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In a brief note, TechCrunch reports that it has heard from multiple sources that Google is preparing to launch a music service that would appear to compete against Apple's iTunes Store. Google will soon launch a music service, we've heard from multiple sources, and the company has spent the last several weeks securing content for the launch of the service from the major music labels. One source...

TechCrunch reports that Apple and Google had an unofficial policy not to poach each others' employees during Google CEO Eric Schmidt's tenure on Apple's Board of Directors. The policy only covered contact initiated by the two companies in "head-hunting" capacities, and not unsolicited applications from employees. This news follows a report by The Washington Post in early June that the Justice...

TechCrunch now claims that they too have heard evidence that the next generation iPod Touch will have a built in video camera. One of our sources in Asia say that Apple has placed an order for a massive number of camera modules of the type that they include in the iPhone. These are inexpensive cameras, in the $10...

Silicon Alley Insider has heard some rumors that seem to corroborate MacRumors' report from February that Apple is working on allowing limited background processes in a future version of the iPhone's operating system. Our sources had told us they would be limited to one or two additional processes, while Silicon Alley Insider suggests that it could alternatively be for specifically-approved...

TechCrunch reports that they've heard that Apple may be in late stage negotiations to buy Twitter.com for $700 million. Of course, when the site checked with other sources, they were told they knew nothing of the sort... making this rumor seem very questionable. Twitter is a social messaging platform that allows users to broadcast short messages to "followers". The web app has seen a...

TechCrunch claims to have heard from three independent sources that Apple will be releasing a "large screen iPod touch device" with a 7-9 inch screen. According to the site, one of their sources have actually seen and handled one of the prototypes. Apple has been experimenting internally with large form tablet devices for years, one source says, but there was concern that users wouldn't like...

TechCrunch suggests and then dismisses the possibility that Apple may be building a search engine. According to the site, they had heard some reports that Apple might be working on a search engine, but thus far the evidence does not seem to pan out: But one important fact that isnt checking out - if Apple were...

TechCrunch claims that Apple has ramped up iPhone 3G production to a massive 800,000 units per week. They cite a source "with direct knowledge of the numbers". If true, this would bring Apple's iPhone 3G production and sales well above previous estimates and expectations. An early report claimed that...