During an interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, yesterday at the Re/code Code Conference, Apple’s SVP of Internet Services Eddy Cue and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine spoke on the impact of Steve Jobs on Apple.
During an interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, yesterday at the Re/code Code Conference, Apple’s SVP of Internet Services Eddy Cue and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine spoke on the impact of Steve Jobs on Apple.
Apple buys Beats by Dr. Dre
After weeks of rumors and speculation, Apple officially announced its acquisition of Beats By Dr. Dre for a total of $3 billion. Out of the $3 billion, $2.6 billion will be cash up front and $400 million will be in stock. The purchase includes Beats Electronics ( maker of Beats headphones, speakers, and audio software ) and Beats Music ( its subscription-based streaming music service ).
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Fresh off the news of acquiring Dr. Dre’s Beats brand of headphones, Apple has some more exciting purchases to announce.
Apple’s acquisition of Beats has yet to be confirmed but that doesn’t stop everybody to talk about it, tell us why it’s a good move, that Apple might keep Beats as a separate brand and so on. Here’s Funny or Die’s take on it.
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OK, you’ve got 20 million songs in your pocket. Now what? With endless choice comes a serious challenge: cutting through all that noise to find the next song that will change your life. In this era, the real rock star are the curators—the people, tools, and algorithms that bring you the music you’ll love. I
OK, you’ve got 20 million songs in your pocket. Now what? With endless choice comes a serious challenge: cutting through all that noise to find the next song that will change your life. In this era, the real rock star are the curators—the people, tools, and algorithms that bring you the music you’ll love. In this months WIRED’s music issue, Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the legendary The Roots crew, talks about how to find music you’ll fall in love with. Read the article here and jump over the break to check out Questlove talking about technology and the superstar laptop DJs, record shopping, vinyl snobs, J Dilla and cassettes, and more…
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As reported back in December, Beats has launched its much-rumored Beats Music streaming service and app today directly competing with services like Spotify or Apple’s own iTunes Radio.
As reported back in December, Beats has launched its much-rumored Beats Music streaming service and app today directly competing with services like Spotify or Apple’s own iTunes Radio.
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In honor of the Year of the Horse, Beats by Dr. Dre released a limited-edition Beats Solo HD featuring a matte red a gold colorway
In honor of the Year of the Horse, Beats by Dr. Dre released a limited-edition Beats Solo HD featuring a matte red a gold colorway, respecting the he culturally symbolic representations of good luck and prosperity that marks each Chinese New Year celebration that falls on January 31, 2014.
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Beats by Dre teamed up with Pharrell Williams on its latest commercial for the Beats Pills speaker.
Beats by Dre teamed up with Pharrell Williams on its latest commercial for the Beats Pills speaker. Jump over the break to see Pharrell, Pusha T and others with the Beats Pills in the new commercial now here above.
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Dr Dre is set to launch a new music streaming service, Beats Music, in January.
Dr Dre is set to launch a new music streaming service, Beats Music, in January. Dre first announced the service late last year under the name Daisy, and originally built it out of the streaming service MOG, but will launch it with the Beats Music brand in January 2014.
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New York designer Alexander Wang has teamed up with Beats by Dr. Dre to produce a limited-edition collection featuring the Beats Studio headphones, Beats Pill portable speaker and Urbeats earbuds.
New York designer Alexander Wang has teamed up with Beats by Dr. Dre to produce a limited-edition collection featuring the Beats Studio headphones, Beats Pill portable speaker and Urbeats earbuds.
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Undefeated has teamed up with Beats by Dr. Dre on a pair of limited edition studio headphones for Black Friday
Undefeated has teamed up with Beats by Dr. Dre on a pair of limited edition studio headphones for Black Friday. Beats’ most advanced headphone has been given a matte military green treatment all over the upper, drawing inspiration from the military-aesthetic that Undefeated is known for. Furthermore Undefeated has been placed in white stencil lettering on the top of the headphones.
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