Mac OS Ken

Apple Seeds GM of Lion to Developers / Fortune: Net Applications Survey Finds iPad Competition Online “Negligible” / Business Insider Looks at How Apple is Able to Stay Ahead of Other Device Makers / Samsung Withdraws Countersuit Against Apple in U.S. Federal Court / Apple Seeks to Have Four Samsung Products Pulled from Sale in the States / USITC Preliminary Ruling Finds Apple Violating Two Patents Held by S3 Graphics / One Apple Site Apparently Hacked / YGN Ethical Hacker Group Says Vulnerability on Apple Developer Site is Patched / Adobe Cuts CS5.5 Costs in Half to Lure Final Cut Pro Users

Nielsen: Apple is Now Driving Smartphone Growth / comScore: Androids Overtake iPhone in Japan / DigiTimes: Apple Prepping 12-14 Million iPad 2s for 3Q CY2011 / Fortune: Three Counts Put Number of iPad-Specific Apps Over 100k / IFOAppleStore: Apple to Close Manhattan SoHo Store During Renovation / Consortium Including Microsoft, RIM, and Apple Wins Nortel Patent Auction / Apple, RIM, and Kodak Play “Win, Lose, and Draw” with USITC / BGR: Anonymous RIM Exec Sends Open Letter to Co-CEOs Outlining Ways to Save RIM / RIM Issues Response to Anonymous Letter without Actually Addressing Its Points

Yesterday: iPhone Turns 4 / Sanford Bernstein Analyst Cuts iPhone Sales Expectations for 3Q FY2011 / Morgan Keegan Analyst Ups iPhone Sales Expectations for 3Q FY2011 / Needham and Company Ups iPad and Mac Sales Expectations for 3Q FY2011 / Apple 3Q FY2011 Earnings Call Set for 19 July / RBC Capital Analyst Expects “Free” iPhone 3GS Along with Launch of Next iPhone / Google Exec: Half-a-Million Android Devices Activated a Day / Symantec: Smartphones More Secure Than PCs; iPhones More Secure Than Androids / White Hat Hackers Say They’ve Found a Vulnerability in Apple’s Developer Site / Apple Releases Java Updates for Leopard and Snow Leopard / New Rules for Subscriptions and “Buy” Buttons Hit iOS App Store Today / Motley Fool Says Apple International Sales “On Fire” (in a Good Way) / Apple Posts FCPX FAQ / Apple Insider: At Least One FCPX Buyer Reportedly Gets a Refund (and an Apology) from Apple / Apple Releases Thunderbolt Cord for Macs and Offers Compatible RAID Devices / Apple Posts 10 Point FAQ About Thunderbolt Cable / Electronista: Checks Show Thinning of MacBook Supply / Electronista: Checks Show Thinning of Mac mini Supply / Samsung Files Complaint Against Apple with USITC / Apple Opening New Store in Rozzano, Italy This Saturday / Original Mac Team Member Andy Hertzfeld Designer on Google+

Woops. No show today, but there is a Mac OS Ken: Live tonight - 10pm EDT/7pm PDT at a new location: http://www.justin.tv/macosken. Apologies again and I hope to see you tonight. Ciao!

Deutsche Bank Analyst Channels Peter Pan; Says Apple Will Release Two iPhones This Year / BMO and FBR Analysts Disagree with Deutsche Bank Low-End iPhone Talk / Sterne Agee Analyst: Evolutionary Not Revolutionary Upgrade Expected for Next iPhone / Morgan Stanley Analyst Issues “Tactical” Buy Recommendation on Apple Shares / IDC: iOS Top Smartphone Platform in Australia (Making Apple Top Smartphone Maker) / Apple Issues Firmware Update for Thunderbolt Macs / Singapore Armed Forces Employing iPads by Year’s End / Grab the Stitcher App at http://stitcher.com/macosken for your chance at an iPad 2

Blog of China Mobile Indicates iPhone for Carrier to be Announced in September / Morgan Stanley Analyst Expects Late September Release of Next iPhone / 9 to 5 Mac: Source Says 16-Core Mac Pro Coming Mid-2011 / BestBuy.com Shows MacBook Air “Not Available for Shipping” / DigiTimes: Apple to Take Delivery of 8-Million MacBook Airs in 3Q / Electronista: DigiTimes Probably Accidentally Added a Zero to the MacBook Air Estimates / iLounge: High Cost of Thunderbolt May Limit Consumer Peripheral Adoption / Apple Issues Security Fixes for Leopard and Snow Leopard / Barclays Analyst Says Worry Over iPhone Transition to 4G the Reason for Apple Stock Underperforming / Apple Files Suit Against South Korea’s Samsung in South Korea / Days Appear to Be Truly Numbered (368) for iWeb, iDisk, and MobileMe Gallery

