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what's up app abiders brian Tong here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad stuff inside the world of Apple now you know we keep it real here on our show and a couple months ago I said my sources pointed to a Mac Pro refresh in early August but it just hasn't panned out so I apologize but I can assure you we'll continue to bring you the best reliable until we can and own up to it when we don't so I'm sorry all right onto the show over the week Apple reached a historic mark thanks to the seesaw ups and downs in the stock market but after the market closed midweek Apple held onto its position as the most valuable company in the world surpassing ExxonMobil which is pretty amazing and even more valuable than our own cnet believe it or not now it's an envious position to be in but sometimes the power trip can get to you Apple remove the ability for iOS apps to allow users to go outside of them to purchase content the kindle app was a perfect example where you could read and purchase content within the app until the big app holes shut it down but amazon is getting smart and built their own html5 compatible app that works through the web browser called the Kindle Cloud Reader it's completely independent from the App Store you can read and purchase books from it use it offline and apple doesn't get a single cent now online video service voodoo has released their own html5 compatible web app and you can be sure there will be more to follow so job well done Apple via control freak discourage business partners and you know let them innovate without you because that's a solid business plan now there are things that Apple does right like the beautiful new macbook air oh my gosh I finally got one I went big with 13 inches in I can tell you we are definitely in the honeymoon phase terson turn two momentum Oh don't judge me guys because you know you do exactly the same thing now that's what's hot now but what about cool things Apple is thinking about for the future according to patently Apple a new patent app reveals plans for the Cupertino kids to integrate projectors directly into iOS devices they've been working on this for a while and we've seen patents for projectors in their laptops but in even cooler stuff the patent describes how they'll introduce advanced gesturing that will be able to interpret shadow and silhouette gestures to control actions on screen and hopefully hand shadow puppets will still be allowed the butterfly alright let's take a break and bring you a video from our tap that app series for all of you that want to trick out your iOS device got you covered hey guys welcome to tap that app i'm brian Tong and this is the show we cover the hottest apt in the mobile space now everyone talks about how customization is king on android phones with their widgets and skins but iOS users you don't have to be left out and you don't have to jailbreak your phone either thanks to a 99-cent app called pimp your screen now it's compatible with every single iOS device that has existed that's right I'm talking to you first gen iphone guy so pay attention now pimp your screen includes a variety of home screens with something for everyone lots of colors and lots of fun there's themed app shelves that can be used in portrait or landscape mode and some really trippy neon combos for the raver in you plus they're constantly adding new styles a killer feature allows you to preview what the theme looks like with the app icons on top of it to get a real good idea for how you want to pimp yo pad but the best feature is the lockscreen maker and the homescreen maker the LOX cream maker allows you to pick a background but also customize the frame that will wow your friends wow the homescreen maker let you go to town by picking a background and then mixing and matching a shelf type or a skin to go on top I prefer skin now once you're done with everything press save and it will add your creation to your camera roll go into your photo app and find the picture select the sharing options and you'll be able to set your masterpiece as a wallpaper and make it your locks or home screen and just like that you'll be pimping in no time now if you have any other apps you like to show us send them to tap that app at cnet com i'm brian Tong thanks for watching keep it bin thanks for that Brian but where did you get that outfit alright iOS 5 guys it released its fifth beta update with a new feature a couple features that I haven't seen in previous releases to changes you'll benefit from is that video content in all applications and websites are now all airplay enabled by default and in the one really useful one the Maps app will now display alternate routes for you to get from one point to another with the recommended path highlighted blue but the solid line and you can switch between them so that's some pretty cool stuff also in other news the battle between Apple and Samsung over patent violations rages on this time a German Court has blocked the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in all of Europe after apple claims that it infringes on the patented design of the ipad 2 obviously we're all still thinking the galaxy tab is the ipad and dominating over 75 percent of the current tablet market still just isn't good enough plus you should add the motorola xoom to that list as well Apple's now suing them too because that infringes upon the design of Apple's products too and in an amazing story of courage and bravery Chinese police have arrested six people after they smuggled over forty thousand dollars of Apple gear into China using a zip line that was fired three hundred yards with a Rambo like crossbow now the zip line crossed the border between hong kong and shenzhen in hopes of avoiding exchange rates and taxes on the apple goodies i don't know about you but i love ziplining and on top of inventing everything in the world like paper the compass gunpowder and printing this makes me proud of my chinese heritage now did you guys also know we created the first burrito and pizza moo shu pork baby look it up alright that's going to do for this we show semi your emails to the Apple by to cnet com i'm brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll see you guys next week for another bite of the Apple oh that's amazing oh no oh no no no not evanni