It was a tranquil Monday — too quiet , if you postulate me . But do n’t worry , there ’s a storm coming , and it ’s not just the 10 to 12 inches of C. P. Snow about to drop on my hometown . There ’s a Verizon iPhone potentially in the offing , a very fussy Steve Jobs , and a hurricane of Mac App Store sales agreement . The remainders for Monday , January 10 , 2011 are feeling a picayune harried .

Verizon Wireless Prepares for the iPhone(Bloomberg Businessweek )

The jury ’s still out on whether or not Verizon will get the iPhone on Tuesday , but Big Red is n’t frightened of the possibility , no - siree - bobfloat . Verizon Wireless CTO Anthony Melone severalise BusinessWeek , “ We will palm it if we ever get it . ” Added Melone , “ * coughlikesaytomorrowcough * . ”

Steve Jobs to join Murdoch on stage to unveil iPad paper(Yahoo News )

January ’s a busy month for Apple . There was the Mac App Store launch , the maybe Verizon iPhone , and now Yahoo News is account that Steve Jobs will show up alongside Rupert Murdoch to announce News Corp. ’s iPad newspaper — The Daily — at an result on January 19 . After which we ’re sure job will take it easy in February by , oh , performing a in high spirits - conducting wire deed with Cirque du Soleil or something equally low key .

Three Days Later : The Mac App Store Effect(LittleFin Software )

Speaking of the Mac App Store , how ’s that going ? One developer says it went from sell between 6 to 10 copies of its app a day to more than1,500copies on the day the store opened . Hey , guy wire , if you ’re looking for tips on how to spend your newfound wealth responsibly , may I suggest a diamond - studded iPhone ? Consider it research !