Spotify executives are trying to convince their music label counterparts that the company’s premium subscription service will sell itself if customers can get a taste for free. During negotiations in recent weeks to renew music licens…
The seemingly unthinkable scenario of Intel manufacturing ARM chips may be closer than we think, following a report by Reuters of negotiations between Intel and Apple. A source close to one of the companies has revealed that executive…
We already knew that Google Play has sought licenses for a subscription music service, but now comes word that Google’s YouTube wants them, too. Fortune reported today that YouTube will launch a subscription service sometime later thi…
Verizon is reportedly looking “resolve” its relationship with Vodafone, its European counterpart that holds a 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless. According to Bloomberg, Verizon hopes to either end its relationship with Vodafone or …
Apple is in negotiations to bring HBO Go to the Apple TV by mid-2013, reports Bloomberg, citing two people “familiar with the plans.” The streaming service is already available to HBO subscribers on Apple’s other iOS dev…
If Microsoft is going to invest in Dell’s privatization, Redmond wants to have some say over the company’s future roadmap and key decisions. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports Microsoft’s potential role…
Despite earlier rumors that claimed a deal was in the works, CNET and TechCrunch are both reporting that Apple (AAPL) has no plans to acquire Waze. It was previously reported that Apple was considering a buyout of the social navigation startup in an effort to improve its widely-panned Maps application. A second report suggested that negotiations between the two companies were further along than once thought and that Waze was seeking a hefty $750 million payout from Apple. According to MG Siegler of TechCrunch, however, “there is no deal happening, at least not now or anytime soon.”
Following multiple reports from Wednesday that suggested Apple (AAPL) has an interest in acquiring social navigation service Waze, a new report suggests that negotiations between the two companies may be further along than we initially thought. Waze, a voice-guided navigation service provider that enhances its product by collecting and analyzing data from active users, is apparently receptive to the idea of being acquired by Apple but it is holding out for a hefty $750 million payday, TechCrunch reports. There is still a fair amount of ground to make up according to the report, as Apple has supposedly offered $400 million plus another $100 million in incentives.
Intel (INTC) is indeed working on a service that will look to change the way cable TV is consumed, but it is running into some of the same problems Apple (AAPL) has seen in its efforts to turn the TV business on its head. The Wall Street Journal reports that Intel is currently in negotiations with media companies to discuss plans to become a “virtual cable operator,” selling TV channel bundles that would be delivered to users over the Internet. The company is also pitching the idea of offering TV channels outside of bundles, however, and this is where it is running into problems. Convincing media companies to agree to the radical new model has reportedly been very challenging, and Intel
Samsung (005930) has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission requesting an import and sales ban on a variety of Ericsson (ERIC) products. The company’s move comes after Ericsson filed a similar request with the agency last week. Samsung previously accused Ericsson of asking for “prohibitively higher royalty rates to renew the same patent portfolio” and that it will defend itself against a lawsuit. Samsung said in a statement to Reuters that it attempted to “negotiate with Ericsson in good faith, however Ericsson has proven unwilling to continue such negotiations by making unreasonable claims, which it is now trying to enforce in court.” Samsung is now accusing Ericsson of infringing upon seven of its patents concerning telecommunications networking
