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Beats Co-Founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Expected to Take on Senior Roles at Apple Following Acquisition
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All the outrage here is hilarious to me
Exactly right. I trust Apple's CEO over a few mind-numbing goofs on a forum, oddly enough.
What's really sad is people thinking this is a good idea because it will make Apple popular with urban youth.
If this turns out to be true all I can say is Jony please retire while you still have some integrity left (and before the ship sinks).
If this turns out to be true all I can say is Jony please retire while you still have some integrity left (and before the ship sinks).
Acquisition
I'm not saying that this is a "good" or "bad" acquisition, but people keep pressuring Apple to buy companies more often, then complain when they actually do it.
I'm not saying that this is a "good" or "bad" acquisition, but people keep pressuring Apple to buy companies more often, then complain when they actually do it.
Dre before he became a doctor.
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Soon there will be white Beats headphones with the Apple logo made from milled aluminum with very thin ear cups.
I would have thought a person of such high integrity as yourself would have abstained from making comments with such silly people; I've read your post history, you're highly intelligent and don't post frivolously.
I summarise that your account may have been hacked
Steve Case and Gerald Levin were the CEOs of AOL and Time Warner, respectively, when they merged back in 2000, despite the many criticisms. Both the largest companies in their respected industry, yet it turned out to be the worst merger in history.
This isn't kindergarten where you can experiment to 'try' please the shareholders. You get no points for trying. Apple is the most valueable company in the world. Every strategic choice that is less than excellent is not acceptable.
Me.
How could I say that I could possibly have his VAST experience with supply chain logistics, experience @ Compaq then Apple, etc?
Armchair CEOs - take your pick, but I am not one, I respect Tim a lot, and don't bow to peer pressure - he's a great CEO and God bless him
Macrumors needs a membership policy... oh hang on - it has one - to be a naive member of the public with a huge ego and a will to validate themselves to strangers over irrelevant fluff.
As a Dre fan (but not a Beats fan), I think how far he has come from where he came is truly inspirational.
Each deal is negotiated differently. How can I tell the rights are included? Because Apple is paying $3.2 billion for them. Apple would not buy a headphone company for that price, or even a streaming technology. It would never happen.
True. Maybe transferrable in the US, but definitely useless for a worldwide license, which means that Apple would still have to negotiate rights to be able to launch worldwide, so then what's the point?
"From Da ghetto" ?
Spare me the cheesy story about poor kids growing up as drug pushers, then done good.
This is an obvious buy. Competing successful music service. Beats has only grown since inception. It has the market on headphones, and turned premium headphones into a music subscription, with the potential for who knows what else.
Those that are acting like they are stupid on this basic concept probably would have no problem if this was someone from the Beetles.
Smh
Those that are acting like they are stupid on this basic concept probably would have no problem if this was someone from the Beetles.
Smh
It would be hilarious if it was Jony Ive's idea.
What has beats done to have so many people up in arms?Its only headphones.The worse beats headphones>>>>Apple EarPods.
