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Introductions

Pete Bossley takes the lead role in this month’s episode of the Triple-click Home podcast. After brief greetings all around, Alena Roberts talks about her experiences with a new Braille display and its lack of documentation for the Mac. Here is a link to Apple’s Braille display support page.

Next, the team moves on to …

The Big Story

OSX Mountain Lion Review

Apple: Mountain Lion downloaded 3 Million times in 4 days

Getting started with Voiceover and Mountain Lion

In Other News

Apple Profit Margin May Be Starting To Decline:

The Mac App Store’s Future Of Irrelevance

Why it makes sense for Apple to invest in Twitter

Apple: Samsung, you owe us $2.5B in damages.

Apple doesn’t have to post Samsung apology yet

Justice Department slams Apple, refuses to modify e-book settlement —

SSH to your mac remotely using iCloud

Apple to enhance mobile security with Authentech buy

Review: The iPhone on Straight Talk

Rumor Mill

iPhone 5 NFC roomers

iPhone 5 photos, fall release

Apps

Fleksy

TextDetective

New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people talking

Reviews

This month, Lisa Salinger compares Fleksy, the native iOS keyboard and TypeInBraille. She discusses when you might use each of these approaches to typing on your iOS device. Also, listen to Ricky Enger’s interview with the Fleksy team from the NFB 2012 summer convention.

Feedback

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 8: Why Can’t I Dictate My Password?

Welcome to another lively episode of Triple-click Home. This month, Alena Roberts, Buddy Brannan and Pete Bossley are joined by John Panarese of Mac for theBlind to discuss all things Mac and iOS. Then, Jamie Pauls visits with Bill Frowline of Northwest Mobile Development about several new iOS apps he is working on including a Braille Reference app. Here are the stories discussed on this month’s show:

Mac

Apple – OS X Mountain Lion – Move your Mac even further ahead.

CNET: How to prepare your Mac for Mountain Lion

CNET: Hands on with Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display

MacBook Air or MacBook Pro? The decision just got a lot harder

The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable

A 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro is coming soon, analysts say

iOS 6

Apple unveils iOS 6 with 200 new features, updated Siri

9to5mac: Will your iOS device get all of the new iOS 6 features? Here’s the official word

Apple selects TomTom as primary iOS 6 maps provider

CNET: iOS 6 has a useful Do Not Disturb feature. Here’s how it works

Apple demos new Passbook for iOS6

Apple’s iOS 6 to add privacy controls for user contacts

Report: Apple to give podcasts their own app in iOS 6

General Tech

Apple to kill off Ping after all

Verizon Introduces Shared Data Plans for Smartphones, Tablets

Square Registers 2 Million Users

Apps

Calling for beta testers – typing application for blind

Voice Book Vo

Blind Side

BlindSquare

ColorVisor

KAYAK Mobile

Hotels.com

Feedback

The Triple-click Team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

Follow Alena Roberts on Twitter

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Visit John Panarese at Mac for the Blind

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 7: Speaking of Electric Sheep

This month, Buddy Brannan leads the Triple-click team in a discussion of the top Mac and iOS news of the month. Here are the stories they discuss:

Mac

New MacBook Pro Coming Next Month at WWDC: Retina Display, Thinner, SSD

Apps using global hotkeys will remain welcome in the Mac App Store        

Battle of the Betas: Windows 8 vs. OS X Mountain Lion

Apple wins patent for 4G MacBook connectivity

Navigate the Dock in Mac OS X with These 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

Hands-on with five antivirus apps for the Mac

iOS

Verizon: You can have unlimited data… just no device subsidies

Steve Jobs involved in design of future iPhone, says report

iPhone 5 Rumors Round-up, Might Look Like This [Pics]

Apple on Siri lawsuits: Throw them out and be done with it

Apple Tells Siri To Stop Recommending Nokia

iPhone News – Portable Fuel Cell Charge Can Charge Your iPhone For Weeks

Every iPad mini rumor there’s ever been — all in one place

Apple’s iOS 6 to bring Siri to iPad?

Secure online voting on iOS and Android

ZDNet – Apple may finally be providing their own mapping solution in iOS 6

Wake up call: 59% of mobile apps don’t earn enough to break even

AT

Can Sendero Meet the Challenges and Offer a Full-Featured GPS App That People Will Actually Buy?

How the blind are redefining the iPhone

Entertainment

Screenwriter Sorkin will consult with Woz to pen Steve Jobs biopic

Viacom, Time Warner kiss and make up over iOS app streaming

Foxconn chief weighs in on Apple television. Or not

How Tommy Edison the Blind Film Critic Became a Youtube Sensation:

Interview

This Month, Mike Calvo talks with the CEO of iDevices.com about the iGrill, an accessible thermometer for your IOS device. Mike uses this solution along with his Bradley Smoker.

