Mac OS Ken: 09.21.2012

Apple Issues Statement on Mapocalypse (Not My name for it, Nor Apple’s) ZDNet: Apple Started Seeking Additional Software Engineers for iOS Maps App Last Week TechCrunh: Lack of Public Transit Directions in iOS 6 Maps App Opens Opportunities for Developers Apple Issued EFI Firmware Updates for 2012 MacBook Air and 2012 MacBook Pro and an SMC Update for Late-2010 MacBook Air Apple Takes Xcode 4.5 Out of beta Cult of Mac: Apple Requiring Screenshots Optimized for iOS 5 for All App Updates Apple and Four Publishers Offer Up Settlement Deal on Price-Fixing Charges in the EU Apple Seeks Access to Interviews Between Amazon and USDoJ Held Prior to eBook Price-Fixing Case Report: Apple Spends $3 Million on Extra Acres for Bigger Solar Farm Near Maiden, NC Data Center Walmart Drops Full Line of Amazon Kindles from Sale at Stores and Online American Airlines Outfitting 17,000 FLight Attendants with Samsung Galaxy Notes Time Warner Cable COO Says His Company Might Give Up Some Control for a Really Good Third-Party UI Swiss Federal Railway Service Says Apple Used Look and Feel of Its Copyrighted Clock in iOS 6 for iPad Without Permission