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Apple to Buy TiVo?

Posted by samzenpus on from the rumor-mill dept.

vallette writes "Reuters is reporting that Apple may be interested in buying TiVo. Seems like a good fit to me. Both companies stock price is up on the rumor."

13 of 491 comments (clear)

  1. Right... by atezun · · Score: 5, Funny

    And mysteriously my TiVo no longer skips those retina burning iPod commercials

    1. Re:Right... by SilentChris · · Score: 4, Funny

      Aww, com'on. Admit it. You had fun guessing those guys were U2. It took my wife 6 repeated viewings to figure that out (and it took my grandmother one viewing to spout "Why on earth would that girl twirl her hair around like that? She's going to get whiplash!")

    2. Re:Right... by Patik · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think it's time you move out of your grandmother's house so you and your wife can have your own place.

  2. the little "i" thing by TWX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, at least the TiVo service already somewhat goes with the current Apple naming scheme...

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  3. Mac Tivo? by CTO1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great. Now my Tivo will play even fewer games.

    1. Re:Mac Tivo? by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

      Great. Now my Tivo will play even fewer games.

      Wait till you see the one-button remote control. ;)

      (I kid because I love.)

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  4. Apple Product Cycle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Saw funny run-down of the Apple product cycle in someone's sig today. This cracked me up.

  5. Re:Go for it! by useosx · · Score: 5, Funny

    So if Apple buys TiVo are they then dying twice as fast or twice as slow?

    Or are their deaths still interdependent?

  6. Perfect Match by MustEatYemen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Misery Loves Company.
    Wonder when Apple will pick up BSD cause that's been dying forever, oh wait.

  7. Re:Go for it! by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

    So if Apple buys TiVo are they then dying twice as fast or twice as slow?

    It'll seem faster because you can skip the commercials.

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  8. Re:Maybe it's going here by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would they make a Tivo out of a cardboard box?

  9. Re:Go for it! by desmodromic · · Score: 5, Funny


    it's "sole purpose", dumb-ass.

    otherwise, great post.

  10. Re:Go for it! by milkman_matt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Buying TiVo gives them a running start. They can always call it the Apple TiVo or the Mac TiVo if they want.

    or the iVo!