Panel:

• Bart Busschots (host) - @bbusschots
• Gazmaz from the My Mac Podcast - @gazmaz
• Adam Christianson from The Mac Cast - @maccast
• Nick Riley - @spligosh

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.

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!

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Links:

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

• One-stop-page with all the important links: www.macobserver.com/…
• New iPhones
  • iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus (4.7” & 5.5”) - loopinsight.com/…
  • Record sales - 10M in first weekend - om.co/…
  • Initial release did not include China, but will come to China on October 17 - www.macobserver.com/…
  • ifixit tear the new phones apart and find they are surprisingly repairable - arstechnica.com/…
  • DXOMark rate the 6 and 6plus the best smartphone cameras - www.dxomark.com/…
  • Square Trade gives iPhone 6 their highest ever Drop Test score - www.macobserver.com/…
  • The internet goes nuts about bendy iPhones - www.macrumors.com/…
  • Apple releases statement saying they test the phones and there is no problem, say there have only been nine returns - www.loopinsight.com/…
  • Apple show journalists the lab where they torture iPhones - www.theverge.com/…
  • Assuming you didn’t try to bend your iPhone, Apple will replace your bent iPhones - www.macobserver.com/…
  • Consumer Reports weighs in - phones are not too bendy - www.consumerreports.org/…
  • Cult of Mac post a gallery of bent smartphones from a variety of manufacturers - www.cultofmac.com/…
• Apple Pay - arstechnica.com/…
  • US-only (at first) contact-less payment validated with touch ID to launch in October
  • Reports say Apple will get fees from banks - www.bloomberg.com/…
  • Walmart say they won’t be taking part - www.macobserver.com/…
  • Chase on the other hand send out mailing bragging that they will be supporting it - www.loopinsight.com/…
  • Although Apple Pay use NFC, the NFC chip in the new iPhones will only be for Apple Pay (at least for now) - arstechnica.com/…
• Apple preview Apple Watch - arstechnica.com/…
  • post-keynote Apple say the battery life is expected to be about a day - arstechnica.com/…
  • XKCD weighs in - xkcd.com/…

Main Story 2 - iOS 8 Released

• new OS out - www.apple.com/…
• Third party keyboards become all the rage - www.macobserver.com/…
• iOS 8 brings some App Store improvements:
  • Family sharing now available - www.macstories.net/…
  • App Bundles now available - www.macobserver.com/…
• Apple TV gets and update to bring it in line with iOS 8 features - www.macobserver.com/…
• After a short delay, health kit apps arrive in the app store - www.macobserver.com/…
• Note that iOS 8 is a security update, if your phone can’t run it, then it’s time for an upgrade - www.intego.com/…
• iOS 8 comes with more location privacy options - www.cnet.com/…
• iOS 8 security updates make law enforcement cranky, or as Gruber put it, law enforcement endorse Apple security - daringfireball.net/…
  • Google announce they’ll follow suit with Android L - daringfireball.net/…
• iOS 8.0.1 update did not got well - apple quickly followed with 8.0.2 to fix the problem

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

• the new policy - www.apple.com/…
• Tim Cook pen Jobs-like letter on privacy - www.apple.com/…
• Tim Cook hammers the privacy point during a Charlie Rose interview (“follow the money”) - www.loopinsight.com/…

Quick Stories

• Apple finally discontinue the iPod Classic - www.macworld.com/…
• Apple hires:
  • Apple hires Marcela Aguilar (from GAP) as their new director of global marketing Communications - www.macobserver.com/…
  • Apple hires famous free-lance designer (and friend of Jony Ive) Marc Newson - www.macobserver.com/…
• Samsung pull out of EU laptop market (including Chrome books) - www.pcadvisor.co.uk/…
• Larry Ellison announces his retirement from Oracle - www.businessweek.com/…
• Microsoft to layoff another 2,100 and axes their silicon valley R&D centre - www.reuters.com/…
• Amazon cut the Fire Phone by $200 to free on contract - www.macobserver.com/…