We’ve heard the refrain over and over again: music is in Apple’s DNA…
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Apple’s W1-equipped wireless BeatsX earphones ship Feb. 10
After popping up in assorted stock trackers on Monday, the BeatsX W1-equipped headphones…
Apple delivers best experience in every category, research says
Apple’s image as an innovator and general leader of all things exciting has been assaulted of late…
Hands-on: Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones with Apple’s magical new W1 chip
Apple made a big, polarizing splash when it announced its new wireless AirPods…
Why Apple should bundle wireless Beats ‘EarPods’ with iPhone 7
Since Apple acquired Dr. Dre’s Beats headphone business back in May of 2014, the two…
Apple sneaks into several commercials during Super Bowl 50
Apple didn’t buy airtime during America’s National Football League 2016 Super Bowl, but…
Apple turns retail store logos red to recognize World AIDS Day
Apple today has joined in recognizing World AIDS Day by coloring Apple logos on its retail stores around the world bright red…
Beats’ new Pill+ Bluetooth speaker shows Apple influence
Well over a year after having been bought by Apple, Beats’ headphones and speakers…
Apple cuts headphone jack, will anger everyone or something
In its quest to create ever thinner iPhones, iPads and Macs, Apple has obtained a patent to cut the 3.5mm headphone jack…
Apple prepares for even thinner iPhones, files patent application for shaved down headphone plug
Apple has patented a shrunken-down headphone connector that shaves precious volume off existing 3.5mm and 2.5mm jack standards…
Apple shelved Beats’ $750 ‘Sonos killer’ Wi-Fi speakers; risks losing the living room?
Pop stars, live music, superlatives…
Beats 1: Apple’s strangest WWDC announcement, and why it sort of makes sense
Apple is launching a radio station…
Apple’s new music strategy
Music streaming represents one of the rare incidents of Apple losing control of one of its product’s life cycle…
Expect Apple to create the modern day equivalent of a record label led by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre
Tim Cook brought Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre and Ian Rogers into the fold for a reason…
How Beats went from a single pair of headphones to a $3 billion Apple acquisition
There’s one sense in which Apple and Beats are certainly a perfect match…
Online Apple store gets dedicated ‘Beats by Dr. Dre’ section
Apple has added a specific Beats by Dr. Dre section…
In Beats restructuring, Apple CEO Tim Cook sends subliminal message to Pandora
With the announcement of the restructuring, Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Apple to pare 200 positions from Beats
Many Beats employees in development and creative roles have been offered positions at Apple…
Apple said to be eyeing new ad direction
Madison Avenue is betting that Apple’s advertising business is headed for a shake-up…
Beats sues Chinese counterfeiters for $135 billion
Beats wants to stop cheap, Chinese-made knockoffs…
EU regulators to decide on Apple, Beats deal by July 30
European Union antitrust regulators will decide by July 30 whether…
Dumping the headphone jack for Lightning and other ways Apple could reinvent headphone tech
The 3.5mm jack outputs analog audio, and the Lightning port is capable of passing digital audio…
Why Apple may axe the 3.5mm headphone jack
The folks from Cupertino have added headphones to the list of Made for iPhone devices…
Apple’s Beats Electronics purchase in the age of bluetooth
Atop this year’s list of recommended Father’s Day gift ideas…
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…
Apple may be poised to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
The Lightning headphones will be capable of receiving lossless stereo…
What Steve Jobs and Dr. Dre have in common
Apple’s late founder, Steve Jobs, made no secret of his belief that…
Apple may ditch analog 3.5mm headphone jack for Lightning to make thinner devices
A new program designed to allow third-party manufacturers to build headphones…
Apple introduces MFi specs for Lightning cable headphones, iOS software update to deliver support
Headphones that connect to iOS devices using a Lightning connector instead of the usual 3.5mm headphone jack…
Isaacson: Steve Jobs would have done Beats deal
One of the rallying cries of those opposed to Apple’s…
Beats’ sleek, new Solo² headphones promise better quality for a wider variety of music
Four words: Less emphasis on bass…
How Tim Cook buying Beats is like Steve Jobs buying SoundJam
The year was 1999. Steve Jobs was on stage at Macworld…
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…
