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Apple
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. With our revolutionary multi-touch interface, powerful [...]

WSJ.com
The chief executive of EMI Music, Alain Levy, said EMI had discussed the issue with Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs and believed Apple planned to end its single-price policy for iTunes music.

It was bound to happen, but I dying to find out how VARIABLE the pricing will be.

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Billboard
To celebrate the 20th birthday of its landmark album “The Joshua Tree,” U2 is reissuing the set in four different incarnations on Nov. 20 via UMe. The album will be available as a remastered single CD, a 2-CD set, a 2-CD/1-DVD collectible box and a double-vinyl package.

I can’t believe it’s been 20 years, but you [...]

Business Week
Sources familiar with the company’s plans tell BusinessWeek.com that Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in early 2008, enabling programmers to create games, business-productivity tools, and countless other applications for the device. Few details are known, but sources say an announcement will come in January, which suggests it may be slated [...]

So today not only I get a new version of textexpander we learn that indeed Apple’s Leopard operating system will be available on October 26th for $129. Over at the iTunes Store it seems they have added some indies to iTunes Plus (DRM free) and dropped the single track price from 1.29 to 99 [...]

TextExpander reaches 2.0 with groups support and new sharing features. A must have tool for your Mac.

Tags:Mac, Software, textexpander

The Macalope
And that’s really the whole thing, isn’t it. The whole craziness that seems to have engulfed most of the Apple pundit class for that past few weeks in particular. There’s a disconnect between what you want, and what Apple’s target market for iTunes and the iPhone wants. Of course, the iPhone concern may all [...]

Finished listening to the latest MacBreak Weekly and still the best Mac podcast out there. Some weeks there is too much 3 Stooges, but what a great cast.

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