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Apple Faces Dog-Fight Vs. Netflix For ‘Cord Nevers’

If Apple (AAPL) launches a Web TV service, it might have a tough time winning over “cord nevers” — young adults who never subscribed to a cable or pay-TV service — especially if they’re already Netflix or YouTube users, says Forrester Research in a report. Apple reportedly is planning to offer a Web TV service that will target millennials, millennials with kids or millennials who watch mainly edgy “original’ content. The Forrester report looks at

Pandora Snaps Up Live-Event Ticket Sales Company

Pandora Media (P) announced Wednesday that it will buy Ticketfly for $450 million, vaulting the online music-streaming leader into the live-event and ticket sales business in its bid to take on rivals including Apple (AAPL) Music and Spotify. Pandora stock was down 4.5% in afternoon trading in the stock market today, near 21. Ticketfly provides ticketing and marketing software for venues and event promoters so fans can find and buy tickets, and it

Microsoft targets Apple with latest Surface notebooks

Microsoft (MSFT) took direct aim at Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday with new premium smartphones and convertible notebook-tablets that showed it can make crave-worthy personal technology like its esteemed rival. At a media event in New York City, Microsoft unveiled smartphones than can replace your desktop computer, tablets that can replace your laptop, an advanced fitness band, and a new video game for its upcoming holographic computing system. The star