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IMP Live 202 – If You Want Me in Your Pants

Posted on Monday, May 28, 2012 | Add a comment

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This week’s panel are Stu Helm, Gazmaz, Julie Kuehl and Jeff Gamet

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This week’s show notes, including links to the panel’s picks and all the stories we cover can be found after the break.

###Show Notes

####Security Sweep
* Yahoo bungles it’s new cross-platform browser sync product by accidentally bundling their private key in the Chrome Extension, allowing anyone to digitally sign Extensions as if they were Yahoo – via [Naked Security Blog](http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/05/24/yahoo-leaks-its-own-private-key-via-new-axis-chrome-extension/)

####Apple News
* __Gaz__: Tim Cook Foregoes $75M in dividends – via [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/us-apple-results-idUSBRE84N1OL20120524)
* __Jeff__: Steve Jobs honoured in Webbie Award Tribute – via [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2012/05/21/steve-jobs-webbys-tribute-video/)
* __Stu__: Sotheby’s to auction Steve Jobs memo from Atari days – via [The Loop](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loopinsight/KqJb/~3/M-6o847ftUM/)
* __Julie__: Apple’s VP of Europe, Pascal Cagni, steps down after 12 years – via [TUAW](http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/apples-vp-of-europe-steps-down-after-12-years/)

####iOS EcoSystem News
* __Jeff__: Apple remove apps that crack AirPlay from iOS App Store (the protocol is encrypted, and there are no public APIs, so it cannot be done without using private APIs or cracking/reverse engineering the protocol)
* New version of AirFoil Speakers Touch which adds this function gets pulled: via [Daring Fireball](http://daringfireball.net/2012/05/more_on_airfoil_speakers_touch)
* AirFloat also gets pulled for the same reason – via [developer's blog](http://devblog.thefamoussoftwarecompany.com/airfloat-has-been-removed-from-app-store/) – comment from Bart – “what kind of moron dedicates 3 months of their lives to cracking an Apple protocol with the expectation that Apple would sell the hack for them in their App Store?”
* __Gaz__: Next iPhone screen rumours begging to firm up – via [9to5Mac](http://9to5mac.com/2012/05/22/likely-next-generation-iphone-with-3-9-inch-display-1136-x-640-resolution-in-testing/)
* __Stu__: Apple now offering free ‘App of the Week’ for iOS – via [Mac Observer](http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple_now_offering_free_app_of_the_week_for_ios/?utm_source=macobserver&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_everything)
* __Julie__: Apple claims DoJ ‘Sides with monopoly’ over eBook lawsuit – via [TUAW](http://www.tuaw.com/2012/05/25/apple-says-department-of-justice-sides-with-monopoly/)

####Apple Competitor Watch
* __Stu__: ITC judge says Apple & RIM not violating Kodak patent – via [ars technica](http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/05/itc-judge-says-apple-rim-still-arent-violating-kodak-patent/)
* __Jeff__: Apple files for immediate Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban in US – via [FOSS Patents](http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/05/apple-files-for-immediate-galaxy-tab.html)

####Picks & Tips

* __Jeff__: [WiFi Scanner](http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&a=2029330&url=http://itunes.apple.com/app/wifi-scanner/id411680127?mt=12)
* __Julie__: [AllRecipes](http://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=23708&a=2029330&url=http://itunes.apple.com/app/allrecipes-your-kitchen-inspiration/id399919379?mt=8)
* __Gazmaz__: [botanicula](http://botanicula.net/)
* __Stu__: [Fission](http://rogueamoeba.com/fission/)

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