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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 12: Blind People Gotta Rock

Jamie Pauls joins Buddy Brannan and Alena Roberts for this month’s podcast. There are lots of laughs, news stories and holiday gift recommendations this time around. Be sure and listen to the very end of this episode, because there is a little surprise that you could easily miss if you hit the stop button too quickly. Enjoy!

Apple

A More Pocketable, Integrated Apple Under Tim Cook

Apple share of tablet market dips to 50%

HTC Will Pay Apple $6-$8 Per Android Phone As Part of Patent Settlement

Judge to review whether foreman in Apple v. Samsung hid info

Someone Goofed, And Apple’s New ‘Prototype’ Store Is Unbearably Noisy

Julian Treasure: Why architects need to use their ears

Apple gearing up for major adjustments to the Mac

Reviews

Apple Mac Mini with Fusion Drive Review

13″ Retina MacBook Pro review: more pixels, less value

Review: iPad 4 has processing power to spare

Apple Bloggers Love The iPad Mini So Much They’re Calling It ‘The Real iPad’

iPad mini or Nexus 7: Which is best for you?

Jamie Pauls reviews iAssociate 2 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Rumor Mill

New iPhone, iPad, and ‘iTV’ slated for first half of 2013?

iPad Mini Retina rumor arrives early

Holiday Section

Apple adds Passbook-enabled gift cards to its store app

Charge your iPad with a rocking chair

We asked the Triple-click team to submit their holiday wish list. John and Buddy would really like a new Mac. Alena would like a stand for her iPhone that would allow her to stabilize the camera for optimal OCr. Jamie Pauls announces that he has just ordered a 13-inch Macbook Pro. Alena suggests a word processor called Bean and Buddy recommends the Sophos antivirus package. Derek Lane drops by and offers a few recommendations of his own. We will check back with Pete next month to see what he wants for Christmas.

Mailbag

Dave from Ireland:

Hi folks,

Another great episode of 3CH, thanks. I just thought I’d respond to a couple of things

from the mailbag section.

1. The guy with the crashing App Store.

As you said, he didn’t mention which device he’s using. However I have had this issue

on my 3rd Generation iPad. As you know, the App Store has several tabs at the bottom

of the screen, and when you open it, it opens into whichever tab it was in when you

last closed it. The crash happens when the selected tab it is trying to open into

is Top Charts. So I have trained myself to remember to put it in any other tab whenever

I’m closing the App Store.

The only way to open the App Store in this situation seems to be to turn off VoiceOver,

open the App Store, and then turn VoiceOver back on again.

I have emailed Apple about it and they replied to say they are aware of it.

2. Actions Menu.

I’ve heard and read a lot of people talking about how you can go to the Actions menu

to delete mail etc. by finding Actions in the rotor. I’ve noticed that a lot of people

don’t seem to realise that when you’re in your inbox, the rotor goes automatically

to Actions, so you don’t have to find it in the rotor, you just have to flick down

when on the message you want to delete.

I’m sure a lot of people know this, but I just think it’s a tip worth mentioning

as I’ve heard a lot of people saying to go through the rotor.

As for text messages etc. being read out in a voice like the sender’s, this frightens

the life out of me, lol. Have you heard the Irish voice, Maire, she’s absolutely

awful!!

Keep up the good work.

Blog comment from Kathy Blackburn:

Dear 3ch Team:

I’m writing in response to your advice to hard reset the iPhone by holding down the

home button and the sleep button. Up until IOS Version 6, hard reset was harmless.

With the introduction of Version 6, however, a hard reset results in the loss of

VoiceOver, and the only way to get it back is to connect your phone to a computer

to turn VoiceOver on in iTunes.  I emailed accessibility@apple.com, and they are

convinced that this is not a bug, that this is what is supposed to happen.  So I

no longer re-boot my phone this way.

Wrapping Up

AT&T expands FaceTime to individual iOS device users on LTE

Massachusetts rail commuters can now use smartphones instead of tickets to ride

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 11: Samantha Drives Me Bonkers

Welcome back to yet another episode of the Triple-click Home podcast. As you may recall, Alena Roberts was unable to participate in last month’s show, and her absence was greatly missed. She is back this month, and takes a firm hand as this month’s host. It’s a good thing, too, because Apple’s announcement of new iPads, Macs and Macbooks had Buddy Brannan, Pete Bossley, and John Panarese each wanting to weigh in with their opinions. Speaking of John, he spent part of his birthday recording this month’s show. Now, that’s what we call dedication! Jamie Pauls drops by with a quick review of the AccessWorld app for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Along with Jamie’s review, here are the stories discussed in this month’s episode:

Apple introduces new 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display

Mac Mini updated in two new flavors, at $599 for i5 dual-core and $999 for i7 quad-core server m

Hands on: Apple updates iMac with gorgeous new display

Apple joins hybrid storage market with Fusion Drive

Google and Amazon can breathe a sigh of relief as Apple skips competing on price withiPad mini

With new iPads, Apple targets education opportunity

TIM COOK: ‘We’re Extremely Sorry’

The Biggest Threat To Apple Right Now

Mapping a Path Out of Steve Job’s Shadow

What is Particle and why did Apple buy it?

Lockitron plans to help you unlock your door with your phone

Exchange/iOS “meeting hijack” history goes back well before iOS 6

Our tests find ‘purple haze’ effect isn’t limited just to the iPhone 5

Apple looking to add character to text-to-speech voices

The iPhone 5, my thoughts and Opinions by John Panarese

Who knew wi-fi could be so fun?

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 10: Disrupting Is What They Do

In the absence of Alena Roberts who was training with her new guide dog at the time of recording, uddy Brannan, Peter Bossley and John Panarese forge ahead with this month’s show. There was no shortage of topics this time around, and as might be expected, iPhone 5 and iOS 6 dominated the discussion. Nevertheless, there are some surprises along the way as well as an interview with Michael Hanson of the AppleVis Web site which was conducted by Jamie Pauls. Stories covered in this episode of the Triple-click Home podcast include:

iPhone 5 review: Newest Apple smartphone blends beauty, versatility

iPhone 5: What we didn’t get

What You Need to Know About Apple’s New Lightning Connector

Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller on NFC, Wireless Charging and the Lightning Connector

SeroTalk Podcast 124: Big Ol’ Crunch

iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Sell Out in An Hour

The Worst Thing About the iPhone 5 Is Also the Most Brilliant

Apple Shows Improved iPod Nano, Retina-Display iPod Touch with Siri

Apple: We didn’t pass iPhone, iPad device IDs to FBI

 Apple win whacks Android resale prices

Fleksy is an alternate text input tool for the visually impaired

Apple in talks with cable operators to use Apple TV device as set-top-box

A Cautionary Tale: Do not move or rename your iCloud folder

Finally, Facebook Speeds Up Its iOS App

Parallels 8 vs. VMWare Fusion 5 Benchmarks

The iMac is a great machine until something goes wrong. Here’s why you might think twice about buying one

a Review of The XPrint Server by Mike Calvo

Apple Makes Last Minute Accessibility Fixes to the App Store Ahead of iOS 6 Release

Instructions for mapping the capslock key to work as VO keys

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 9: The Slide to Unlock People

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

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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

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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

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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’

 

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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.

 

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