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Hot on the heels of Saturday morning’s official introduction of Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney ‘s vice-presidential running mate (which came hot on the heels of a leak to NBC News, an iPhone announcement, and a press release), President Obama ‘s reelection team released a statement from campaign manager Jim Messina calling Ryan the “architect of the radical Republican House budget,” and predicting that “the Romney-Ryan ticket would take us back by repeating the same, catastrophic mistakes” that were made during the Bush era. That “R” word, “radical,” is one you’ll be hearing a lot from the Obama campaign in the coming weeks. Here’s the statement, via email from the Obama campaign: CHICAGO – Obama for America Campaign Manager Jim Messina released the following statement in response to Mitt Romney picking Congressman Paul Ryan to be his presumptive nominee for vice president: “In naming Congressman Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney has chosen a leader of the House Republicans who shares his comm...

Matt is currently working as a writer for TechCrunch. Matt Burns is a family man first and attempts to be a writer second. Born and raised in the heart of the automotive world, only cars eclipse his love of gadgets. He previously wrote for Engadget and EngadgetHD before moving into the party house that is TechCrunch. He learned the retail... ? Learn More “We are not going to keep products around we don’t believe in,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook in regards to the Apple TV on today’s earnings call. He also stated that Apple still considers the product a hobby although Apple keeps at the project because they stated “it will lead us [Apple] somewhere.” Apple is very happy with Apple TV’s growth. The company shipped around 4 million so far during this fiscal year with 1.3 million units over the third quarter — not so bad for a hobby. In many ways Apple TV is the missing link between Apple’s portables and the living room. It brings iTunes to the big screen but also, through the magic of Airpla...