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Mon, Mar 22, 2010 - 09:59 AM EDT — AAPL: 220.52 (-1.7299, -0.78%) | NASDAQ: 2369.22 (-5.19, -0.22%)

Apple’s Lala buy gives it a leg-up to the cloud; iTunes to get some remotely-hosted goodness?

Monday, December 07, 2009 - 09:20 AM EDT

Robert Andrews explains how Apple’s acquistion of Lala gives it a leg-up to the cloud.

"iTunes Store remains the market-leading music retailer, and iTunes the popular app, but competitors are gathering," Andrews writes. "As more of our lives are stored online, so more music is streaming from the cloud. In on-demand, Spotify is hoping to launch in the U.S. by Q2, MySpace Music is ramping up. In radio, Pandora and Last.fm are in the background."

"CNET reports Apple wants to 'obtain some of Lala’s payment and fulfillment systems' - but that would be pretty underwhelming," Andrews writes. "With MySpace having taken iLike and imeem off the market, a more interesting idea is that Apple will use Lala to inject some remotely-hosted goodness into iTunes."

Andrews writes, "Don’t expect Apple to follow the likes of Spotify and We7 down the ad-funded route - that market is already under pressure, with some of the leading services’ bosses beginning to admit they can’t make it work in isolation; Ruckus and SpiralFrog have croaked."

"And don’t expect Apple to launch a radical new web-based streamer or locker distinct from the core iTunes brand which has served it so well. More likely - integrating remote music access with the MobileMe suite that now offers web-based mail, calendar, contacts, photos, gallery and backup, but no songs (where music goes in iTunes, expect remotely-accessed movies and TV to follow)," Andrews writes. "And Lala’s own technology focuses on scanning users’ discs for existing songs to mirror online - so expect an emphasis on access to one’s own collection."

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Dec 07, 09 - 11:15 am Comment from: TowerTone

I'd certainly be on Cloud 9 if I saw Lala's legs up.....

OK, WTH, NSFW

http://howgoodisthat.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/2365162225_b504cb9dbf_o.jpg

Dec 07, 09 - 12:03 pm Comment from: ericdano

No. I think apple bought it not for the music, or locker thing. I think they saw something that they needed, mainly the backbone that could allow them to provide video to video phone calls.

Dec 07, 09 - 12:24 pm Comment from: Gabriel

@ TowerTone - Is that Lala? I see what you mean!

Suddenly I'm thinking of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", particularly the bits where she sings "La la la, la la la Lala..."

Dec 07, 09 - 12:35 pm Comment from: Hotinplaya

Ericdano
I agree, they purchased the talent

Dec 07, 09 - 01:15 pm Comment from: TowerTone

yes, Gabriel

Here's more
http://www.tikibartv.com/

Dec 07, 09 - 02:41 pm Comment from: Wun Dum Gai

I don't see how this can compete with Pandora!

Dec 07, 09 - 02:44 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

TT -

You're back on my Christmas list!

Dec 07, 09 - 02:49 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

TT -

Dec 07, 09 - 03:04 pm Comment from: Lala's dad

@ Gabriel

No that isn't Lala! This young lady looks a bit like her, ok, but my Lala would never do such a thing. She hasn't even got a camera, she told me so!

Dec 07, 09 - 04:33 pm Comment from: Gabriel

@ Lala's dad - For a moment there you sounded like Miley Cyrus's dad...

(...realizes these comments are going a bit off the rails...)

...ahem, yes, so, Lala Media as part of MobileMe, perhaps? Maybe they'll call it "MobileLalaMe"! Or, perhaps not.

Oh, and when I visit http://www.lala.com, I get a "Adobe Flash Player 10 or above required to play music on Lala." So, I'm assuming we can expect Apple to seek-and-destroy Lala's use of Evil Adobe Flash before too much longer...

Dec 07, 09 - 04:35 pm Comment from: Gabriel

(...I've just realized that "MobileLalaMe" contains the word "lame", d'oh! Not exactly the comedic intent I had in mind, though the MobileMe haters will probably have fun with it...)

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