October 2012 In Review

We’re back again with another month in review, and what a month October has been. On the news front there was, of course, the October 23rd Apple event which saw the launch of the iPad mini, fourth generation iPad, 13” MacBook with Retina Display, new Mac mini and iMac. Apple also had their fourth quarter earnings call and remembered the first year anniversary since the passing of Steve Jobs.

October was also chock full of new apps and big app updates. Tapbots in particular had a big month with the launch of Netbot and Tweetbot for Mac, Marco Arment launched The Magazine, Loren Brichter made his comeback with Letterpress, Pocket released a Mac app, and iPad drawing app Paper got a big update.

On the stories front, Federico has had a lot of fun putting together a number of guides and tutorials this month and we’ve collected them all together below. Federico also interviewed Loren Brichter for the launch of his new Letterpress app, talked about the leadership changes at Apple and I mapped out the entertainment ecosystems of Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

Be sure to check out our previous Month in Review posts here.

Apple News

Tim Cook And Apple Remember Steve Jobs

Apple’s Tribute To Steve Jobs, Yo-Yo Ma, And The Prelude From Bach

“App Collections” Promoted To App Store Categories Menu

Apple Q4 2012 Results: $36 Billion Revenue, 26.9 Million iPhones, 14 Million iPads, 4.9 Million Macs Sold

Apple Changing App Store Prices for Several Countries

Major Changes at Apple: Scott Forstall Leaving, Jony Ive To Lead Human Interface Across Company

iTunes 11 Delayed To November

Apple’s October 23rd Event

Apple Confirms: Media Event on October 23

Apple Decorates California Theatre for iPad Mini Event

Apple To Live Stream Today’s Media Event

The Numbers From Apple’s October 23 Event

Apple Announces the New 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display

Apple Announces Updated Mac Minis at their October Event

Apple Announces All New iMacs with an Amazingly Thin Design

iPad mini: Our Complete Overview

Apple Posts October 23 Keynote Video

The 4th Generation iPad Brings iPad Up to Date with Lightning Connector, Faster A6X Processor

October 23: Recommended Reads & Links

Apple Releases iBooks 3.0

Everything Else

Lockitron Will Let You Unlock Your Door Using An iPhone

Goodbye Tweetie

GTA: Vice City Coming To iOS This Fall

Evernote Teases Major 5.0 Redesign of Mac App

Clear For Mac Coming Next Week with iCloud Sync, Updated iPhone App

The Highlights

Netbot: Tweetbot Reborn for App.net

Marco Arment’s The Magazine: At The Intersection of Technology and Writing

Tracking Stolen Macs with Undercover 5

Check the Weather

Tweetbot for Mac Review

Loren Brichter’s Comeback: Letterpress

Pocket Releases Mac App

Google Voice Search for iOS: Not A Siri Competitor, Still A Solid App

Paper for iPad Adds a Color Mixer, Custom Palettes, and Support for Pressure Input with Pogo Connect

Everything Else

Faster Markdown Editing with Nebulous Notes Macros

Uniconsole: Copy & Paste Unicode Characters and Symbols

Sakura Quick Math

iTunes and App Store Reminders with Recall

Gain Magical Control Over Your Music Player With Flutter

Shortcat: Spotlight For The User Interface

Drafts 2.2 Adds Custom Email Actions

Pinbook: A Fast Pinboard Client for iPhone

Languages Review

Tweetbot for iPhone 2.6 Adds Custom POIs, Header Images

Netbot 1.1 Adds Push Notifications, Search

Review: Kuvva for iPhone

Internet Communicators

Why The iPhone 5′s Low-Light Boost Mode Is Awesome

Getting Google Maps Back On iOS 6

Behind The App: MoneyWiz

Mapping The Entertainment Ecosystems of Apple, Microsoft, Google & Amazon

A Conversation With Loren Brichter

Thinking mini

Brief Thoughts and Questions On Apple’s Changes

The Value Of In-App Purchases

Guides & Tutorials

Visualize OmniFocus As iThoughts Map, OPML, Or Plain Text

A Better Way To Combine iPhone Screenshots with Keyboard Maestro

Hide Newsstand In A Folder On iOS 6 With One Click, No Jailbreak Required

Best MultiMarkdown Previews On iOS

Automatically Send Articles From Reading List to Instapaper

Single Podcast Episodes, Huffduffer, and Podcast Apps

Send Selected OmniFocus Task to Plain Text File

Convert Twitter.com URLs to Tweetbot Links

Improve iOS Screenshots with Status Magic

Sublime Text 2 and Markdown: Tips, Tricks, and Links