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Apple Buys Lala Music Streaming, But Why?
Apple has snapped up music streaming biz Lala in what many initially thought to be a move to step beyond the strict download market of iTunes. On closer inspection it seems that Lala was a somewhat less-than-ideal target and Apple may just be gunning for ready-made engineering talent. "On balance, the purchase appears to give Apple the chance to bring in engineers that will be useful now, and could be even more so if it chooses to enter streaming or subscription services. But, for the moment, there's nothing about the purchase that seems to provide the company with any key technologies it was missing in terms of diving into markets. Until another company demonstrates that there's money to be made (or iPods to be sold) through streaming, there's no reason to think that a move of this sort is imminent."
Ah yes, the purchase of Lala will not, therefore, make Apple present throughout the universe.
Do insane people avoid Google?
Immanent...I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Do insane people avoid Google?
No, they think they're 'googling' while in fact they're using Bing
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Lala was in a better position to bring music people want directly to them.
This is precisely why Apple should purchase Pirate Bay.
Of course not. They're defined by their hardware choices. . . at least if they're seen with a Zune.
I kid.
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Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Po?
I saw a Zune in a store once. When I got home, 5 people had unfriended me on FaceTube.
Has the Windows version of iTunes aver lacked feature parity with the Windows version?
I would have to say no.