Mac OS Ken: 08.25.2010

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2010

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Bloomberg Says Apple Working 99-cent Rental Deals for TV Shows in the States / WSJ Says Disney Closer than News Corp on Apple TV Show Rental Deal / Apple Releases Security Update for Leopard and Snow Leopard / Report Says China Unicom to Give Away Free Cases with iPhone 4s / New Nokia Smartphone Strips Features to Compete / Dell Outs Its First U-S Smartphone / RIM Buys Mobile Infrastructure Firm Cellmania / Motorola Looks to Strengthen Its App Space with Purchase of 280 North / Apple to Open Two New Retail Locations This Weekend / Electronista Compares Samsung Galaxy Tab to iPad / Samsung Releases Teaser Video of iPad Competitor Galaxy Tab / Amazon Releases Minor Update to Kindle App for iThings / Barnes and Noble Claims to Be Doing Well in Digital as Traditional Book Sales Suffer / Apple Says iTunes U Passes 300 Million Downloads in Just Over 3 Years / Sumo Association Distributes iPads to Sumo Stables

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0:00.0	This is MacO-S Ken.
0:18.0	TV rumors go into reruns, Apple Titans, Mac security, and the attack of the iPhone wannabees continues.
0:21.0	It's Wednesday, August 25, 2010. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from
0:28.8	MacoS. Ken. Brought to you by yours truly and supported by listeners like you subscribers to Maco Can Day 6
0:37.0	More information is available at MacoScan.
0:40.0	com.
0:41.0	The show is also supported by the MacoS Ken Podcast app for the iPhone and iPod touch
0:46.5	available in the App Store now for $2.99.
0:50.9	It's the return of the Apple TV and content rumors.
0:54.7	Bloomberg says Apple is in advanced talks with News Corp to let iTunes users rent TV
1:00.3	shows for 99 cents.
1:02.3	Unname sources say the Cupertino company is in similar talks
1:05.2	with other media companies as well. According to Bloomberg, renters will have 48 hours of
1:10.8	access to Fox shows for the 99 cents, with similar deals being hammered up between
1:15.8	CBS and Walt Disney, which owns ABC, and of which Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a board member and top individual shareholder.
1:25.0	That's according to Bloomberg, though a piece last night from the Wall Street Journal says Disney,
1:30.0	not News Corp, is closest on the 99 cent TV rental deal.
1:34.4	NBC Universal and Viacom are said to have no interest whatsoever in the Apple proposal
1:40.5	while CBS is listening and News Corp is pretty much on board.
1:45.0	Back now to Bloomberg which says the Reynolds deals, should they come to pass, would
1:49.7	increase the appeal of handheld I-things and would help Apple ward off the likes of Netflix and
1:55.1	Amazon, both of which have their own online video plays.
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