Earlier this year, Google launched a beta version of Google Music to a number of customers in the USA. It allowed users to upload their personal music collection to ‘the cloud’ and stream it to any of their Android mobile devices or their computer, with some offline playback available as well.

The company has now launched a public version of Google Music, which includes a music store offering over 13 million tracks.

In September we reported that Apple’s injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 had been upheld by the Düsseldorf Regional Court , preventing Samsung from selling its tablet in Germany.

Samsung has now launched a renamed and redesigned tablet.

In this week’s edition of The Fonecast we’re talking about Adobe’s plans to stop developing Flash for mobile browsers, O2’s plans to trial 4G in London, eBay’s plea to the UK government, iZettle’s mobile payment app, some dubious advertising and a security flaw in Apple’s App Store review process.

As usual, you can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by subscribing to our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.

This week we're covering a wide range of news stories, from Adobe's mobile Flash plans to the iZettle payment app. We discuss eBay's plea to the UK government, a new UK 4G trial, a potential new threat to iPhones... and much more.

Apple has named Arthur ‘Art’ Levinson as the Company’s non-executive Chairman of the Board. He’s been a board director for over ten years and has been a co-lead director since 2005.

The company also announced that Robert ‘Bob’ Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, will join Apple’s board and will serve on the audit committee.