Those who make their living from rules and more rules are muttering darkly about Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Tag: Beats by Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre’s Apple-exclusive ‘Compton’ album streamed 25 million times in its first week
When Apple introduced its new streaming service, Apple Music, at the end of June…
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’ box office opening soars to $60.2 million
Straight Outta Compton cost an economical $29 million to produce, so…
Apple’s Dr Dre tops UK album chart after 16-year absence
U.S. hip-hop mogul Dr Dre topped the British album chart on Friday…
Apple’s Dr. Dre, Ice Cube: N.W.A was not misogynistic
Twenty-six years and many incarnations ago, they came straight outta Compton…
Apple’s Dr. Dre to donate royalties of new album to build Compton Performing Arts Center
Dr. Dre has announced plans to fund a new performing arts center in his old neighborhood…
Compton: Dr. Dre’s first album in 16 years will be an Apple Music exclusive, debut this Friday
Over the weekend, Dr. Dre announced on his Beats 1 show…
How Beats fools you into thinking its headphones are high-end and luxurious
Even before Apple acquired Beats, there existed a loud contingent…
Apple proves open to competition, adds ‘Anti-Beats’ Master & Dynamic headphones to online store
Although Apple acquired its own headphone brand with the purchase of Beats Electronics…
How Beats conquered the world
Back in the 1970s and 80s, before he helped found Beats Electronics…
Apple’s Beats acquisition may prove to be a huge money maker
Apple’s $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics isn’t a sexy acquisition…
Bono and Jony Ive hit Cannes as Bono gets inaugural Cannes LionHeart Award for pioneering (RED)
The organizers of the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity…
Two reasons why Apple shouldn’t buy Beats
It’s difficult to determine whether this is a good deal for Apple and its investors
Ben Thompson on possible Beats buy: Is Apple losing what makes Apple, Apple?
If you look back over the history of technology, there have been four epochs…
Nolan Bushnell: Beats is a ‘good deal for Apple,’ but it says Apple is ‘not an innovative tech company’
Post-Steve Jobs, it is just a different kind of company…
Beats Music is actually so good that I’m worried about Apple ruining it
Apple: please don’t ruin Beats Music…
Apple could become most powerful record label in the world with Dr Dre, Jimmy Iovine onboard
This won’t be the first time someone suggested Apple could start its own record label…
Bob Lefsetz on Apple-Beats deal: Tim Cook is an operations guy, he’s clueless, and the company has no vision
You’d think something important had happened…
Apple CEO Tim Cook makes break from managerial style of Steve Jobs
Cook became chief executive in late August 2011, roughly six weeks before Jobs died…
Analyst Sacconaghi on Apple buying Beats: ‘We struggle with the rationale for this deal’
Apple Inc. potentially dropping $3.2 billion for the high-end headphone maker Beats Electronics…
Cody Willard: Apple’s Beats buy is just stupid
Beats headphones are not exactly most audiophile’s dream headphones…
Apple may unveil Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre executive appointments at WWDC
Apple could unveil Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre as its latest recruits next month…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s pursuit of Beats seen presaging more takeovers
Tim Cook is making a habit of breaking with Apple Inc.’s past…
Former eMusic CEO explains why Apple wants to buy Beats
ormer eMusic CEO Adam Klein discusses the online music business…
Apple’s deep ties with Jimmy Iovine key driver of Beats deal
The seemingly odd cultural fit between the world’s most valuable company and a celebrity-fronted Santa Monica…
Removal of Dr. Dre video about Apple-Beats deal likely means acquisition is real and imminent
There’s been much excitement about the idea that Apple is going to purchase Beats…
Game changer: Apple buying Beats could radically transform the digital music business
There are still many unknowns about Apple’s reported acquisition of Beats…
Jimmy Iovine in talks to join Apple as a ‘special adviser’ to Tim Cook, sources say
Beats Electronics boss and veteran music industry executive Jimmy Iovine…
Apple close to buying Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, Reuters sources confirm
Apple Inc is close to paying a record $3.2 billion for Beats Electronics…
Dr. Dre boasts of Apple-Beats deal in YouTube video, on Facebook
The clip, since removed from Facebook, was posted by by singer-songwriter Tyrese Gibson…
If Beats deal happens, Apple is acquiring a fad, not quality, and that is troubling
Apple faces tremendous risk if it starts to give more importance to branding than to quality…
If Apple’s really buying Beats, here’s hoping it’s brilliant in a way which isn’t immediately obvious
When you hear that Apple may buy a well-known company…
The reason for Apple’s $3.2 billion interest in Beats? Spotify
At $3.2 billion, the Beats deal would be more than three times larger than any acquisition in Apple’s history…
Apple buying Beats Electronics: Its best idea since the iPad?
Apple is finally growing up…
Why would Apple want to blow $3.2 billion on Beats Electronics?
Apple has never spent even a billion dollars buying another company…
Apple in talks to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion
Apple is closing in on its largest ever acquisition…
