iOSDocked - EP113 - One Happy iPad Pro Using Family

iOSDocked Podcast

iOSDocked Show Notes

Episode #: 113

Date: 02/07/17

Hosts: Clay Russell, Jerry Goldbaum & Danny Tammaro

Game Center Showdown

• Last month’s showdown featured the game:

  • Hot Wheels: Race Off

• This month’s champion?

  • Jerry for Track 1

  • Let’s go another month on this.

    • Track 2

App-etizers (High Profile App Releases & Updates)

• ESPN now supporting single sign on

• New Star Wars games

• Google Maps update adds better Uber integration/ridesharing/ adds popular times for tracking how busy a place is in real time

• Roku launches redesigned app with “What's on” guide

• Evernote gets an interface refresh, navigation improvements

• Fire emblem Heroes now available from Nintendo (earned 2.9M day one)

• Apple Music gains CBS sports radio

• Apple TV, iPhone, iPad gain ability to play Netflix movies directly in TV app

• HBO Go adds support for universal sign on, too bad more providers aren't participating

• Google Voice gets redesigned

• Twitter gains an upgraded explore tab

• Pokémon Duel board game released

• Starbucks update brings virtual barista to iPhone, allows you to order via voice or text

• Super Mario Run update brings easy mode

• New sketchbook app from icon factory released, Linea

• Fantastical adds sticker pack, rich notifications

• YouTube adds controls to lock screen and control center

• Outlook for iOS gains “add-ins” to integrate third party apps

Top Stories (brought to you by our Patron George Williams Jr.)

• US Appeals Court says Apple can be sued for App Store monopoly

• iOS 10.2.1 released, Along with tvOS 10.1.1 , MacOS 10.12.3, iTunes, 12.5.5, And watchOS 3.1.3

• Apple releases first iOS 10.3 with 'Find my AirPods,' tvOS 10.2, macOS 10.12.4 betas for developers

• New subscription service for Mac apps launches

• HomeKit device market slow due to Apple's demands according to a new report

• iPad turns 7

• 76 apps with over 18M combined downloads found to be vulnerable

How to Reach Us:

Where you can reach the iOSDocked crew

• Jerry - @JNGold on twitter, blogs on techmusings.me and also co-host of the GTDJedi and TEKTOK podcasts

• Danny- @DMTammaro on Twitter or Danny Tammaro on facebook and also host of the Apple Juice Cast

• Clay - @clayrussell on twitter, can also be found on TEKTOK and the JackedCast

The Rumor Roundup (iDream Segment)

iPhone 6

• Apple may expand battery replacement program to iPhone 6

iPhone 8

• New report says iPhone 8 will be iPhone 4 style with SS frame

• Next iPhone to have greater dust and water resistance

• New supply chain reports lend weight to 'wraparound' 5.8-inch 'iPhone 8' with embedded sensors

• iPhone 8 to come with facial recognition with two step touch ID

• iPhone 8 may include inhouse designed wireless charging system

• iPhone camera maker Sony introduces new optics capable of 1000fps full HD slow motion video

iPad

• Next iPads pushed to 2nd half of 2017

• New Apple Pencil coming this year

Mac

• Apple to offer 32GB of desktop RAM in top-end 2017 MacBook Pro, 16GB for 12" MacBook

• Apple developing ARM based chip for Mac

Software

• iOS 11 to bring group facetime calling

• Apple is working on enhanced Siri capabilities

Other

• Apple considering flexible LCD

• WSJ reporting Apple to offer original content by year end

• Prince songs expected to hit Apple Music

• Launch of Beats X imminent

• Developing new Ultra Accessory Connector for iDevices

Hails, Stales and Fails (Rapid-Fire Segment)

• AppleTV app size grows

• New AirPods commercial

• Greenpeace: Apple most environmentally friendly tech co - 3 years running

• End to end encryption option added to CareKit

• iPhone gains marketshare on Android

• Air Pods and wireless beats capture 40% of all recent headphone sales

• Apple on track to reach $1 Trillion in revenue from iOS this year

• Consumer Reports now recommends new MacBook Pro

• Apple stock reaches highest point since 2015

• Apple Music reportedly pays out more than other streaming services

• Apple allowing developers to respond to user reviews in App Stores with iOS 10.3

• iOS 10.3 beta enables calls on iCloud-connected devices for Verizon customers

• Apple honored with Louis Braille Award for efforts in device accessibility

• Apple ships 2.5M iPhones in India during 2016, boosted by iPhone 7 release

• Apple pushes AirPods firmware 3.5.1 to synchronized iPhones with minor bug fixes

• Apple overtakes Samsung as tops smartphone vendor in 2016

• 5.2 million Apple Watch shipped during holiday

• Tim Cook to receive Newseum's 2017 free expression award

• Apple hired former head of label relations from Spotify

• Tim Cook to receive honorary degree from University of Glasgow

• Apple Formally Announced as 'Partnership on AI' Founding Member

• Apples new ad campaign "One Night on iPhone 7"

• Apple offering pro apps bundle for $199 with edu discount

• New Orleans gains transit directions

iLikes/iDislike

• Clay: The OA on Netflix

• Danny: Plume WiFi

• Jerry: iPad Pro 9.7

In Closing

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