Google Music Store vs. Apple

OGLING GOOGLE: The entire music industry is fervently hoping that the Google Music Store launches before the end of the year, pointing to the increasingly bullying tactics of the powers behind iTunes. Wonderers are wondering how iTunes will react to Arcade Fire’s decision to allow Amazon MP3 to sell the band’s Aug. 3 release, The Suburbs (Merge), at $3.99 for four days, with some expecting the album to be virtually invisible on the iTunes welcome page next week. (7/29p)