Contacting the Team

We would love to hear from you. Feel free to send an email to:

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You can also Follow Triple-click Home on Twitter. If you wish to follow the personal Twitter Timelines of our hosts:

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 6: Underpants Are Funny

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Triple-click Home podcast. This month, Alena Roberts, Buddy Brannan and Peter Bossley approach the top news stories of the past month with a generous supply of tongue-in-cheek humor and plenty of opinions to go around. We trust that you will enjoy this month’s show.

Top Stories

DOJ announces three e-book settlements, but Apple to keep fighting

 Foxconn doors swung open to visitor, but few surprises await

iPhone

Fresh iPhone 5 rumors: Modified chip, new body, bigger screen

AT&T’s iPhones: Free at last

No human interaction required: AT&T iPhone unlock can be done via iTunes (Updated)

Verizon to start charging $30 upgrade fees on April 22

Security

Are Macs safer than PCs?

Java updates for Flashback avoid OS X Tiger and Leopard

Six Tips To Make Your Mac Safer

Worried about Mac malware?  Just set up OpenDNS.

Facebook, Dropbox iOS apps contain security hole that could allow identity theft (Updated)

Mac

Updated MacBook Pro to See Significant Performance Boost with Ivy Bridge

iTunes

                        iTunes: Time to right the syncing ship        

iTunes 11 rumored to include under-the-hood changes, iCloud support

Quick Tips

Monday Tech Tip: Labeling buttons on an iOS device

 How to fix 95 percent of iOS app crashes

Apps

Say Zello To The World!                                                            

Zombies, Run!

Flipboard

iPad

Windows-on-iPad service goes legit as Microsoft licensing demands are met

iPad may join Aspirin, Heroin, as generic name, branding experts say

Contacting the Team

We would love to hear from you. Feel free to send an email to:

resources@serotalk.com

You can also Follow Triple-click Home on Twitter. If you wish to follow the personal Twitter Timelines of our hosts:

Follow Alena Roberts on Twitter.

Follow Buddy Brannan on Twitter.

Follow Pete Bossley on Twitter.

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Listen to Triple Click Home Episode 5: How We Envy Thee

Pete Bossley, Buddy Brannan and Alena Roberts are back with another episode of the podcast. What are their impressions of the new iPad? What are their predictions regarding the coming iPhone? Stick around for those stories and more!. Stories discussed in this episode of the show include:

: The new iPad

Hands on questions answered about the new iPad and new Apple TV:

What does the new iPad tell us about the upcoming iPhone:

Read this before you buy the new iPad

 

: In the News

This American Life retracts hugely popular episode on Apple and China

AT&T Loses Throttling Case, Pays $935 to Customer

If you’re looking to squeeze a little more battery life out of your MacBook, this app can help

iOS 5.1 Battery Life is Significantly Improved

Why Apple doesn’t need to innovate to stay ahead of the competition:

The New Apple TV Will Finish What The Mac Started: Killing Off Discs

IOS or Android for the visually impaired: 9 reasons that count

Tether relaunches for the iPhone

 

Announcements:

Apple now has a number for accessibility support. 1-877-204-3930

 Updated list of braille displays supported on IOS devices:

Blind Bargains App for iOS Released

Blindfolded! – Macworld 2012

Tech Doctor Podcast: Blindfolded

The First Philadelphia VoiceOver Event

 

Triple Click Quick Tip

In this month’s quick tip segment, we learn how to delete a book from an iOS device from within the Audible app.

Wrapping Up

Construction begins on Apple’s Maiden, North Carolina data center expansion

Man Sues Apple, Says Siri ‘Does Not Perform as Advertised’

 

Contacting The Team

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Listen to Triple Click Home Episode 4: Beefed Up Book Reader Thing

Alena, Pete and Buddy return again this month with a lot to talk about and plenty of definite opinions to share all around.

In The News

Apple Mac OS X ‘Mountain Lion’ takes more bites out of iOS

Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than it sold Macs in 28 years

Apple responds to iOS contact data sharing: ‘It’s a violation’

 

Rumor Mill

Apple to announce the iPad 3 on Wednesday, March 7?

Supplier Chatter Points To Smaller 8-inch iPad

iPhone 5 could see June debut at Apple confab, report says

Security and More

Apple’s Android nightmare: Google’s Motorola purchase gets EU OK

Does Apple lull Mac owners into a false sense of security?

AT

Jailbreaking Your iPhone 4S Or iPad 2: Not Nearly As Scary As It Might Sound

iPhone Tactile Screenshot Quick Reference Guide

Why it’s time for the 13-inch MacBook Pro to go away

Georgia Tech’s BrailleTouch is a Braille writer for iPhone

Listen to CSUN coverage on SPN Radio, formerly SAMNet Radio.

