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“What time should I show up for work?” asked the hip-hop producer/entrepreneur, joking that he wanted to arrive at the company’s campus in the morning before early-arriving CEO Tim Cook.
“New employee orientation starts at 9:00, and you don’t want to miss the free t-shirt,” Federighi told Dre in a tongue-in-cheek conversation. The company did not announce a job title for Dre.
Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple as part of the deal, which will likely close by September, Apple said. The acquisition takes the form of a $2.6 billion in cash and around $400 million in stock. When the deal was first announced, Dr. Dre called himself "the first billionaire in hip hop." Whether or not that's true, he will definitely make a lot of money from the deal.
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." RIP Maya Angelou
— LA Reid (@LA_Reid) May 28, 2014
The world lost an incredible woman today who inspired me and millions of others. #RIP Maya Angelou
— Eva Longoria (@EvaLongoria) May 28, 2014
“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.” RIP Maya Angelou
— Pitbull (@pitbull) May 28, 2014
Damn it. Just heard of Maya Angelou's passing. Words that leap to mind: Dignity, Grace, Eloquence, Strength & Kindness. "RIP Maya Angelou"
— Michael Chiklis (@MichaelChiklis) May 28, 2014
RIp Maya Angelou God Bless http://t.co/yODkra8rSf
— Diddy (@iamdiddy
RIP to one of the greatest women this world has ever known. Thank you Maya Angelou for all of the gifts and knowledge you gave us...
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) May 28, 2014
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God, thank you for sharing your
Angel with us! Her extraordinary
gift encouraged many! You will… http://t.co/7pCL03cPnc
— KELENDRIA ROWLAND (@KELLYROWLAND) May 28, 2014
The world has lost a truly remarkable activist, educator and an inspiration to all. Rest In Peace… http://t.co/rh83EwhOZ4
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) May 28, 2014
"I've learned that you shouldn't go thru life w/ a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back." -Maya Angelou
— Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) May 28, 2014
Maya Angelou was a national treasure. She will be missed but not forgotten. #RIPMayaAngelou
— Condoleezza Rice (@CondoleezzaRice) May 28, 2014
We're saddened by the passing of our friend Maya Angelou. Thank you for all you've done, and for all the hugs. pic.twitter.com/kmLCN59Uef
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) May 28, 2014
A mighty tree has fallen. #MayaAngelou tribute tonight and tomorrow night on @PBS
— Tavis Smiley (@tavissmiley) May 28, 2014
Janick, who relocated to California to work as Iovine’s top lieutenant, said at the time of his hiring that, “I’ve been entrusted to help build this company for the future. It’s fantastic to be joining a company that has been built on such exciting artists and music; that’s something I intend on continuing.”
Now, it appears as though he will officially get his chance — and his label, not to mention the music industry writ large, will finally have in Iovine an ally inside Apple, whose music operations it appears as if he will soon be running.
The purchase of Beats, which also runs a streaming music service, would be Apple's largest ever acquisition, the newspaper reported. It said the deal could be announced as early as next week. Apple-watchers have speculated that the company that upended the music industry - and today is the single largest seller of tunes - was contemplating a Spotify-like on-demand music service to go with its recently launched iRadio service and iTunes store.
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There is a direct parallel to be drawn here between Instagram’s Direct image messaging feature, obviously — and it goes hand in hand with Twitter’s renewed interest in its direct messaging channel. The allegory is interesting, as there isn’t a lot of public evidence that Direct has had any real traction. Still, it allows Twitter to experiment with video messaging in a separate silo, and it does make some sense to start with Vine before adding video messaging to Twitter. You create a new Vine message by tapping on the Messages section, recording a video and sending it off. You can send to multiple recipients, but all of the conversations are one-to-one — much like competing messaging app Snapchat. If you send to multiple people, you’ll get separate threads for each one.
Zuckerberg is following the well worn path of other Silicon Valley technology moguls who also chose to take on the symbolic annual salary of $1 after they were already wealthy. Apple Inc.’s late co-founder Steve Jobs helped popularize the practice, which is today also espoused by Google Inc. co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, among others. All own sizable equity stakes in their own companies.
Mass production of liquid crystal display panels will start as early as the April-June quarter at Sharp's Kameyama factory, Japan Display's Mobara plant, and elsewhere, according to sources. LG Electronics will supply panels as well. The new handset's display resolution is expected to be significantly higher than that of current models. Apple put the iPhone 5 on the market in September 2012, selling 5 million units within the first three days. But shipments have since been lackluster. Last year, it introduced models in the same series with different price points for the first time with the 5S and 5C.
