Well, what do you think? Did Apple’s Annual Music Event live up to your expectations? The iPod touch refresh did for us, but what about Apple TV? And iTunes 10. What about that

Dieter’s at the IFA show in Berlin, Germany and he’s scored us a first look at mophie’s upcoming juice pack air for iPhone 4. It’s got soft touch paint and they claim ZERO signal degredation because the entire PCB board is on the bottom, so there are no electronics around the antenna. It’s shipping to Apple now and will be available in “Nationwide retailers” next week for $79.95. Mophie Juice Pack air for iPhone 4 comes in black, white, red, and green and “virtually doubles your power”

(Image courtesy of allnewsmac.com) The rumor merry-go-round with Apple’s foray into television continues to churn.

It’s the start of yet another week, and that can mean only one thing: It’s time for the announcement of yet another iPad “killer.” This time around, however, the smack-talk doesn’t concern who it is that plans to ply their mojo against Cupertino’s world-beating tablet–Instead, the flexing and posing is centred around how it’s going to be done. The announcement that HTC was developing an Android tablet for Google surfaced last week. The news came as no surprise to those in the tech universe, given that the company had produced the Nexus One.

(Image courtesy of CNNMoney and Getty Images) We’re used to seeing lists of the top earners, right? So imagine our surprise when CNNMoney offered up a list of the 15 top CEO overachievers — you know, the guys who on the books make little in salary but make up for it with bulging stock options — and Apple’s own Steve Jobs makes the top of the list. CNNMoney.com features a gallery of the 15 top CEO overachievers, asking the question: “Which Fortune 100 CEOs led their companies to outperform the S&P 500 last year — and collected the lowest pay for their effort?” At the top of the list — with a total base salary of just one dollar — is Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who led the company’s stock to outperform the S&P 500 from -9.2 percent to a whopping 63 percent. But don’t cry for Steve, the guy is making it up with stock options and other perks

Macworld.Pink Floyd albums are vanishing from iTunes, now that the band’s contracted with record label EMI expired. As reported by Apple Insider, popular Floyd albums like Wish You Were Here, The Wall, and Animals are now unavailable from online retailers like Apple and Amazon.

Brisbane Times Biz Break: Android takeover: Could Google's OS beat Apple's iPhone ? San Jose Mercury News According to Bloomberg News , retailers such as Sears and Best Buy plan to use the technology. San Jose chip maker Power Integrations has installed a $3.6 …

If Bloomberg’s got it right, and they often do, Verizon and AT&T are currently teaming up up in an effort to displace much of the the need for credit cards in the retail universe by allowing consumers to pay for their purchaes with a wave of their smartphone. According to the report, the venture also includes the cooperation of some other financial sector and telecom heavy-hitters, including T-mobile , Deutsche Telecom and Discover Financial Services . Even as the news hits the street, hardware has already been installed at serval test retailers in Atlanta, where individuals blessed with the venture’s prototype smartphone software/hardware combination will be able to simply wave their smartphone handset over a terminal and pay for whatever they please, leaving Mastercard and Visa’s bothersome plastic wafers well out of the equation. If the technology is widely adopted, it could mean very big things for the companies involved. Credit cards, as you may have guessed, are big business.

CBC.ca Hundreds line-up to buy iPhone 4 at Toronto stores CTV.ca People line up for the iPhone 4 at the Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto, early Friday, July 30, 2010. Retailers braced themselves for a consumer rush Friday … Hundreds line up for iPhone at Eaton Centre Toronto Star Canadians can own the iPhone 4 today Montreal Gazette Hundreds line up as Apple's iPhone 4 goes on sale in Canada today Globe and Mail india-server.com

New Zealand Herald Lining up for a bite of a shiny new season's Apple Sydney Morning Herald A jubilant Japanese iPhone 4 buyer celebrates his new purchase. Australian Apple fans will get their turn with the company's latest glamour product from … iPhone Sales Stay Strong Thanks to Our Emotions, But Will it Last? CMSWire Apple quiet on iPhone retailers New Zealand Herald Apple confirms iPhone 4 refund policy PCWorld.co.nz all 7 news articles