IMP Live 242 – Outnumbered!




International Mac Podcast show

Summary: Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://impodcast.com/category/shows/implive/feed/) / RSS (http://impodcast.com/category/shows/implive/feed/) / iOS Podcasts App (pcast://impodcast.com/category/shows/implive/feed/) This week's panel are Stu Helm, Alexander Hoffmann, Greig Allen and Ben Roethig Thanks for your continued support of IMP, we hope you enjoy the show! We’d love to hear from you so send your email / audio clips to . You can also join us live over at where you can chat with fellow listeners and the panel during the show, watch our Twitter (http://twitter.com/impodcast) stream for show days and times. Don’t forget you can support us when you check out ScreenCasts Online (http://www.screencastsonline.com/scoaffiliates/jrox.php?id=378_1_bid_7), become a member for a fresh tutorial every week from the fantastic Don McAllister. This week’s show notes, including links to the panel's picks and all the stories we cover can be found after the break. Show Notes Security Update * Have a self-hosted WordPress blog? You need to change your admin user - via Krebs on Security (http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/brute-force-attacks-build-wordpress-botnet/) Apple News * Stu: Foster + Partners tapped to work on Apple retail store projects as well as the new 'Mothership' campus - via MacRumors (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/10/amid-apple-campus-2-cost-concerns-foster-partners-reportedly-taking-on-apple-retail-store-projects/) * Alex: Apple ordered to pay for building work to be finished in Queensland project - via TUAW (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/12/court-orders-apple-to-complete-retail-space/) * Greig: Apple buys former Palm patents from Access for $10m - via Mac Observer (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple-licenses-palm-patents-in-10m-deal) * Ben: Apple job posting suggests chip development taking place in Florida at former AuthenTec facilities - via Mac Observer (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple-job-posting-points-to-chip-design-in-florida) Mac News * Alex: Intel announce next generation of Thunderbolt will be capable of speeds of 20 Gbit/sec - coming 2014 - via MacRumors (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/08/intel-announces-next-version-of-thunderbolt-with-20gbps-throughput-coming-in-2014/) iOS EcoSystem News * Stu: USPTO reverses course on 'iPad mini' trademark rejection - via AppleInsider (http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/04/08/uspto-retracts-objections-to-apples-ipad-mini-trademark-application) * Ben: Apple continue to collect the lion's share of mobile app profit - via Mac Observer (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple-continues-to-claim-lions-share-of-app-revenue) * Greig: UK's Office of Fair Trading is looking into in-app-purchases targeted at children - via Electronista (http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/12/high.bills.generated.by.children.using.freemium.games.under.scrutiny/) * Alex: Apple still the most desired smartphone brand for US teenagers - via The Loop (http://www.loopinsight.com/2013/04/10/apple-still-most-desired-smartphone-brand-among-u-s-teens/) * Ben: AppGratis CEO speaks up about removal from the App Store - via TUAW (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/09/appgratis-ceo-speaks-out-about-app-being-pulled-from-app-store/) * Stu: Apple did not block publishing of Saga #12 which depicted some scenes of gay sex - via Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/04/apple-not-blocking-comics-with-gay-sex-from-the-app-store-after-all/) * Alex: Apple agrees to pay $53 million in settlement of iPhone and iPod touch water-damage warranty lawsuit - via TUAW (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/12/apple-agrees-to-53-million-settlement-in-iphone-and-ipod-touch/) * Greig: Chinese man steals iPhone… with chopsticks - via TUAW (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/12/chinese-man-steals-iphone-from-bicyclist-using-chopsticks/) Apple Competitor Watch * Alex: Analysts report BlackBerry Z10 returns are outnumbering new sales - via WSJ