If all the articles are any indication, Apple needs more hiphop and is allegedly buying Beats by Dre for over $3 billion. Is it more than Apple just needing a new entre’ in to the world of hiphop? Is there more to this story?
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: Magic Mountain by The Blisscats. Brought to us by Music Alley.
The Podcast
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Discussed During the Show
Minnesota’s Top Stories
- SPS Omnichannel 14 recap
- Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel resigns
- Midwest Mobile Summit recap
- Magnet360: Latest Acquisition Pushes Tech Firm’s Headcount Over 100
- SmartThings: SmartThings Hires Business Development Head Kelly Liang From Google Glass Team
- Julio Ojeda-Zapata articles
Last Week’s Other Big Stories
- Major ISPs accused of deliberately throttling traffic
- 50 leading tech investors tell the FCC a pay-to-play internet would kill startups
- Russia Quietly Tightens Reins on Web With ‘Bloggers Law’
- Minnesota House Advances Smartphone ‘Kill Switch’ Bill
- Apple Deal for Beats by Dre
Other Mentions
Gang Mentality
We all know the internet is making the inefficient, efficient…but is it really destroying businesses faster than they’re being created?
- Washington Post ‘Wonkette’: U.S. businesses are being destroyed faster than they’re being created
- “The American economy is less entrepreneurial now than at any point in the last three decades. That’s the conclusion of a new study out from the Brookings Institution, which looks at the rates of new business creation and destruction since 1978.”
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