Oct 17, 2016

Podcast 529: Fire and brimstone

While we wait forever for new Macs, Apple is headed to the Supreme Court. The FBI needs to crack more iPhones, but at least none of them have caught on fire yet, unlike some other phones we could mention.

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Credit: CNN

We are halfway through October and there is still no sign of new Macs. Apple's lawyers are heading to the Supreme Court in the (final?) stages of the Samsung patent case that is really hard to keep caring about now after all these years—they're still arguing about who owns the concept of a rounded rectangle. Also on the legal front, the FBI wants to crack another iPhone, although it remains to be seen if they'll ask Apple for help. Meanwhile, Samsung has its own problems: FLAMING PHONES.

Show notes

  • Followup on our discussion on aperture and lens focal length, hat tip to Paragon Press

  • Did Apple reschedule its earnings call so it could reveal new Macs? by Oscar Raymundo

  • Say goodbye to Apple's third-generation Apple TV by Caitlin McGarry

  • Terror suspect's locked iPhone could lead to a second Apple-FBI showdown by Caitlin McGarry

  • Court reinstates $120 million patent award for Apple in Samsung case by Grant Gross

  • Supreme Court grills Apple, Samsung over value of design patents by Shara Tibken for CNET

  • Computer Fires Set Apple Back At Crucial Time by John Markoff for The New York Times

  • Why lithium batteries keep catching fire , an explainer by The Economist

  • Apple Responds to Dash Controversy by John Gruber at Daring Fireball

  • Unlocking a Mac with an Apple Watch requires two-factor, not two-step, iCloud protection—what? by Glenn Fleishman

  • If you upgrade to two-factor authentication, you can’t log in to your Mac with an iCloud password by Glenn Fleishman

  • How to fix two-factor authentication problems with apps that don’t use iCloud by Glenn Fleishman

  • The Apple two-step: My disastrous attempt to use Apple’s two-factor authentication by Kirk McElhearn

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