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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Dr. Dre owns a rumored 20-25% of Beats. Iovine likely owns far more. Dr. Dre did not start out in Hip-Hop. He started out producing for The World Class Wrecking Cru. He is is a producer not a Rappe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Don't be so f*cking arrogant. You think I would say something about Billboard without knowing what it is. What you don't seem to understand is that Billboard would know about things that Apple would…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Don't be so f*cking arrogant. You think I would say something about Billboard without knowing what it is. What you don't seem to understand is that Billboard would know about things that Apple wouldn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan Here's what some former Beats partners have to say about the company. http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-dre-the-inside-story-of-how-monster-lost-the-world http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Well, I'm glad to see we have someone from Billboard to help us assess what Billboard knows and doesn't know. I've read Billboard magazine since a LONG time ago. It's actually a very thin publicat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit I would think that Billboard would have at least as good an idea of the valuation of a company whose primary business is music. Billboard would know a lot more about Iovine and Dre's contacts and cont…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil So Moore’s law is implicitly a concern for consumers. You’re contradicting yourself. Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone Again, this is not a concern for consumer buyers. Whether or not Moo…
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Quote:Originally Posted by Splif Steve Jobs let Bill Gates & Eric Schmidt in. I never really agreed with the concept of keeping your enemies closer BS that a lot of people THINK is how to do business. If you bring the enemies too close, they'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone You do not need to factor in Moore's Law. Consumers don't. Heck, even pros don't. Buy what works for you today. Regardless whether you're a consumer or pro, it's an expense, not an investment. If you…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone Inflation. One buck in 1998 is worth two now (more or less). Two grand buys more computing power today due to Moore's Law and other advances in computing technology. Heck, my iPhone has more CPU speed, gr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Robin Huber I wonder how much of the delay is the result of Dre's big mouth. Loose lips sink deals in Apple world. Probably 99% of the reason.
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleSauce007 1. OK. Change that to 10 / 40 million and counting. 2. - 3. With the right model and some industry "Friends" Apple could get cable companies globally to follow their lead. 4. You should care beca…
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applesauce007 wrote: » 1. No, Wikipedia says "the service had approximately 10 million users as of 15 September 2010, about 2.5 million of whom were paying users. Total users reached 20 million by December 2012, 5 million of whom pay a month…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor I would love to know whether this is a case of demand being higher than expected or if it's a case of supply being lower than expected demand. Either way, it has been a very long time since apple has had…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I would be very surprised if there is even anything in the lab at this point. I just don't see the technology being there to even allow for a reasonable early HW designs. You might as well lump that in w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleSauce007 1. Don't be foolish, Spotify is determined to take a bite out of iTunes and remember that iTunes content is key behind the success of iPhones, iPads and iPods etc... People like the idea of having ful…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tastowe Why the apple are far behind on the smart glasses, smart watch, TVs and Liquidmedal. So they didn't have a skill to make to new products Apple's not trying to make smart glasses that I'm aware of. They've m…
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applesauce007 wrote: » Apple is about make a lot of ordinary people millionaires. There is still time to invest. I wish. :) That would have made me a millionaire soon. How is apple going to make a lot of ordinary people millionaires?
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applesauce007 wrote: » 1. Apple need to revamp iTunes ASAP as subscription music outfits are a threat to the iTunes model long term. 2. Apple is buying Beats for what Iovine and Dre can do for Apple and not just what they have. 3. If Iovine a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Why assume that eyewear can't also be an electronic device? Wouldn't you think Apple would incorporate CE into eyewear if they wear going to go down that route, just as one might assume that Apple gettin…