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If you’re in the Michigan area, you’re in luck. One retailer is offering a steep discount on the iPad 2 for a limited time.

Josh Ong:

Without question, we’re all expecting the next iPad to at least be announced in the next three weeks. As soon as the next iPad is announced, the older models won’t be able to sell for the same price. Why take a loss now when uninformed consumers will still buy an iPad 2 at full price? Perhaps they’re betting on needing to clear out their stock for the upcoming iPad 3. Only Meijer knows how things are selling for them, but it seems almost silly to the rest of us. We’re sure they’re hoping you’ll come for the cheap iPad, and stay for the overpriced cables.

Are you going to grab a cheap iPad now, or wait for the new, shiny model to ship? Let us know in the comment section below this post. We’re pretty curious about the life cycle of products in this emerging market.

Hat tip to Apple Insider

Canada’s CBC has launched an app for music lovers. The CBC Music app is currently available for free on the App Store, and includes 40 web radio stations, 14 genre-based music communities, as well as a live-stream of CBC Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3.

There are some restrictions, so anyone outside of Canada may not have access to all of the streams available within the application.

According to CBC’s Chris Boyce, Executive Director of Radio and Audio of CBC English Services:

The application also comes with built-in AirPlay support, so fans can get their favorite radio streams directly to an Apple TV without the need of an old-school radio.

There are a couple of advertisements in-app for CBC television shows, but on the whole, the experience is pretty great. The application even has built-in iTunes support so you can immediately run out and purchase the music you’re hearing on your new age radio. It’s worth checking out, especially if you’re a CBC Radio 2 or Radio 3 fan.

Bill Bishop over at DigiCha is reporting that iPads are being taken off the shelves in China to prevent seizure from authorities.

That’s right, in China, of all places, intellectual property rights are restricting sales. I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY PILLS.

Turns out, you can probably still get an iPad in stores, even if they aren’t on the shelves. You’ll just have to ask at the counter. The store owners just don’t want the IP police breathing down their necks. It’s understandable, but still kind of sad.

While Apple exploits IP law just as much as any other company, it really is demoralizing when trademark, copyright, and patents are used to restrict advancement instead of foster it. The poison that is IP battles isn’t just for the western world anymore. Now Chinese citizens can enjoy the nonsense that is baseless legal slap-fighting.

What do you think? Are the IP laws going to change worldwide in our lifetimes? Will this hurt Apple significantly in China? Sound off in the comment section so we can hear your thoughts. Specifically, we’d love to hear what you have to say if you actually live in China.

Source: DigiCha

For the first time in its history, Apple stock has climbed north of $500.00 per share. Yay. Great. Awesome. Currently, as we write this article, the ticker has AAPL at $500.70 per share, more than the cost of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Pretty insane when you start thinking about it in tangible items like that, isn’t it?

Remember when these stocks were hovering around $30.00? I had the luxury of deciding if I wanted to drop a year of tuition on AAPL stocks or go to school. I decided school was the sure bet. Now I sit here with $20,000 in student loans, and I’m out $83,330. Thanks, logic and common sense. Thanks a lot.

Kidding aside, I don’t own any AAPL stocks. So, yeah, don’t get all up in my grill about propping up stocks.

Note: By the time we hit publish, the stock was at $499.41. Looks like you better sell, sell, sell. Side note, never take financial advice from us… like ever.