high risk apps

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Of the 412,222 Android apps evaluated from Google Play, Bit9 says more than 290,000 of them access at least one high-risk permission, 86,000 access five or more and 8,000 apps access 10 or more permissions “flagged as potentially dangerous.”

Great news for Android… oh wait.

The Original Rudeboys refuse to open for Chris Brown

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Speaking to TV channel RTE, Sean Walsh of The Original Rudeboys said: “Even though it’s a huge opportunity to play in the O2 with a major hip-hop star and a substantial fee was offered, we are completely against Chris Brown’s assault on Rihanna… In addition, with our latest single ‘Blue Eyes’ being about domestic violence, it goes against everything we are about as a band and supporting Chris Brown would send out the wrong message to our fans.”

Much respect to The Original Rudeboys. I met these guys in Dublin, Ireland last year and even got to play a song on stage with them. Great bunch of guys that deserve your support.

Microsoft sued over live tiles in Windows 8

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Launching in the last week, Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms are already the subject of legal complaints, after a Portland-based OS development company called SurfCast sued the company for allegedly infringing on its patents with the use of Live Tiles in its desktop, tablet and mobile software.

I wonder if they were in touch with Microsoft before the release or waited until it was publicly available.

AMBER Alerts in Google Search and Maps

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Today we are launching AMBER Alerts coordinated by National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the Google Public Alerts platform. Public Alerts are designed to bring you emergency alerts when and where they’re relevant to you, and AMBER Alerts aim to help bring abducted children home safely.

Good move, thanks Google.

iPad mini fits in your back pocket

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I tried this today out of necessity because I was carrying too many things. The iPad mini easily fit into my back pocket and was comfortable to walk with it in there. […]

Amplified: Forstall is Oot, Browett is Oot

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Jim and Dan talk about Jim’s review of the new iPad mini with comparisons to other 7 and 8-inch tablets, Jim’s new Retina MacBook Pro 13-inch, the recent Apple executive restructuring, and more.

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Review: iPad mini

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I picked up my iPad mini and iPad 4 from Apple just after the special event ended last week in San Jose and have been using them ever since. I haven’t used the mini to the exclusion of my iPad, but I wanted to see where this new device would fit into my lifestyle without being forced. […]

iPhone 5 slows Android growth

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Recent smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Android continuing to gain share across Europe in latest 12 weeks of sales increasing its share to 67.1% share, up from 50.9% a year ago. However, its rate of growth has slowed as week one of iPhone 5 sales show iOS gaining in the US and Great Britain.

iMessage down for some

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iMessage is apparently down for some users, while others report the outage also affects iTunes Match, Game Center, and the App Store. Everything is fine with all of my services.

Apple delays iTunes 11

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Unfortunately, Apple is delaying the release of iTunes 11. Apple spokesperson Tom Neumayr told The Loop why today.

“The new iTunes is taking longer than expected and we wanted to take a little extra time to get it right. We look forward to releasing this new version of iTunes with its dramatically simpler and cleaner interface, and seamless integration with iCloud before the end of November.”

Microsoft Surface numbers must really suck balls

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Steve Ballmer’s response when asked how the reception for the Surface was in the first few days:

Numerically there’s not really much that’s interesting to report.

Well that is interesting. After the first three days on the market Apple announced the iPad 3 sold three million units.

Scott who?

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The exit of Apple Inc’s longtime mobile software products chief may be a surprise, but a band of able executives led by Tim Cook and a bigger role for design boss Jonathan Ive meant the company was in good hands, analysts said on Tuesday.

And that’s why Tim Cook put Ive in that position. It instantly calmed everything down.

ScreenFlow 4

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This has always been my favorite app for screen recording. I haven’t used the new version yet, but I’ll take a look in the next little while.

Amazon — release the numbers or shut the fuck up

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“Wednesday was the $199 Kindle Fire HD’s biggest day of sales since launch and up 3x week over week.”

Does that mean they sold 20 Kindles? Could be, who knows. Without the numbers, Amazon’s word means nothing.

Forstall and the Maps apology letter

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Adam Lashinsky for CNN:

I also heard that Forstall refused to sign the letter apologizing for the mapping fiasco, sealing his fate at Apple.

Lots of speculation going around tonight.