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Beats Project “Daisy” spins off with independent funding (without Apple)

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just last night there was a bit of an interesting "leak" of information leading the public to believe Beats streaming music project "Daisy" would be joining forces with Apple - as it turns out, they're actually teaming up with a whole different party altogether. While it might seem like quite a stretch to think that the investment announced today would have had anything to do with Apple's Tim Cook, there still may be room for the company to be in on this deal - however unlikely. The announcement today is for a $60 million dollar investment "led by" Access Industries (the industrial group founded by Len Blavatnik), Marc Rowan, James Packer and "entities affiliated with Lee M. Bass". Read The Full Story

Apple reportedly in talks with Beats over music streaming service

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

According to sources said to be familiar with the situation, Apple's Tim Cook and Eddy Cue met up with Jimmy Iovine, the CEO of Dr. Dre's Beats. The trio are reported to have talked about Beats' planned music service codenamed Project Daisy, something it says is in reference to the first digital song. The talks weren't about any sort of deal, however, instead spanning a wide range of topics about the service in general. Read The Full Story

Beats Project Daisy pulls off as stand-alone music service

, Jan 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Beats Electronics have announced Ian Rogers as CEO of a brand new stand-along music service-based company that'll operate under the Beats Electronics umbrella. This move has the Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine founded company pushing forward with this separate sect that'll be joined by music industry veterans Luke Wood and Trent Reznor as well as music company Topspin. Breaking this all down into its simplest terms: there's about to be a new Beats-related music entity in the market that sells digital music. Read The Full Story

Trent Reznor working on music-streaming service, expected to launch early next year

, Dec 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Trent Reznor, the musician behind the one-man band Nine Inch Nails recently partnered up with Beats by Dre back in October, but projects and efforts from the partnership remained quiet. However, Reznor has announced that he's working on a new music-streaming service to take on the likes of Spotify and Rdio. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 16, 2012

, Oct 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Tuesday evening everyone. Today was a pretty big day as far as news goes, with Apple sending out invites to an upcoming event, which is where we're assuming the company will announce the iPad Mini. Not one to be outdone, Microsoft finally gave us some substantial details on Surface today (including information on pre-orders), and Samsung was right there to put its line up of new Windows 8 PCs and tablets up for pre-order as well. Read The Full Story

Beats Audio unveils new Pill portable speaker

, Oct 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

In need of a wireless, portable speaker? Beats Audio has you covered, today revealing a new tiny speaker with a weird little name. Say hello to the Beats Pill, which you can see pictured below. One glance at the image and you can tell where Beats Audio got the name, but that still doesn't make it sound any less strange. In any case, the Pill is a wireless speaker, so you know what that means: Bluetooth, baby. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone 8X by HTC hits AT&T with Beats equipped

, Oct 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

AT&T is bringing on the HTC heat this season with not one, not two, but three new smartphones ready to keep you in the fold with One love. Of course the HTC One series name is relegated to the Android universe, but for Windows Phone 8, this is the closest you're going to get: the Windows Phone 8X by HTC, arriving in November. This device comes with a 4.3-inch 720p display, 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, and Beats audio. Read The Full Story

Beats Audio tipped for HTC Windows Phone 8 devices

, Aug 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

With Windows Phone 8 reportedly launching on October 29, the rumor mill has been working overtime lately. The latest Windows Phone 8 rumor comes courtesy of The Verge and concerns HTC. Apparently, HTC's Windows Phone 8 devices will come with support for Beats Audio, which isn't all that surprising to hear considering that HTC has partnered with Beats in the past. Read The Full Story

HTC Desire X pushes “One” features to classic range

, Aug 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

A brand new HTC device has been revealed with several of the features that make the HTC One series a "Hero" set of phones, here in a more modest package with the HTC Desire X. This device works with a 4-inch 480 x 800 pixel super LCD display and a 1Ghz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor from Qualcomm and comes with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. This device also comes with the newest software the manufacturer has to offer with their user interface Sense 4.0. Read The Full Story

HP ENVY 4 Ultrabook Review

, Aug 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

What we have here today is the shiny new HP ENVY 4 Ultrabook sporting a 3rd gen Intel Core-i5 dual-core processor and of course those Beats Audio speakers. It packs a lot of power under the hood and all folded up will only be about 0.78″ thick, but is this enough to earn your dollars? Head down past the break and we’ll find out.

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HTC sells controlling Beats Audio stake as smartphones stumble

, Jul 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

HTC has scaled back its role in Beats Audio, with the headphones manufacturer buying back half of HTC's shares in the company as the smartphone firm struggles to find its feet once more. Described as "a realignment of their business agreement" the deal will see Beats buy 25-percent of HTC's 50/50 holding, ending up with 75-percent ownership; however, the two companies insist that they still intend to work together. Read The Full Story

Beats Electronics finally buys MOG Music

, Jul 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Beats Electronics is best known as a headphone company that produces. The Beats By Dr. Dre line of headphones originally started with Monster. Monster and Beats Electronics went their separate ways early this year and rumors have been swirling for a while now the Beats was eyeing the purchase of the MOG music service. Read The Full Story