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Shocking! Repetitive! Higher iTunes Music Prices Slowed Sales

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When iTunes Music went DRM-free and “hits” jumped from $0.99 to $1.29 stories soon followed that the higher price point was leading to slower sales… and now that iBooks and publishers aim to increase eBook sales from $9.99 to up to $14.99, MediaMemo is telling them to “beware!”:

Warner Music Group (WMG) said this [...]

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Google Announces Buzz; or Will Social Networking Blend?

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Our sibling site Android Central let us know that Google has shoved every social media form you can imagine, from Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare, to — dunno, Friendserjaiku? — into something called Buzz.

After Google Wave, which came off as WikiChat to us, we’re not sure about all this Google-mash, but Phil gives us a [...]

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Contest Reminders: Developer Survey and Round Robin — Win a 32GB iPod touch, iPhone 3GS!

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A couple quick contest reminders as deadlines loom (LOOM I tell you!):

The Developer Survey we mentioned here is still running but will end this weekend. Interpret is putting together an exciting set of data about mobile app development and needs your input. Take the survey here and be entered for your chance to win a [...]

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TiPb at Macworld 2010 — Conference Begins!

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Macworld 2010’s conference portion starts today at the Moscone Center and I’ll be heading over in a few minutes. The Expo starts Thursday, and Leanna will be joining me to bring every complete TiPb coverage.

If you’re a developer and you’re going to be at Macworld, shoot me an email (rene@tipb.com) or ping me on Twitter [...]

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Notion Ink Adam — Don’t Call it an “iPad Killer”!

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Notion Ink’s Atom is one of the next generation “tablet” style devices that will no doubt be compared head-to-head with Apple’s iPad. First, a note to traditional media — if we never read the phrase “iPad killer” it’ll be too soon. We clear?

Second and that said, SlashGear shows off some renders and it looks like [...]

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Apple Store Down — iPad Ordering, New MacBooks, or Just Aperture 3?

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The Apple Online Store is down again, and it’s a Tuesday, and it’s Macworld — though sadly neither of those two things mean much anymore — and so our email boxes are flooding with heads-up and excited guesses about everything from iPad pre-ordering going live, to MacBook Pro updates, to… Aperture 3.

Yeah, Aperture 3. Sorry [...]

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Navigon MobileNavigator Goes 3D, Social, and Intelligent

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And now we can tell you why Navigon is so excited about their new 3D terrain viewing, social media integrated, intelligent routing version 1.5 update to MobileNavigator [$69.00 on sale -- iTunes link] that they’ve put it on sale and are giving TiPb readers a chance to not only win copies, but get a [...]

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Apple iPad A4 Chip Designed by PA Semi Team… or Not?

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Venture Beat claims a “very trusted” source has informed them that Apple’s PA Semi team might not have been behind the new iPad’s Apple A4 chipset:

PA Semi didn’t do the A4. It was the existing VLSI team. Apple has made custom chips for years like the Northbridges for G4 and G5.

This [...]

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Apple to iPhone Developers: So… Happy with the App Store?

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TechCrunch is reporting that Apple has started sending developers invitations to take a satisfaction survey with regards to the App Store in general, and the App Store approval process in specific.

Apple asks you to answer with: “Very dissatisfied,” “Somewhat dissatisfied,” “Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied,” “Somewhat satisfied,” “Very satisfied,” or “Don’t know.” [...]

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Rumored 4th Gen Apple iPhone Parts Show Little Design Change

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Above is a image that is claimed to belong to the upcoming 4th generation iPhone, courtesy of iPhone repair Web site iResQ. As iResQ points out, there are a few interesting things that stand out in the photo.

“The LCD appears to be factory glued to the digitizer which is more similar to the first generation [...]

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