Mar 31st 2015
MacBreak Weekly 448
Normcore
How Tidal will affect Apple's Beats.
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay.
Why Apple insiders are so worked up over two admiring Steve Jobs biographies, Apple's Tim Cook will give away all his money, how the relaunched Tidal music streaming service will affect Apple's Beats, why Comcast hasn't been talking with Apple about Apple TV, and more.
Guest: Adam Engst.
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Running time: 2:00:28
Links
- Why Apple insiders are so worked up over two admiring Steve Jobs biographies. (Slate)
- Apple's Tim Cook will give away all his money: Fortune (Reuters)
- Profile: since replacing the legendary Jobs, Tim Cook has led Apple to even greater financial success and changed the culture of the company (Fortune)
- Apple Acquires Durable Database Company FoundationDB (TechCrunch)
- Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music's biggest artists as his co-owners
- Apple unable to persuade record labels to lower licensing costs for Beats streaming music service; will be priced similarly to rivals at around $10 (NY Times)
- Meerkat is dying – and it's taking U.S. tech journalism with it (BGR)
- Comcast Says It's Not Talking to Apple About Apple TV, Because Apple Hasn't Asked (Recode)
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