Apple is showing more of its green side with the packaging for its iPod lineup and now for the iPhone 3G, too. Instead of plastic inserts, the new packages will rely on trays made from potato starch.

Rocker Neil Young doesn't like iTunes, primarily because of the sound quality due to compression, and he's has been talking with record companies about a new technology based on Blu-ray.

ComScore released a report last week that showed a dramatic jump, 47 percent, in internet search for the term iPhone in April, 2008, as word of the iPhone 3G circulated on the Internet. About 1.3 million people conducted 6.9 million searches for iPhone-related terms, a significant increase from previous months.

Apple has taken steps in its SDK licensing agreement to make sure that developers don't violate customer privacy with some kinds of location services, according to Carl Howe at Seeking Alpha on Monday. However, that may not be the end of the story for larger developers who have already protected themselves legally and may want to seek a separate license with Apple.

Rhapsody, the music service from RealNetworks, announced on Monday that it will sell MP3 songs singly, without DRM, as part of its new "Music Without Limits." Any song purchased will play on any Apple iPod or iPhone.