Apple confirms acquisition of Beats compared to 3 billion dollars

Apple confirmed Wednesday it will pay the amount of $ 3 billion deal is the biggest so far , in order to acquire the company , " Bates " Beats specialized in manufacturing headsets and music streaming services .

As part of the acquisition, the company will join the founding Bates , Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre, to Apple , and his part, Executive Director of the latter , Tim Cook , said the deal would allow the company to continue innovation in products and services for innovative music , as he put it .

In a statement, Apple said it will pay an initial $ 2.6 billion for the company Bates , while the rest of the money will remain in custody , and $ 400 million .

The company Bates was founded in 2008 by music producer Jimmy Iovine and hip-hop star known as Dr Dre, and renowned for over the past years headphones that carry the same name , has also earlier this year launched a service for music search versus subscriptions paid .

Although Apple's own store iTunes , which is the greatest service to remove the songs in the world , yet it had last year launched a service " Aanonz Radio " , but still suffer from fierce competition by a number of services , such as " Spotefaa " Spotify and " Pandora " Pandora and " Rideau " Rdio.

Some argue that this acquisition indicate somewhat that Apple is no longer such innovative company that is developing products on their own , but become dependent on buying small companies Her innovations , which is referred to by Cook , where he said that " Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine have did not notify the products come into your mind . "

In addition to the headphones, sells Bates earphones and portable audio amplifiers , and the company has partnered with carmakers and personal computers to include the technology , " Bates Odio " Beats Audio in its own products.

The company expects to complete the deal Apple's acquisition of Bates during the fourth quarter of this year, after obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals .