Let’s Talk Apple – Ep. 13 (September 2014)


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Panel:

The show starts with a quick summary of some developments relating to Apple’s many on-going court cases, then the panel get stuck into the month’s main stories. First the September Apple event with it’s new iPhones, Apple Pay, and Apple watches, then iOS 8, then some changes to iCloud, and finally a discussion of Apple’s updated privacy policies and their big media push to differentiate themselves from their competitors when it comes to privacy. The show ends with a quick rundown of a few other notable September news stories.

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Legal Stories
  • Apple denied re-trial in Apple -v- Samsung 2 – www.macobserver.com/…
  • Apple & Google appeal Judge Koh’s throwing out of the $324M settlement negotiated by the companies with lawyers for the affected employees in the no-poach case (reminder – judge Koh rules last month that the amount was too low) – arstechnica.com/…
  • Appeals court throws out $368M ruling in Virtex -v- Apple patent case, sends it back to the lower court – arstechnica.com/…
  • so-called ‘patent troll’ ordered to pay Apple & others legal fees when the wireless patents they were suing the companies for were ruled invalid – www.macobserver.com/…
Main Story 1 – September Apple Event
Main Story 2 – iOS 8 Released
Main Story 3
  • Apple announce new iCloud plans with more storage for less money, and now up to 1TB – www.macobserver.com/…
  • Apple refund existing customers the balance for the remainder of their payment period – www.macobserver.com/…
  • iOS and Windows users get to enjoy new iCloud Drive, but Mac users have to wait a little longer – arstechnica.com/…
Main Story 4 – Apple release new privacy policy
Quick Stories

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