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what's good I'm Brian Tong and welcome to the Apple buy for all the good of bad inside the world of Apple and believe it or not this show will not contain a single recycled iPhone rumor that's similar to something you've heard two years ago alright let's get to the show and the Apple TV is really on my mind after recently was elevated to full product status with its own section next to the Mac's iPads and iPhones on the main header of the Apple store page a report from 9:00 to 5:00 mat claims Apple is making progress with the next generation of the Apple TV that's said to be a full set top box instead of a standalone television set that's likely to be released in the first half of 2014 let's just call it the Apple not a TV TV now I'll and reports that Apple is preparing an update that will add game and support sometime in March the Apple TV has continued to get new partners for content and the idea of apps or a game store has been rumored for a while but a new focus on gaming utilizing existing iPads and iPhones and iPods as controllers is expected now the latest reports claim that Apple is considered combining the Apple TV and Airport Express products with versions of the new Apple TV including an integrated 802 11 AC router for improved video quality and stability compared to the current Apple TV's 905 Mac also says Apple has been testing versions of the Apple TV with a built-in TV tuner component giving it the ability to control your existing cable boxes and TV stations now we've seen products like this like the failed Google TV and even the Xbox one is similar but the idea would be putting an Apple design user interface on top of your existing setup through the Apple TV so there's lots happening behind the scenes with Apple TV and we'll see how it all shakes out now Apple recently announced their earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2014 posting a record quarterly revenue of fifty seven point six billion dollars and a quarterly net profit of 13 point 1 billion Apple sold a record 51 million iPhones a record 26 million iPads and Mac's were up selling four point eight million units compared the same quarter last year but Wall Street still wasn't happy enough with the growth you'll always get a few good nuggets of info during the Q&A session and when questioned about new revenue from new product lines CEO Tim Cook said Apple plans to launch new products in categories where it currently doesn't operate and that the company has no issue coming up with new projects to work on cook also expanded on touch ID and when he was asked about mobile payments he said mobile payments in general is one that we've been intrigued with and one of the thoughts behind touch ID we're not limiting ourselves just to that but there's a big opportunity on the platform now a Wall Street Journal report says Apple is planning to allow customers to purchase physical goods from other retailers through an iTunes account using the iTunes account as the transaction middleman and touch ID to authorize transactions and it's still a long ways out from happening but I've always been a huge fan of the cell phone as a wallet since I use it in Japan in 2005 and I'm just waiting for it to really get here and some cool Apple news Apple has granted a patent filed in 2010 for a laptop with a two-sided glass display housing it would have the usual screen on the front face but the rear side would hold photovoltaic cells for solar charging a secondary display and sensors for touch input just think of point in the back of your laptop to the light source to power it or I like to call it booty to the Sun the patent says the rear could be made of electrochromatic glass it's a material that can change States from translucent transparent when voltage is applied across its surface and touch controls on the rear side could unlock a magnetic latch mechanism or be used for media control or other software inputs and it's just one of the cool ideas Apple has been playing with but it doesn't mean we'll be seen at anytime soon the big a was also awarded patents for attaching lenses and camera modules to portable electronic devices it includes magnetically attaching a camera module that would fit on something like an iPhone and aligned with its camera to extend its picture-taking capabilities the external lens would have moveable parts allowing it to do things like zoom autofocus and resist shaking now there's already several third-party lens attachments on the market and again it doesn't mean Apple is releasing this but it's something they've been cooking alright guys let's announce the winners for our Kensington thin folio with keyboard for the iPad air giveaway and the name of the song that was playing in the background two episodes ago was Boston's more than a feeling and you know I was having more than a feeling it you know all right congrats go to email winners Jason Rick Nancy asked where who really wants the purple case and Jeannie Campbell and a major fail goes to Steven kako who thought it was Beyonce's single ladies or Spice Girls wannabe you got it wrong both times and our Twitter winters go-to PA Mills Alden Wong and Kelsey Unger so congrats again and we'll be in touch alright that's gonna do for this week's show remember to email us at the Apple bita cnet.com or tweet me a brand Tong enough yeah I'll talk to you if I feel like it I'm Brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next week for another bite of the Apple