Five Startups Apple Can Buy After Beats To Make Our Lives Better


Apple is reportedly in talks with Beats Electronics to materialize one of the biggest acquisitions in their history. Apple might spend a whopping $3.2 billion to acquire this headphone leader. Apart from making flashy and famous headphones Beats has their own on demand add free Subscription streaming service, for an affordable $10 dollar a month. And Apple will be taking over this service along with the company’s hardware division. It is interesting, because amongst all the startups Apple can buy they chose Beats.

According to industry insiders paid music streaming service grew by 57 percent last year in the United States and download services have declined by 1 percent, something that iTunes is known for. Hence, it can be considered as a clever move by Apple to get into the already successful streaming service by Beats.

Apple is known for bringing in groundbreaking innovative products, but they can save a lot of time and recourses by acquiring some of the greatest inventions that are already there. So, let’s take a look at some of the startups that Apple should acquire to create better products:

Uber- This transportation network built on top of an iPhone platform is already transforming the way the world moves. They have connecting riders and drivers in more than 70 cities across 35 countries and are expanding rapidly. Google invested $258 million to help this startup become the next big tech giant, but reports started surfacing that it was for an on- demand same day delivery network for self driving cars, however nothing of that sort has materialized yet. If Apple steps in with such a service then they can turn this science friction into reality.

Dropbox- Drew Houston the co-founder of Dropbox turned down the $250 million offer given by Steve Jobs back in 2009. Which resulted in the creation of iCloud, but Dropbox is in the lead as it is far more popular and profitable than iCloud. Dropbox provides amazing file sharing, backup options and up to 2GB of free storage to all of its users, something that Apple only provides to their customers. Dropbox is currently working on a feature that will store apps data directly onto their servers; which is something that Apple can cash in on. It will definitely be one hard nut to crack since Dropbox rejected their previous offer.

Tinder- It’s high time Apple got into social networking. Why not? Its arch rival Google has it and competitor Facebook is one, so Apple should not miss out on this opportunity. And what’s better than Tinder the hottest new social networking platform (Dating app). This app has provided more than 100 million matches since its inception and Apple can bring in their own twist by changing the look and feel of the app and make it more appealing to larger audience.

Coin- Coin is one place for all your debit and credit cards. It’s probably the most easiest and secured ways of making payments. Since Apple has indicated that money payments and transfers are going to be an essential feature of their upcoming phones, this acquisition can become their first step to convert that plan into action. Apple can buy this startup and add up Square like features that let users accept cards from wherever they are, and give a valid receipt. Apple can turn it around the other way by letting people use their cards to make payments as well.

GoPro- when it comes to cameras, Apple needs to step up in the game. They do not have any stand alone cameras like their rival Samsung does nor do their cameras in iPhones or iPads provides features like that of Sony or Samsung. With the camera technology of GoPro and mobile technology of Apple they can create amazing quality mobile cameras that will give their rivals a run for their money. Apart from that Apple can create camcorders with the technology behind GoPro as well.

There are plenty of other companies that Apple can takeover, but it is up to this tech giant to make the move and mould them according to their marketing needs.