Panel:
- Bart Busschots (host) – @bbusschots
- Allister Jenks – @zkarj
- Dr. Robert Carter from the Tech Doctor Podcast – @robert_carter
- Tim Robertson from the Tech Fan Podcast – @mymac
The show starts with a quick look at some interesting Apple-related numbers released in November before moving on to a quick review of the month’s legal news. The five main stories for the month were: The iPad Pro, a good month for Apple Pay, Amazon coming to the new Apple TV, Adobe’s moves away from Flash, and finally Tim Cook’s comments that Apple will not merge iOS and OS X. The show finishes with a quick rundown of some other shorter stories that made the news in November.
You’ll find detailed show notes below the fold, and if you enjoy this free show, please consider clicking on the donate button at the top of the left side bar – the show is free for you to listen to, but not for Bart to Produce!
Notable Numbers
- Apple's share of global smartphone profits up from 85% last year to 94%, while only selling 14% of total volume – appleinsider.com/…
- Apple spend much less on R&D (as a percentage of revenue) but get as good or better outcomes – www.bloomberg.com/…
- Consumer Reports study finds Apple laptops the most reliable and most satisfying – www.consumerreports.org/… & www.zdnet.com/…
- Interesting numbers of why people who are don't like the Apple Watch are dissatisfied with it – techpinions.com/…
- In a notice to developers about the App Store's closing dates over the holidays, Apple threw in a sentence to say that the App Store has crossed 100Bn downloads – developer.apple.com/…
Legal Latest
- A US Federal Judge has dismissed a class-action suit against Apple by Apple Store employees over un-paid time spent on enforced bag searches – www.imore.com/…
- US Appeals Court shoots down Samsung's latest appeal in the Apple -v- Samsung saga – next step is probably the US Supreme Court – www.macobserver.com/…
- Samsung agrees to pay Apple $548M in damages, though reserves the right to ask for it back if it wins future appeals – www.fosspatents.com/…
- British man successfully sues Apple for deleting his data without asking him if he had a backup – nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- German Government launches anti-trust investigation into audiobook agreement between Apple & Amazon – www.imore.com/…
- Book sellers and authors back Apple in their eBook Price Fixing Appeal – www.macobserver.com/…
Main Stories
- the iPad Pros ship
- iFixit teardown find that the iPad Pro supports USB 3, but you'll need an adapter that doesn't exist yet – www.imore.com/…
- John Gruber's detailed review – daringfireball.net/…
- Serenity Caldwell compares the drawing capabilities of the iPad Pro and Surface Book – www.loopinsight.com/…
- Apple is working to fix an issue that causes some iPad Pros to become unresponsive – www.imore.com/… & support.apple.com/…
- A wonderful satyrical piece by Fraser Spiers – "Can the MacBook Pro Replace Your iPad" – www.speirs.org/…
- A Good Month for Apple Pay
- Apple Pay now supports nearly 800 US banks – www.imore.com/…
- Square rolls out new ApplePay enabled contactless readers – www.imore.com/…
- Apple Pay coming to Dominos and Cinnabon in the US – www.imore.com/…
- Apple Pay comes to TSB & Tesco Bank in the UK – www.imore.com/…
- Apple Pay comes to Canada & Australia via American Express – www.imore.com/…
- According to anonymous sources within the Chinese banking system, Apple Pay will Launch in China in February 2015, including four of the country's major banks – http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple-targets-february-for-china-apple-pay-launch
- Amazon apparently making a video app for new ATV – arstechnica.com/…
- Adobe moves to deprecate Flash – Fash Professional CC becomes Animate CC, and Adobe advise that it is best to use web standards when ever possible rather than flash – www.theverge.com/… & blogs.adobe.com/…
- Tim Cook says iOS and OS X will not merge – www.macobserver.com/…
- Said in Ireland while visiting to announce 1,000 jobs in Apple's Cork office – www.macobserver.com/…
Quick Stoires
- Steve Jobs movie is a flop – dropped from cinemas – www.cultofmac.com/…
- A beta version of Apple Musics released for Android – www.imore.com/…
- Tim Cook will receive the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights on December 8 for his work on behalf of social change – recode.net/…
- Related – Tim Cook's letter to staff on the racist incident in an Australian Apple Store – www.buzzfeed.com/…
- As previously promised – Apple have open-sourced Swift – arstechnica.com/…
- Register your kids for Apple's 2015 Hours of Code – www.imore.com/…