Sneak Peak at iPad App Store

If you were lucky and preordered an iPad before Apple ran out, you may be itching to see the App Store in action.  If so, maybe this will help you through the difficult wait until iPads arrive.

Google Announces E-Book Store to Compete with Amazon

It looks like not only Barnes & Noble is trying to compete with the Kindle and Amazon's E-Book store.  Google announced last Thursday that it will have an ebook market that can be used by "anyone with a web browser".  They did, though, rule out any possibility of a Google-made E-book Reader.

Mac OSX Gets it's own (Unofficial) App Store

Now that the Palm Pre, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia Phones...have App Stores, why shouldn't this move into the desktop world? Well, that's the idea behind App Bodega, a piece of (MAC ONLY) software, mad by IDFusion, that allows users to download, and sell, Applications for Mac OSX. This will allow you to easily download new software.

IDFusion has said it will not repeat Apple's mistakes with the iPhone App Store. For example, Apple pulling Apps after they've been approved (Baby Shaker App, and, most recent, GV Mobile).They also say that the Approval process is better and clearer then Apple's. Hopefully all these claims hold true.

Bodega will also feature many similarities to the App Store. It will feature user ratings and reviews; and the ability to browse, Top Rated and Recommended Applications. Bodega will also store all license keys and other data; making re-downloading applications very easy. You can download bodega at appbodega.com

(info from Cnet)