John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about paid upgrades in the Mac App Store, how Apple is reshaping the software market (intentionally or otherwise), Readability's role as a middleman as compared to another prominent middleman, the App Store, and finally, the Flashback malware scourge and what it says about Apple's preparedness.

Links for this episode:

• Performance Driving School - Overview - BMW North America
  
• Strategy Letter V - Joel on Software
  
• Java for OS X Lion 2012-003 - Apple
  
• Apple updates Java for a third time, this time with Flashback malware removal - Ars Technica
  
• The Mac App Store Needs Paid Upgrades - Wil Shipley
  
• Readability
  
• German automotive manufacturing plants - Google Maps
  
• Analyst Expects iPhone 5 to Launch at WWDC 2012 in June - Mac Rumors
  
• Moscone Center Events
  
• WWDC-less WWDC - Rentzsch
  
• Welcome to the Home Page of TALKING-BEAR!
  
• Adobe Photoshop - Wikipedia
  
• QuickPick Pulled From App Store - Rentzsch
  
• Flashback Is Not a Trojan Horse; What Is It? - The Mac Security Blog
  

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