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what's good brian Tong here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple now I first wanted to congratulate my producer Jamie and I'm sorry guys but she is officially off the market and is now married to her awesome husband Philip lie and you know I'm so happy for them Jamie I'll always be the fish that got away gross I just didn't want to reel you in okay that's fine I get it onto the show and Apple held their 2013 shareholders meeting which is normally uneventful but a few nuggets of info came out of the meeting CEO Tim Cook addressed the company's future saying that he's disappointed in the falling stock price but Apple is committed to their long-term strategy which is what he's supposed to say now cook also said they're obviously looking at new categories they don't talk about them publicly but they're looking I'm Apple TV and I watch now the other news nugget Apple's spaceship campus plans have been slightly delayed with a move-in date still targeted for around 2016 it appears building a tractor beam is the cause for the delay also in iPad 5 news and we tend to follow the Chinese case manufacturers lead Chinese market Alibaba has ipad 5 cases available to order featuring similar design cues from the ipad mini with holes at the bottom edge for the Lightning port and speaker grills now one unknown feature is the hole in the top center area which is different than the microphone hole at the top edge and I actually think it could be a breathing hole now Ali Baba has a reputation for releasing case designs early that were accurate in the past and the surrounding rumor mill is evidence that it's pretty clear will see a new design well that and the fact that everyone knew it would be the new design right after the mini came out now in the iWatch watch a patent discovered by apple insider revealed that apple is not only looking into a wearable device that has a flexible touchscreen but it would also have the ability to conform to a user's body through the use of a slap bracelet mechanism guys that's not thinking different that's thinking 90s the patent also describes it as a wearable accessory device that can be easily worn on a user's wrist or other body part and I know where I'd put mine on my wrist now let's check out a few apps of the week we've got two for you we're checking out first up you want to check out the new photoshop touch app for iphone and android it's a little pricier at 499 but it has a lot of photoshop score features like support for layers advanced selection tools adjustments and filters now it's easier to use on a tablet but it's pretty feature-rich here for mobile phones and it's worth checking out now the other RAB you guys should look at is Amazon's Cloud Player app and it's free I'm a big fan of purchasing my music through Amazon with DRM free mp3s and now they have an app that allows you to access that library on your iPhone easily so all you have to do is buy your music from Amazon's website sign in and voila all your music is there well except for the Backstreet Boys that was just downloaded for the purposes of this demo alright let's check out the quick fights according to NPD data imac sales in january surged up thirty one percent year-over-year as orders have picked up steam even with multi-week weights through their online stores also Major League Baseball is increasing its iOS passbook support from for stadiums to almost half of all MLB stadiums in 2013 which is good for passbook and sports fans plus samsung also announced their own version of pass book called samsung wallet for event tickets boarding passes and membership cards as well so this space should heat up a little this year and the leap motion controller it's the 3d motion tracking device that's compatible with macs and pcs will go on sale for 79 99 with a mid-may delivery date so it will also be interesting to see how that product develops over time but really this technology is pretty sweet and finally guys let's do a little giveaway because we've got nothing but love for you at the apple byte I have a bunch of free see-through shelves from speck products including three macbook pro 15-inch retina cases to macbook pro 13 and two macbook air 13 cases all you have to do is email us at the apple byte at cnet com or tweet me at Brian tongue and tell us what do you do while you watch the apple byte do you clip your toenails do you eat some oatmeal or all your youtubers you just comment about my sexual preference well we'll take pictures or video submissions with a link as well and we'll announce the winners next week so get on it alright that's going to do it for this week so i'm brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple you