Apple: App Access to Contact Data Will Require Explicit User Permission

In the wake of the Path address book flap, Apple says all apps that want access to your data will have to ask nicely.
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iTunes Lives to Sell Another 5 Billion Songs

Not that it would ever have happened anyway, but Apple will not be shutting down the iTunes Store in protest over increased royalty rates paid to songwriters and publishers for CDs and digital music downloads.