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Last month, speculation that a number of minor iPhone applications such as Stocks, Weather, Voice Memo, Clock, and Calculator “missing” from the iPad could reappear in some sort of “widget mode” similar to Dashboard on Mac OS X received a bit of publicity.
According to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber’s sources, however, there is no secret [...]

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer recently had positive words about Apple’s success with the iPhone and its App Store, adding fuel to rumors of a potential alignment between Apple and Microsoft to bring Bing search to the iPhone.

“Apple’s done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property,” Ballmer reportedly said [...]

TechCrunch discusses a picture that is being pieced together from reports from App Store developers suggesting that Apple is looking to crack down on “cookie cutter” iPhone applications that offer little more than could be offered through a web app.
Between the developers I spoke to, the consensus was this: Apple doesn’t appear to be [...]

CNet reports that Apple’s plans for cloud computing could go well beyond music. Apple is said to have been in negotiations with some of the major film studios to offer streaming video service to users.
Apple has told the studios that under the plan, iTunes users will access video from various Internet-connected devices. Apple would, of [...]

HackingNetflix reports (via TechCrunch) that DVD rental and streaming service Netflix has issued a survey to some of its users including a question asking about their interest in using a Netflix iPhone application to watch streamed video offerings via Wi-Fi. The survey question reads:
Imagine that Netflix offers its subscribers the ability to instantly watch [...]

Apple’s next update to the blockbuster iPhone handset is expected by one prominent analyst to have a lower total cost of ownership, and to also include new gesture-based functionality.
Katy Huberty with Morgan Stanley maintains that the biggest barrier to greater iPhone adoption is the cost of the hardware, followed by the service plan. The investment [...]

Hulu is rumored to be working on an iPad-friendly version of its site which could be ready by the iPad’s March launch date.
According to TechCrunch, popular video site Hulu is already at work developing a way to deliver its content to the iPad platform outside of its normal Flash-based site.
“The TV shows on Hulu would [...]