This week in Apple: Apple stock, royalties, Verizon rumors

This week's Apple news was rife with software releases and updates, more rumors about the iPhone and Snow Leopard, Apple's falling stock prices, and how bumped up music royalties could hurt the iTunes Store. Check in here in case you missed out on the week's top stories. Read More...

Apple Stock goes up, Garmin’s stocks down

Section: Apple, iPhone + Communications, iPhone SDK & AppsApple gained $4.02, or 2.2% to $185.63, the day after WWDC where they announced the 3G iPhone for half the price of the original cost. The iPhone is now price at only $199. They also demoed some location-based services for the iPhone, which may have hurt GPS device maker, Garmin. Garmin’s stock fell 2.85, or 5.8%, to $46.74, and may have been due to the iPhone’s new navigation features and the App Store. The iPhone SDK opens possibilities to these companies, or anyone, to create GPS applications on the iPhone. Garmin competitor TomTom has already jumped on board and created a navigation app for the iPhone that, “runs on the iPhone already.” Apple’s iPhone could hurt sales of car-based GPS devices in the long-run. Via [The Street] Full Story » | Written by Nicholas Montgomery for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

Apple's earnings, revenue up, but Street's not satisfied (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Apple reported its best ever June quarter for revenue and Mac computer sales Monday - but Wall Street didn't like its projections for the next quarter.

Hands on: Google lets you search with your voice on iPhone

Google has brought voice recognition to its iPhone app, allowing users to speak their queries and receive location-based search results. It's a useful and surprisingly accurate feature, though not without its drawbacks.Read More...

Google Mobile iPhone app with voice search now available

The new version of Google's Mobile iPhone application that includes voice search recognition was made available as a free download on the App Store last night.

Microsoft plans to embrace Apple's App Store format

Microsoft is less interested in adopting WebKit for a future version of Internet Explorer than in its plans to replicate another Apple-driven technology: the direct-to-customer software distribution model pioneered by the App Store.