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 Bart Busschots, Stu Helm, Gazmaz, Nick Riley and Andrew J Clark 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 * The US's broken patent system forces Apple to make their VPN service on iOS less secure - via Apple Support (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4550) * Some user's iMessages app flooded with messages until they crash - effectively killing messaging on their iDevice, and showing up the fact that Apple have not implemented any kind of effective rate-limiting to protect iMessage users - via ars technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/03/a-flood-of-prank-imessage-texts-shows-the-app-can-be-crashed-easily/) * Mozilla release FireFox 20 with some nice new features and a bunch of security fixes - via Sophos's Naked Security Blog (http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/02/firefox-20-arrives-new-version-some-security-improvements/) Apple News * Bart: Apple set Q2 2013 earnings call for April 23rd - via TMO (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple-q2-2013-earnings-conference-call-set-for-april-23?utm_source=macobserver&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_everything) * Stu: Tim Cook Apologises to Chinese Customers - via Translation form Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurahe/2013/04/03/tim-cooks-apology-letter-to-customers-in-china/) * Apology seems to have the desired effect, turning state media attacks on Apple in to praise of Apple - via ars technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/04/chinese-media-delighted-by-apple-apology/) * Nick: iMessage encryption so good the FEDs are unhappy about it - via c|net (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57577887-38/apples-imessage-encryption-trips-up-feds-surveillance/) * Andrew: Teaser Trailer for iSteve movie released - via Funny or DIE (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e864df68ce/isteve-exclusive-teaser-trailer) Mac News * Gaz: Micorsoft end support for Office for Mac 2008 and push users towards Office 365 - this means no more security updates, so it really is time to uninstall the app - via Intego's Mac Security Blog (http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/microsoft-ending-support-for-office-for-mac-2008/) iOS Ecosystem * Bart: Apple move age ratings front and centre in iOS App Store - via ars technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/04/apple-puts-age-ratings-front-and-center-on-app-product-pages/) * Stu: Despite what sales numbers might imply, iOS continues to be the mobile device most used for web browsing, with Mobile Safari cornering about 62% of the market - via MacRumours (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/03/safari-dominates-as-top-mobile-browser-with-62-of-internet-traffic/) Legal Latest * Nick: The Lodsys problem has not gone away, the company is targeting more iOS developers for using Apple's in-app purchases APIs, for which Apple have already paid Lodsys a patent royally - via TMO (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/lodsys-targets-disney-pcalc-in-new-patent-lawsuits) * Gaz: USPTO Invalidates the Key Claim in Apple's Overscroll patent - via TMO (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/uspto-invalidates-key-overscroll-patent-claim) Apple Competitor Watch
