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Steve Lohr:

The plan calls for high-speed Internet service to be reclassified as a telecommunications service, instead of an information service, under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. But the chairman, Tom Wheeler, is taking what is called a light-touch approach, adopting a handful of its crucial provisions and tossing out others.

The provisions in the proposed open Internet order, the F.C.C. said, will give the commission strong legal authority to ensure that no content is blocked and that the Internet is not divided into pay-to-play fast lanes for Internet and media companies that can afford it and slow lanes for everyone else. Those prohibitions are hallmarks of the net neutrality concept.

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The talented RealMac team is turning their OS X Markdown app into a blogging platform:

Typed.com is a blogging service for writers, journalists, artists, storytellers, and for anyone with something to say. It’s the online writing platform that we’ve been wanting to create and use for years.

Online services come and go, but we want to make something that stands the test of time. We want Typed.com to be around for decades to come, and with your help we can make this happen. We can build a blogging platform that’s sustainable and enjoyable to use.

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Huge news in the fight for net neutrality from The New York Times:

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission this week is widely expected to propose regulating Internet service like a public utility, a move certain to unleash another round of intense debate and lobbying about how to ensure so-called net neutrality, or an open Internet.

It is expected that the proposal will reclassify high-speed Internet service as a telecommunications service, instead of an information service, under Title II of the Communications Act, according to industry analysts, lobbyists and former F.C.C. staff members.

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Here is the original idea I had about the message for this sponsorship:

Saved is the simple iPhone app that helps you make better spending decisions.

But this didn’t feel right for readers of 512 Pixels. You love Apple, I love Apple — but the readership here probably skews toward individuals who do not need a budgeting app. Not an easy sell.

Instead, this week I’m inviting you to read a series of articles on my blog about what life is like on a small indie team. For fellow app makers, this is my way of sharing what I’ve learnt about the app business with the community. For everyone else, I hope this gives you a bit of insight about what goes on behind the scenes at little app makers.

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My brother, writing about his trip this past summer to South Sudan:

Most documentary films coming out of war zones are created by veteran videographers and producers who have a rare skill for capturing incredible stories while cheating death time and time again. Not us. Sure, we have a ton of talent as a team, but we’re still learning how to navigate situations like the one above. We’re not the heavily tattooed, cigarette-smoking, bulletproof vest-wearing journalists depicted in Hollywood films.

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The Verge’s Micah Singleton:

There goes another one. AOL is shutting down The Unofficial Apple Weblog, better known as TUAW, sources familiar with the situation tell The Verge. The company — which is also shutting down its gaming site Joystiq — is in the midst of a major reorganization, and is cutting back on media properties it deems as underperforming. TUAW’s run comes to an end on February 2nd.

AOL is spiraling, and there are about to be another round of Apple writers on the job market because of it. I’ve got friends caught up in this. Sad day.

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Joe Rossignol at MacRumors:

A number of iTunes Connect developers have turned to Twitter and tipped us off about an ongoing issue where users are being shown someone else’s session after attempting to login into their own account. MacRumors has been able to duplicate this issue, which appears to be widespread and has been going on since at least 8 AM Pacific.

Thankfully, developers are getting “unable to process request” errors and are then redirected to their own account if any action is requested while logged into to the incorrect account.

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Man, old iOS looks crazy now, doesn’t it?

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The highlights:

• $74.6 billion in revenue
• 74.5 million iPhones sold
• 21.4 million iPads sold

Insane. Don’t miss Jason Snell’s charts. That revenue one is mind-blowing.

Changes are coming to how Apple reports is earnings, as Josh Lowensohn at The Verge explains:

One big change this quarter is that Apple is no longer reporting its iPod unit sales. As of this quarter, Apple now lumps them into a new “other products” category that also includes the Apple TV, Beats headphones, and soon the Apple Watch.

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This week’s show is a big one:

Five years later, Federico, Myke and Stephen re-visit Steve Jobs’ announcement of the original iPad.

In the spirit of the 30th episode of The Prompt, this show takes a look at Steve Jobs’ original keynote in which he announced the product.

Oh, and this guy makes an appearance.

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Weird naming aside, this update packs a punch:

• Resolves an issue that might cause Wi-Fi to disconnect
• Resolves an issue that might cause web pages to load slowly
• Fixes an issue that could cause Spotlight to load remote email content when this preference is disabled in Mail
• Improves audio and video sync when using Bluetooth headphones
• Adds the ability to browse iCloud Drive in Time Machine
• Improves VoiceOver speech performance
• Resolves an issue that could cause VoiceOver to echo characters when entering text on a web page
• Addresses an issue that could cause the input method to switch languages unexpectedly
• Improves stability and security in Safari

10.10.2 can be downloaded from the Mac App Store now.

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This week five years ago, the original iPad was introduced. While the core experience of the iPad is more or less the same today, the hardware had come a long way in half a decade:

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Specification	2010 iPad	iPad Air 2
Height	9.56 in	9.4 in
Width	7.47 in	6.6 in
Depth	0.5 in	0.24 in
Weight	1.5 lbs	0.96 lbs
FaceTime Camera	N/A	1.2 MP
iSight Camera	N/A	8 MP
Battery	10 hours	10 hours
Resolution	1024x768	2048x1536
PPI	132 ppi	264 ppi
Clock Speed	1 GHz	1.5 GHz
Cores	1	3
RAM	256 MB	2 GB

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Having an original iPad next to an iPad Air 2 shows just how far Apple’s come. While the numbers above show the weight and thickness changes, the difference in the bezels alone make the original iPad feel older than it is.

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