StMug September 2013 Meeting

Facetime Patent

Apple lost the ability for facetime to go phone to phone, now all calls have to go through a central server to avoid the patent.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/report-after-patent-loss-apple-tweaks-facetime-and-logs-500000-complaints/

Tradein program:

I guess they want it easier to get money from your old phone the gamestop.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100995034

Microsoft buys Nokia!

Nokia was one of the few (if only) manufactures that made winodws phones, I suspect they bought them out to keep them in business.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/Sep13/09-02AnnouncementPR.aspx

http://stratechery.com/2013/if-steve-ballmer-ran-apple/

IOS 7

IOS 7 is supposed to have some nice features, but the control screen looks like the most usefull.

http://www.apple.com/ios/ios7/features/

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/computing/apple/ios-7-12-things-we-want-to-see-1111123

Iphone 5s

The 5s is supposed to be faster, have a better camera and can come in 128 GB models

http://9to5mac.com/2013/08/25/apple-said-to-have-tested-64-bit-a7-chips-for-iphone-5s-31-speed-increases-reported/

parallels for the ipad

It took them a long time, and it is really snazzy but is it worth $80 a year? If you want to control your computer really slick, then maybe it is.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/parallels-access/id655527928?mt=8

Team Viewer

Of course it is hard to pay a yearly fee when there are free choices that work almost as well.

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/mobile.aspx

LogMeIn

https://secure.logmein.com/products/ios/

Rhonna designs

Is a really neat photo editor

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rhonna-designs/id667819594?mt=8

Simple Physics

Cool physics game

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simplephysics/id408233979?mt=8

Star wars pinball app

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/star-wars-pinball/id594811233?mt=8

Silly tech commercial

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4669966/collegehumor-every-tech-commercial-parody

 Gmail hints:

 

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/07/theres-easy-way-escape-gmails-terrible-new-email-ads/67445/