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Mac OS Ken

Mac OS Ken: 07.27.2011

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2011

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

“Buy Button” Rules Go Into Effect for High-Profile iOS Applications / Kobo Turning to HTML5 Reader in Wake of iOS “Buy Button” Ban / Apple Brings iOS App Store and Mac App Store Access to 33 Additional Countries / Apple Issues “Supplemental” Snow Leopard Update / Office for Mac a Bit Buggy for Lion / Recent iWork Updates Deal with Vulnerabilities Associated with Office Files / Apple Updates iOS to Patch Security Hole in Certificate Validation / Apple Seeds iOS 5 beta 4 to Developers as Over-the-Air Update / Apple Seeds 10.7.2 beta to Developers for iCloud Testing / Apple and Nuance Add Access to More Lifelike, Regional Voices in Lion / Apple Replacing 1TB Seagate Hard Drives in iMacs Bought May 2011 through July 2011 / Apple Reportedly Settles Patent Infringement Suit with Walker Digital / Verizon Exec: Big Red Had Expected New iPhone This Summer Too / Verizon Activates 2.3 Million iPhone 4s in 2Q CY2011 / Apple Reportedly Staffing Up for Late Summer/Early Fall / AT&T Reportedly Asks Retail Management and Staff to be Ready at Full Force for September / comScore: iPhone Top Mobile in UK (for Now) / Reuters: Patrons of Fake Apple Stores in China Upset by Fakery / Two Fake Apple Stores in China Shut Down (Though Not for Imitating Apple) / Report: Apple Gets NYC Grand Central Station Store for 10 Years / All Things D: Sources Says Apple Not a Serious Contender for Hulu / Apple Shares Close Above 400-Dollars for First Time Ever / Make-A-Wish Game Allied Star Police Hits the App Store (for Free)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before we begin, let me just say to everyone who wrote to me saying,

0:03.0

I hope you feel better soon.

0:05.4

I feel great.

0:07.8

I sound like crap. This is Mac OSKIN.

0:17.0

This is Mac OSKIN.

0:20.0

Saying bye-bye to the buy buttons, hints around the next iPhone, and making a wish come true for free.

0:28.0

It's Monday, July 25th, Tuesday, July 26th, and Wednesday, July 27th, 2011.

0:34.8

I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacO S. Ken.

0:39.7

Brought to you

0:43.6

subscribers to MacoS. Can Day six.

0:47.1

More information is available at MacoS can.

0:49.7

can.com.

0:51.1

This show is also supported by the MacoS Can Podcast App for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch,

0:58.0

available in the App Store now for $2.99.

1:03.8

Apple's Buy Button rules for iOS apps are in full effect.

1:07.3

iPod and N says apps for Google Books, COBOL, Rhapsody, Amazon's Kindle, Barnes and Nobles, Nook, and the Wall Street Journal

1:15.5

have all had their buy buttons yanked, meaning people can still access the various content

1:20.4

and services through iOS devices, but they cannot be kicked by the app out to the web

1:25.9

to sign up for and pay for their respective services. So far, none of those content and service providers have opted for Apple's other option,

1:34.7

a buy button that would let consumers purchase through iTunes, with Apple pocketing 30% of the cost.

1:41.9

COBOL is using one of Apple's favorite toys to fight the buy button ban.

1:46.2

Just a day or two after killing its in app link to outside purchases, the bookseller has announced

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