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what's up i'm brian Tong and welcome to the apple pie for all the good at-bat inside the world of Apple now before we get to the stories we wanted to take a moment to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh that's right it's the PC that started a revolution and really put apple on the map on January twenty-fifth nineteen eighty-four now the Macintosh also starred in one of the most memorable super bowl commercials of all time and half of your watching this work even born yet but if you missed out you can still hunt them down for around 15 hundred dollars on ebay if you're lucky for a piece of Apple history alright let's get to the show and if you haven't noticed technology has made huge leaps and bounds since 1984 you know just a tiny bit but according to multiple reports iris scanning might be the next edition to apples biometric roadmap with the recent high reigns especially with biometrics being rumored to have a key role in Apple's upcoming eyewash Samsung has already confirmed they're developing their own iris scanning tech for upcoming smartphones as well now iris scanning has already been adopted in other countries and would also be faster compared to touch ID since you don't need to make physical contact with the surface and sometimes a wet finger does not give an accurate reading now it's not expected to be ready for the next iphone release Apple could even use the current tech already built in their phone to make it happen but it's still not coming anytime soon and we'll keep an eye on this story for you all right Apple seated the fourth beta for iOS 7.1 to developers with subtle interface tweaks like slide to lock and slide to power off having new animations but the Vegas leak comes from developers Steven crown Smith who posted images of what appears to be an update for Apple's iOS in the car interface the purported images now feature a darker header that highlights text better compared to the current images on apple's website with mercedes-benz honda and nissan listed as some of the initial launch partners now mobile operating systems in the car is going to be just another battleground between Apple and Google in 2014 and if Toyota will actually produce this ft-1 concept with iOS just me I will promise to drive it every day for the rest of my life and let's not forget our obligatory iphone 6 rumor of the week according to Cowan and company analysts they claim the iphone 6 is locked in to ship with a four point eight inch display it will include the faster 802 11 AC Wi-Fi standard and will offer other key software innovations and I have never heard that one before alright let's check out the quick bytes it's been snowing in the East Coast and no one knows this better than Apple's fifth avenue store in New York after a snow blower accidentally knocked into its blast cute facade and shattered one of its large glass panels the COS replaced that panel roughly 450,000 dollars and that hurts daddy but don't worry the store is of course still open also according to a Belgian retailer apple's mac mini that's been right for an update since the last one in october of 2012 will be coming by the end of februari now this has not been confirmed anywhere else but the Mac Mini is the only mac that still hasn't transitioned over to Intel's Haswell chipset and apples Mac Pro shipping estimates have now slipped out all the way to march in many countries including the US mexico and canada but if you can't get your hands on one right away just do what this german mac user did now he created his own mac pro hackintosh replica using yes and actual trash can now check out these pictures they show off some of the detail and work that went into making it it's not nearly as powerful as apple's mac pro but it's an impressive job either way with a little bit of that red spray paint detail and guys we're doing another apple byte giveaway this week check out this sweet thin folio case with keyboard for the ipad air from our friends at kensington is perfect for traveling and let's be honest you want the purple one all you have to do is email us at the apple byte at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong and tell me what was the song the dancers were dancing to at the end of last week's show that uh really got my attention will randomly select five winners and announce them next week alright that's gonna do for this week's show i'm brian Tong thanks for watching it will catch you next week for another bite of the Apple and ya guys I love my Niners and we're going to the Super Bowl next year