Apple bought Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion last year, but it has remained curiously quiet regarding its long-term plans for the maker of headphones, speakers, and audio software.

Consolidation in streaming music has begun, though perhaps a bit earlier than expected. Pandora is acquiring “the technology and intellectual property" of streaming music service Rdio for $75 million, ...

"iRadio is coming. There's no doubt about it anymore." That's the money quote from a weekend article published on The Verge-- and it's the reason shares of world's-biggest music-streamer Pandora are ...