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One of the highlights of the fourth-generation Apple TV is the Siri Remote. Compared to the previous Apple TV remote control, the Siri Remote vastly expands on its capabilities. In addition to a glass Touch surface for navigation and swipe gestures, the unit listens with dual microphones for voice commands. The Siri Remote even doubles as a gaming controller, with a built-in gyroscope and accelerometer. Apple has long offered the Remote app for iOS devices to get in on the action.

The new turn-based strategy game Artillerists takes the simple concept of Battleship and amps it up for mobile devices with big explosions, the ability to upgrade your army and more. The gameplay of Artillerists is simple -- just place your units on an isometric game board then take shots at your enemy. The first person to destroy all of their opponent's units wins. The aspect of guessing where your enemy's units are positioned makes Artillerists frustrating, in a good way, and addictive, but the game isn't entirely based on luck.

Physical media collectors can now order Steve Jobs, the official Sony biopic directed by Danny Boyle on DVD or Blu-ray. The movie has been available on streaming services, such as iTunes, Amazon Video and YouTube for about a week, but now you can add it to your movie collection on DVD, or on Blu-ray. Both the DVD and Blu-ray are now available on amazon.com.

The movie has earned a 7.4 rating on IMDB, an 85% critic approval on Rotten Tomatoes and an 82 on Metacritic. The film is based on the Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography and it stars Michael Fassbender as the late Apple CEO.

There's been a lot of bugs affecting iOS devices this year, starting with the Unicode of Death in March and ending with the latest 1970 bug which has been bricking 64-bit devices. The newest bug was originally reported a few days ago on Reddit by user vista980622. iOS users have discovered that manually changing the date on their device to May 1970 or earlier will prevent their iPhone from restarting after a reboot. Apple today has acknowledged the issue and released a support document addressing the issue.

Apple stock (NASDAQ:AAPL) stayed in the doldrums last week, with prices remaining under $100. Since the last earnings report, investors have been concerned about iPhone sales. Shares opened Monday at $93.91 and peaked during Wednesday trading at $96.31 only to slide, bottoming out Thursday morning at $92.60. AAPL gained its footing on Friday, closing at $93.99, up eight cents per share over the week for virtually no change.