Apple’s iPad Changes the Landscape for App Developers WSJ, paper version, B1, January 29, 2010 By Yukari Iwatani Kane With 125 million credit cards in the iTunes archive, Apple can sell a lot of things.  They have chosen to approach the e-book world now in the same way the music market was addressed by the iTunes store.  Yet the app market for [...]

Steve Jobs’s Tablet Device Looks to Repackage TV, Magazines, Just as iPod Changed Music Sales, Wall Street Journal, Thursday, January 21, 2010. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703405704575015362653644260.html It looks like next week holds another game changer from Apple.  At an invitation-only event, the company will unveil its new product, “On Monday, Apple sent out an invitation to a media event on Jan. 27 “to see [...]

“Invasion of the Body Scanner,” Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 18, 2010, describes the new security scanners that are being put in place after the failed Christmas 2009 terrorist attempt on a Delta Airlines flight.  The body scanners produce fairly detailed images of the individual’s physical body, while also showing weapons and explosives.  The governments of various countries are requiring use of [...]