The impact of Apple’s more lenient app approval process is already being felt today with Adobe (NYSE: ADBE) hard at work on their previously banned Flash tools for iOS devices. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting in too, with word that Google Voice apps are set to reappear in the app store very soon.

Breaking up may be hard to do, but it may be precisely what Motorola (NYSE: MOT) needs in order to recapture some of their lost glory. Motorola plan to reorganize into two separate enterprises in the first quarter of 2011, with the Motorola mobile handset unit spinning off as a separate publicly traded company.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and its Android smartphone operating system are ascendant. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its iPhone are currently dominant. And Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM)? The best word is probably “stagnant. “

It has been a choppy market lately, but while many stocks are having trouble posting sustained gains only a select few face complete delisting. Major stock exchanges like the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ don’t kick companies out just for having a bad few weeks, but eventually will pull the plug if certain minimum standards are not met.

The T-Mobile iPhone returns to our rumor wrap-up, and word on the street is that T-Mobile will get an Apple smartphone before the end of the year -- but it’ll be an iPhone 3GS, not a 4. Meanwhile, analysts are upping their predictions for Apple’s 2011, seeing 28 million in sales for the iPad and maybe an iPhone for another telecom as well.

After an impressive run higher to kick off the month of September, stocks are stalling at signifying overhead resistance. This comes as various technical indicators have moved into overbought territory. While I still expect September to end the month in positive territory, shares are due for a pullback.

Surprising analysts, consumers, and tech heads everywhere, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced this morning that they are making the application building process for the iPhone and every iOS powered device a whole lot easier.

It may only be September, but for Toys R Us, it is never too early to start thinking about holiday shopping. The nationally-known toy chain plans to open 600 “express” stores, which will be open on a temporary basis.

Continuing a trend in China's online gaming business, Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: SNDA) and its game unit Shanda Games Ltd. (NASDAQ: GAME) have produced a lackluster report on second quarter earnings. Shanda Interactive said its net profit fell -60%, while Shanda Games saw net profits fall -16%.

Today’s investing 101 lesson is on the pitfalls of similar stock performance. It’s tempting to think that all companies in a certain industry group behave the same way. The reason why is that in the short term, they often do.

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), parent of KFC, took some heat from shortening “Kentucky Fried Chicken” to a three letter moniker. But now YUM appears to be backtracking, putting some faith in marketing KFC founder Col. Sanders to young fast food diners.

Two weeks ago, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched its bid to change the phone industry. It wasn’t the announcement of yet another smartphone using the company’s Android operating system. For that matter, Google’s new offering wasn’t even technology new to the telecom market.

Gold prices may be hitting record levels, but there may be a better place to put your money: coffee beans

If you didn’t make it out to any concerts this summer, you weren’t the only one. Across the country, concerts have shown poor attendance causing some artists to cancel tours. No one has felt the heat like concert promoter and ticket provider Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: LYV)

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) wants it all. They want you to pop open your Web browser rather than go to the strip mall. They want you to buy the new James Patterson novel on your Kindle, and download your MP3s from their homepage instead of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes.