PrimeSense and Topsy, Apple's engineering talent and web services, reversible USB plugs, renewed hope for desktop Retina displays for the new Mac Pro, and Texas.

• FU on PrimeSense.
• Apple's acquisition of Topsy and speculation on why.
• Apple's possible difficulty in getting and keeping enough engineering talent, and how they might make bigger strides in web services.
• Which group wears the pants in a company?
• Marco's embarrassing FiOS support calls.
• How Apple's release and marketing schedule affects their web services.
• Methodologies and vocabularies.
• USB spec group will add a reversible connector, the history of terrible USB connectors (see also: Hypercritical #5 from around 45 minutes, Hypercritical #6 from around 9 minutes, and the entire rest of the series, too), Lightning epitomizing Apple.
• Dell renews hope for desktop Retina with the new Mac Pro, single big monitors vs. dual smaller ones, and higher-than-native resolution scaling on the Retina MacBook Pro (see also: Eye-Friendly).
• Waiting for a new technology to fully mature before switching, or adopting it earlier with tradeoffs and hacks.
• Texas.

Sponsored by:

• Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code ATP12 for 10% off.
• Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Free for up to 10 people, and affordable for your entire company. (And check out this landing page, especially if you enjoyed John's Enterprise Software Assumptions in episode 39.)
• Hover: High-quality, no-hassle domain registration. Use promo code ATP for 10% off.