Business Insider Sells in Changing Online Media Landscape, Apple Music Risk Is Increasing, Apple Acquires VocalIQ as a Gift for Siri
Today's Above Avalon stories:
- Business Insider Sells in Changing Online Media Landscape
- Apple Music Risk Is Increasing
- Apple Acquires VocalIQ as a Gift for Siri
We kick things off this week by looking at the Business Insider sale to Axel Springer and the broader implications to the online media space. Apple's bet with Apple News is built on two assumptions about online media, one of which appears to be taking place. We then shift over to Apple Music. Jimmy Iovine gave an interview with the LA Times and reading in between the lines, we can reach a few assumptions about how Apple Music is doing. We conclude with news that Apple acquired VocalIQ. Even though Siri has come a long way, Apple is just getting started with the personal assistant.
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Something Feels off with Google, iOS Adoption Trends, Thursday Q&A (Apple Watch vs. Ultra-Luxury Swiss Watch Industry)
Today's Above Avalon stories:
- Something Feels off with Google
- iOS Adoption Trends
- Thursday Q&A: How does the Apple Watch make the ultra-luxury Swiss watch industry irrelevant?
Google held its latest keynote this past Tuesday focused on new Nexus phones and other hardware initiatives. Something felt off about the event. When looking at recent smartphone trends more broadly, it's clear something is going on at Google. We then shift over to iOS adoption rates to see how things look with iOS 9 having been out for two weeks. We conclude with Thursday Q&A which takes a closer look at how Apple Watch will make the ultra-luxury watch market irrelevant.
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