Triple Click Quick Tip

Quick Tip: Did iOS 5 Delete Your Apps, Music, and Data? Here’s Help

Education

Everything you need to know about the Apple Education Announcement from Gizmodo

Why iPad Textbooks Are Still Too Expensive for Schools

Braille Under Siege As Blind Turn To SmartPhones

BrailleLiteracy – Braille Comes Unbound From the Book: How Technology can Stop A Literary Crisis

Apps Apps and More Apps

This month, the discussion of apps begins with:

Buddy’s new Aftershokz Wrap-around bone conduction headphones

Listen to Mike and Buddy’s review of these headphones on Serotalk 96.

Next, Alena follows Buddy’s lead from last month and talks about her new iPhone 4s.

Finally, Pete talks about Net Master, an app he uses with his job.

 

Contacting The Team

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 3: A Couple Of Few

 

Welcome back to our show! This is our second episode with Alena and she is sure fired up for the things we want to talk about this month…

 

In The News

We want to let the dust settle some before we speculate about the January 19^th Apple event, however, we do comment some based upon

this early story that took place prior to the new iBooks 2 debut.

We also found this article on the current landscape of screen reader access to eBooks a good companion piece to the speculation article listed above.

Can you believe it? The iPhone is five years old!

Comcast streams TV to your iPad, are any of these media apps ever going to be accessible? In the case of the Comcast app, um no.

Can’t find an Apple Store near you? Soon you may be able to find one in a Target retail outlet

Announcement! Accessible Firefox on Mac – things are ramping up!

Woz praises Android, blasts iPhone limitations

Some Apple related stories made it into the Blind Bargains Top Ten list for 2012. Check out the SeroSpectives show on This Year in AT to know more.

 

The Rumor Mill Grinds On

If you follow Apple news, you know that you can’t escape the many rumors about what is next. Here are a few that caught our ear this month.

Will we see the iPad 3 in March?

Will the iPad 3 have a quad core and LTE features?

Is iOS 5.1 in line for a March release as well?

Apple to add Facebook to iOS 5.1 support?

 

Apps, Apps And More Apps

Congrats to iBlink Radio for being one of the first apps inducted into the Apple Vis “App Hall of Fame”! See the full list of inductees and be sure to vote on future members to this fantastic resource to our community.

As a follow up to our last episode, Navigon updates but not everyone is happy  according to this Apple Vis discussion

Also as another follow up, Sprint has begun to remove Carrier IQ

This is a great article about the App Switcher and closing apps. Clearing the app switcher: False voodoo magic?:

Buddy admits that his new app isn’t an app. It’s hardware, as in he has a brand spaking new iPhone 4s!

Alena is playing with a Universal Remote app but she really just likes Digit for it’s accessible TV listings.

The Aftershock Headphones uses bone conduction technology. Both Pete and Buddy have ordered this cool audio gear and we look forward to a report from them on how they sound.

 

Mailbag

Macy sent in an iReport asking the 3ch gang about their suggestions for durable iPhone cases. The Otterbox line was unanimously singled out as the place to start her search.

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 2: Extra Thingies

 

We start the show with some big non Apple related news. First up, we welcome our new host Alena Roberts to the program. Then, we thank all of you for making the show one of the most popular of the new series on the SeroTalk podcast network. The numbers of listeners were through the roof! Thank you for tuning into our show..

 

In The News

FBI uses Carrier IQ Data  

Want to know more about Carrier  IQ? Check out SeroTalk 87

Why android will be laggier to iOS

Is Apple using patents  to harm open standards?

Are you paying Apple too much for E-Books?

Animated Beatles Yellow Submarine hits iBooks for free

Goodbye textbooks, hello iPad

The iPad is not a PC, and neither are Windows 8 tablets

 

Broken By Design

In this portion of the show we focus on apps that seem to be broken upon release or who have been broken through an update over time.

Apple’s Newsstand

NAVIGON

Dropbox

As the discussion continued, we then conversed on the topic of “Free versus Paid” apps

oMoby versus

Look Tell

TweetList versus

Twitter in iOS 5

Pete reminds us that TweetList works with Box Car for those who want notifications from support from TweetList

Facebook versus

Facely HD

and Focus For Facebook

Siri versus Dragon Dictate

 

Games People Play

Keri Regan asked us on Twitter about games to check out for iOS. Here are some we mentioned on the show…

Dimensions: Adventures in the Multiverse  

King of Dragon Pass

Moxie 2 HD

De Steno Games

And Alena recommends the Apple Vis  website to find out more about accessible games and apps.

 

Mailbag

We had a question come in about Logic Express accessibility, however, the link below may shed some light on the future of that program for the mac.

Logic Pro comes to the Mac App Store, Logic Express Dropped In The Process

 

Contact Us

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You can find Peter Bossley on Twitter with this link

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You can email the show at resources@serotalk.com

And Please subscribe or rate our show on iTunes

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