I hope you enjoyed this first week of November. Here are some of the stories of note from the past week:
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Alan Cohen writes for Corporate Counsel magazine, a Law.com publication, about markup apps that make the iPad even more useful for lawyers.
Apple employs quite a few lawyers, but their latest hire has a high profile. Elliott Peters had been the Senior VP and head of digital legal affairs at Warner, and as Sam Oliver of AppleInsider reports, Peters has been involved in virtually everything that Warner has ever done when it comes to digital music. He will now become Apple’s corporate attorney director for iTunes and Internet services and will be based in Luxembourg. Eric Slivka of MacRumors also writes about the hire of Elliott Peters.
Speaking of iTunes and digital music, Sean Hollister of Engadget reports that Apple announced that song previews on the iTunes store will be increased from 30 seconds to 90 seconds. This will make it even easier to find and buy great songs for your iPhone.
iPhone M.D.? Andrew Wray of TiPb reports on an Indiana hospital’s new iPhone communication system.
Joshua Brustein of the New York Times reports on using an app to remote control your TV.
Jenna Wortham of the New York Times writes that you will be soon able to get deals from local merchants if you use the Facebook iPhone app.
Nick Bilton of the New York Times discusses smartphone marketshare.
Speaking of marketshare, Thomas Ricker of Engadget reports that Apple has nwo become the fourth largest mobile phone vendor in the world.
Chris Ziegler of Engadget reports that starting this Sunday, you can buy an iPhone at Target stores.
Sarah Ellison of Fortune writes about Ivan Seidenberg, the longtime head of Verizon, and talks as much about the iPhone as she does Seidenberg. Clearly, a potential Verizon iPhone is on the minds of many people right now.
If you really want to view a website containing Flash video, Skyfire is a new app that might just let you do it. Katie Marsal of AppleInsider explains how the app works. And Sam Sheffer of Engadget put together a good video to show you what it looks like. Note that the app became available yesterday, but then the developer pulled it off of the App Store because too many people were using it. Hopefully the developer will ramp up capacity and make the app available again very soon. [UPDATE: It’s back in the App Store. Click here for Skyfire ($2.99): ]
Stephanie Kent of Macworld writes about Apple’s on-campus company store in Cupertino, CA, the only place where you can buy Apple-sanctioned products with Apple logos on them such as T-shirts. I bought one of the “I visited the Mothership” T-shirts when I was there a few years ago. I’ve always thought that Apple could sell a ton of T-shirts if they sold them in their Apple retail stores, but I suppose Apple would rather just sell computer products there.
And finally, what would happen if you combined an Apple iPhone commercial with Sesame Street? Here is the answer (via iSmashPhone):
