Every nerd I’ve talked to about this product has been excited about the Netflix credit. It feels like a real bait-n-switch to me.
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Apple’s Developer Site Back Up⇢
Welcome back, friend. I’m curious if we’ll see any fallout from the week of downtime.
102 MPH On a Bike⇢
Balls. Of. Steel.
Josiah Hangs Out With the Wiggles⇢
Last night, our son Josiah participated in an interview/dance party with The Wiggles on behalf of St. Jude. It was a blast.
The Prompt 006 - Up Next Yesterday⇢
This week, everyone’s favorite international trio discuss a truckload of follow-up, then move on to talk about Apple’s developer site and quarterly results then Google’s new Nexus 7 and Chromecast TV dongle. Myke interrupts the show to find Federico’s alt rock band on MySpace. To wrap up, Chris Bowler files a report on Cloud.typography and Federico gives a tip about bookmarklets in Chrome for iOS.
Apple Publishes Update on Developer Site Outage⇢
Apple:
We plan to roll out our updated systems, starting with Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, Apple Developer Forums, Bug Reporter, pre-release developer libraries, and videos first. Next, we will restore software downloads, so that the latest betas of iOS 7, Xcode 5, and OS X Mavericks will once again be available to program members. We’ll then bring the remaining systems online. To keep you up to date on our progress, we’ve created a status page to display the availability of our systems.
Google Announces Updated Nexus 7⇢
The original Nexus 7 sparked great interest in nerd community. The new one is better in every way. It’s thinner, lighter, faster, has optional LTE and a much better display. The 16GB model is $229, with the 32GB being $40 more. $269. $349 will get you a 32GB model with unlocked LTE that’s compatible with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The Wi-Fi versions ship next week.
Motorola and Verizon Get Exclusive for ‘Droid’ Brand⇢
Roger Cheng:
Verizon Wireless and Motorola are getting exclusive with their relationship.
Starting with the Droid Ultra lineup, Motorola will be the only smartphone manufacturer to build Droid smartphones, Verizon marketing executive Jeff Dietel told CNET on Tuesday.
Sigh.
Apple Posts Q3 Results⇢
Tim Cook:
We are especially proud of our record June quarter iPhone sales of over 31 million and the strong growth in revenue from iTunes, software and services. We are really excited about the upcoming releases of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks, and we are laser-focused and working hard on some amazing new products that we will introduce in the fall and across 2014.
The high points of the results filing include:
The Rebellious Teenage Years⇢
Craig Hockenberry:
If Mavericks is Aqua becoming a grown up and mature operating system, brushed metal was the rebellious teenage years.
Court Grants Chevron Access to Email Metadata⇢
Dana Liebelson:
Last month, a federal court granted Chevron access to nine years of email metadata — which includes names, time stamps, and detailed location data and login info, but not content —belonging to activists, lawyers, and journalists who criticized the company for drilling in Ecuador and leaving behind a trail of toxic sludge and leaky pipelines.
Who needs the NSA when you have federal courts?
Droid Does It ... In Twelve Minutes⇢
Today, Verizon held an event in New York City to unveil a “all-new” series of it’s Motorola-built “Droid” phones.
It was eight minutes long.
Starting at 11:54 AM EST, Verizon’s Vice President of Marketing Jeff Dietel and Rick Osterloh Senior Vice President Product Management at Motorola got on stage to talk about three handsets: the Droid Maxx, Droid Ultra and Droid Mini.
The phones are all closely related, with the Maxx sporting 48 hours of battery life, the Ultra being super thin and the Mini having the same specs as the Ultra, but in a thinner, smaller case.