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Why Does Apple's CarPlay Exclude Pandora And Google Maps?
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 3:52pm | 447When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled details of its CarPlay on Monday, all the buzz was over what the new technology can do. On Tuesday, the buzz is over what CarPlay cannot do. iPhone users who are faithful Pandora subscribers are likely to be disappointed if they were hoping to be able to stream...
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5 Apple Headlines From Monday You Might Have Missed
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 8:36am | 512Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made plenty of news Monday. Here are some stories you may have missed. Apple Faced 92 Patent Suits in the Past Three Years In a rare move for Apple, its lawyers were uncharacteristically candid with their comments. Over the past three years, Apple has faced 92 patent...
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First Time For Everything: Digital Music Sales Fell In 2013
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 12:10pm | 424If you don’t learn from history, you’re bound to repeat it... At least that’s how the old cliché goes, but it appears that the music industry may be repeating the past after new data found that sales of digital music fell for the first time since Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) app store opened in 2003...
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Why Did Apple Just Buy Topsy Labs?
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 10:05am | 563According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently acquired social search company Topsy Labs Inc. for at least $200 million. Never heard of Topsy? If you’re looking to analyze all of the Twitter data since 2006, Topsy is (or was) your company of choice. You could figure out...
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Pandora Earnings Preview: What The Analysts Are Saying
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 12:18pm | 663Pandora Media (NYSE: P) is set to report its third quarter 2014 results after the closing bell on Thursday, November 21. The consensus EPS is $0.06, while consensus revenue is $174.8 million. Last quarter the company reported a $0.04 EPS, beating consensus by $0.02. Revenues also came in higher...
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Pandora Not Falling Victim to iTunes Radio (AAPL, P)
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 8:42am | 476If you believed that the introduction of iTunes Radio would mean the end of Pandora (NYSE: P) you were in the majority. Like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) did to the music business, many expected iTunes Radio to send smaller competitors like Pandora to the technology startup graveyard but early numbers...
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Apple Announces New Macs, New iPads And Offers One Million Apps
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 3:50pm | 792Thinner and lighter product designs reigned supreme at Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) long-awaited iPad event. The lengthy event began with statistics and freebies. Apple announced that it now offers one million apps in the App Store. The company also said that more than one billion songs have been played...
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Pandora Answers Apple's iTunes Radio With New Apps And New Tag Line
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 10:46am | 651So what if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just released iTunes Radio? Pandora (NYSE: P) doesn’t care. Pandora just released new iOS apps, including a new iPad app and an upgraded iPhone app. According to Mashable, the company also has a spiffy new logo and tag line, “let there be music” with a slick video...
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Pandora Announces Sale of 10 Million Shares Ahead of Apple iTunes Radio Launch (AAPL, P)
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 9:04am | 528Pandora Media (NYSE: P) said Monday it planned to sell 10 million shares and that venture-capital firm, Crosslink Capital would sell another four million shares, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company said it was taking advantage of the fact that shares have more than doubled this...
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Apple's Newest Patent Could Revolutionize Live Music, DJ Experiences (AAPL)
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 6:32pm | 480Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have disappointed some consumers when it unveiled iTunes Radio, but its next music service could be a lot more exciting. According to AppleInsider, the company has filed a patent for a "silent disco" experience where "musical characteristics sampled from a roving DJ's...
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Pandora Plummets After Disappointing Q2 Results, Weak Guidance (P)
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 6:13pm | 436Shares of Pandora (NYSE: P) are down more than four percent in after hours trading after the company announced weaker-than-expected earnings results and guidance. Based on the press release ("Pandora Reports Record 2Q14 Financial Results"), investors might not have immediately realized that...
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Apple Unveils iTunes Radio, American-Made Mac Pro and Cheaper MacBook Air
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 3:35pm | 853Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference event with a developer- and media-focused presentation regarding the next iteration of OS X and iOS 7. </p> The big product-related news came when Apple announced the long-awaited Mac Pro update. Scheduled to...