Apple Releases Snow Leopard Update / New Epson and Lexmark Printer Drivers Rolled Out for Macs / Apple Updates iAd Producer to Version 1.2 / Ticonderoga Analyst Stoked About CHina Mobile iPhone Possibilities Based on Reported Tim Cook Trip / Munster’s Apple TV Button Pushed by This Week’s Digital Living Room Rumor / comScore: iPad Rules Tablets Worldwide While Apple Rules Non-Computer Net Use in Canada / Yankee Group: More European Buyers Looking to iPhone than Android, BlackBerry, or Nokia / USITC Pushes Ruling in Apple/RIM/Kodak Case by One Week / Apple Reportedly Leans on Amahi to Drop Use of Term “App Store” / Apple Releases WWDC Session Videos for ADC Members / TWC and Viacom Hit Pause Button on Court Proceedings Over iPad App / Viacom Sues Cablevision Over Its Optimum for iPad App / NBC Launches New App to Promote TV Shows Without Full Episodes of TV Shows

Judge Says Apple Likely to Lose Appstore Versus App Store Fight with Amazon / Judge Denies Samsung Request to See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 / Lodsys Seeks More Time to Respond to Apple’s Motion to Act as Defendant in App Suits / The Loop: Lodsys Amends Request for More Time / CNET: Apple Awarded “Key Patent” for Touchscreen Devices / BTIG Research: iPhone Still Number One at Both Verizon and AT&T / T-Mobile USA: Over a Million iPhones on Our Network / Meraki: Apple Hardware is Big on Burger King WiFi / Hudson Square Analyst Doubts Full-On Apple Television Talk / Apple Opening New Store in England’s Reading / Rumor: Tim Cook Spotted at Headquarters of China Mobile / CNBC Titans Premiers Tonight with Profile of Apple CEO Steve Jobs

RBC Analyst: iCloud Could See 150 Million Users / Oppenheimer Analyst: mini-iPhone “Critical” to Apple Smartphone Market Share / Needham and Company Analyst: Android Losing Share in the States Thanks to Second Carrier for iPhone / All Things D: Verizon Killing Unlimited Data Plans for New Smartphone Customers Beginning Next Month / Oppenheimer Cuts Apple Target from 450 to 420-Dollars / BGR: Next iPhone to Look Different and May Debut in August / Bloomberg Sources: Next iPhone with A5 Processor and 8 Megapixel Camera Due in September / DailyTech Says Former Apple Exec Says Apple Getting Into Real TVs Soon / Gleacher and Company: MacBook Air Cold Equal 48-Percent of MacBook Sales This Year / Apple Quietly Updates Time Capsules and AirPort Extreme / Apple Releases Final Cut Pro X as Mac App Store-Only Title / Apple Insider: Final Cut Pro X Marks End for Final Cut Express, FInal Cut Server, and Final Cut Studio Suite / Apple Suggests Final Cut Pro X Users Use Unreleased Snow Leopard Update / MobileMe and iCloud Exec Leaves Apple for HealthTeacher / Apple Joins Board of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group / Official: iPhone 4 Most Popular Camera on Flickr / Apple’s New iTunes Live App to Stream iTunes Festival London 2011

In-Stat: Tablet Shipments to Beat E-Reader Shipments Next Year / Bernstein Research: People Don’t Want Tablets, They Want iPads / Hulu-Plus App Updated for Apple’s Subscription Rules Changes / Business Insider: Apple’s Subscription Rules Changes for iOS Apps Lead to “Un-Apple-Like” Experience / Flurry: Apps Beating Mobile-Web for Cellphone Time-Suck / Battleheart Developer Weighs Experiences in Android and iOS Ecosystems / Read the Full Battleheart Developer Post at http://mikamobile.blogspot.com / TUAW: Best Buy Giving Away 100-Dollar Gift Card with Back-to-School Mac Purchase / MacRumors: Multiple Sources Says Next MacBook Air May Come in Black Aluminum / Samsung Exec Says Company Not Working with Apple to Settle Differences / Apple Takes Control of AirDrop Trademark / MacRumors: iCloud to Sell Storage Above the Free 5GB / North Carolina: Data Center Central / Former Sony Exec Says Apple Likely the Future of Video Games