Next week, Beats will have debuted its first product 15 years ago. The headphone maker quickly established itself as a status symbol, on the strength of partnerships with musicians and sports influenc
Buying someone else headphones is often easier said than done. Audiophiles are a fickle bunch and even kids know exactly what type of brand/sound they want these days. These headphones I’m recom
Beats by Dre is launching a new pair of headphones today, a Bluetooth-powered wireless version of the Solo2 headset it introduced back in June this year. The wireless edition was tipped by an FCC docu
Of all industry roller coasters, the music industry must be the wildest.
The last 30 years reshaped the business in a way we never could have imagined. Music as a product changed dramatically (e.g
Apple isn't wasting time putting the Beats brand to good use after its acquisition of the streaming music and audio hardware maker officially closed last week – the Mac maker now has a dedicated sec
Update: Apple announced the $3 billion deal on May 28th. Apple is after Beats for its streaming music expertise, not the hardware that most find mediocre at best, according to a new Bloomberg report o
In case you haven't noticed, rapper Dr. Dre has his own line of headphones. They're called "<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/16/beats-by-dre-pill-speaker/">Beats By Dre</a>" and until now, they
Since HTC's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/10/htc-announcement/">purchase of a majority stake</a> in Beats Electronics, the big question was which of their snazzy new handsets would be the fi
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<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ladygaga.jpg" />Say what you will about Dr. Dre, but the man is a hip-hop legend. Say what you will about Lady Gaga, but she's terrible.