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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