Apple has removed all Google Voice-related application from the iPhone App Store this week and formally rejected Google’s app for the Internet phone service. This bold move could of only been urged by Apple’s iPhone carrier partner At&T,
So you’d expect the company to at least offer some of the apps’ makers — its business partners [...]

Rumors have swirled about Apple readying a new version of the iPod Touch with a camera and microphone, which, combined with a Skype account, would pretty much obviate the need for a home phone line once and for all.
A well-connected source tells us those rumors are on the money, and that Apple’s factories in China [...]