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Apple Buys Lala Music Streaming, But Why?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the piles-of-cash-and-nothing-else-to-buy dept.

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."

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  1. "Immanent"? by abigor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah yes, the purchase of Lala will not, therefore, make Apple present throughout the universe.

  2. Imma-what? by Yamata+no+Orochi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Immanent...I don't think that word means what you think it means.

  3. Re:obviously, you haven't been paying attention... by silent_artichoke · · Score: 3, Funny

    mmm.. chocolate floor polish *drool*

  4. Re:iPhone streaming? by lwsimon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your post makes AT&T's network cry.

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  5. Re:Logic Pro anyone? One less Windows product by jo_ham · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw a Zune in a store once. When I got home, 5 people had unfriended me on FaceTube.

  6. Re:Logic Pro anyone? One less Windows product by VRisaMetaphor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has the Windows version of iTunes aver lacked feature parity with the Windows version?

    I would have to say no.