Why Apple wants Dre’s Beats, this week on The CultCast

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If the reports ring true, Apple is about to embark on their largest acquisition ever, and the ramifications could be massive. On this episode of The CultCast, we dissect the Apple/Beats merger, and ask the questions: what could Apple possibly have planned for the world’s most popular headphone brand? Is new wearable headphone tech a part of Apple’s future? And most importantly, could the Doctor D-R-E be Apple’s next CEO? Strap on ya gats, ya’ll…

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Episode

CultCast #127 – Straight Outta Cupertino

On The CultCast this week

Leander Kahney – Cult of Mac Editor-in-Chief, loyal subject of the Queen.
Buster Heine – Cult of Mac writer and community manager.
Alex Heath – Cult of Mac writer.
Erfon Elijah – Cult of Mac writer and host of The CultCast.
Stephen Hacket – Co-Host of the very awesome The Prompt podcast.

Links to this week’s stories

Beats boss Jimmy Iovine might be joining Apple as Tim Cook’s ‘special adviser’

The future of headphones — streaming music built right in

With Beats, Apple buys the unobtainable: street cred

High-def audio coming to iOS 8 alongside new EarPods

Multitasking with split-screen could come to iOS8

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