deep web technologies is a software company that specializes in mining the deep web — the part of the internet that is not directly searchable through ordinary web search engines .

the company produces a proprietary software platform " explorit " for such searches .

it also produces the federated search engine scienceresearch.com , which provides free federated public searching of a large number of databases , and is also produced in specialized versions , biznar for business research , mednar for medical research , and customized versions for individual clients .

deep web technologies

many inaccurately use the terms deep web and dark web interchangeably . however , the dark web is only a small portion of the deep web .
the dark web actually refers to a set of accessible , albeit anonymously hosted , websites that exist within the deep web .
sometimes you will hear the term deep web used interchangeably with
dark web ,
but they aren ' t really the same thing .
) is a company that has pioneered a number of these efforts . in november 2008 , deep web technologies introduced biznar for business research and mednar for medical research . deep web tech promised it would be adding other vertical search sites ( see the newsbreak ,
search builder and alerts will receive a few tweaks , too . if you’re not a deep web technologies’ customer yet , you can experience alerts on biznar or on urltoken .
. after seeing his analytical skills and ability to adapt , we hired him on as a deep web investigator .
for organizations with speakers of multiple languages , deep web technologies offers both a localized user interface as well as multilingual translation capabilities . while they often go hand in hand , they are not always packaged together .
) . originally released in 2005 as a search engine focused on providing access to publicly searchable journal literature , urltoken now boasts a greatly expanded set of searchable collections and deep web technologies ' next - generation federated search engine .
how does someone go from being an aspiring sports writer to having the job title “data acquisition engineer” ? although it seems unconventional , this path has paid dividends for one of our experts on deep web technologies , corey hermanson .
while this seems huge , a much larger part of the web lurks below the surface web and isn ' t indexed .
here ' s the easiest way to think about the deep web : it ' s all the data behind firewalls . think user databases , business intranets , web archives , password - protected websites , etc .
while the masses of web searchers remain glued to using the search box on general search engines , savvy users and researchers who want more bang for their search buck know that vertical search portals can help them hone in on relevant sources more quickly and can tap deep web sources that general search engines don ' t reach . portals in medicine , business , government , and science have proven particularly attractive and useful . the aptly named deep web technologies (
at deep web technologies , we want our customers to feel comfortable with their explorit everywhere ! applications . we tailor your application to your organization’s style , administrative and researcher’s needs – make it the search application your organization needs to use it comfortably and use regularly .
the dark web is much smaller than the deep web , and it ' s made up of numerous types of sites . but it ' s perhaps most popular for its anonymous marketplaces that often sell illegal products like drugs or weapons .
medical organizations , hospitals and medical libraries must take advantage of new technologies that allow their researchers to find current information quickly and efficiently without spending much time learning how to do it . deep web technologies’ explorit everywhere ! medical solution brings value to your organization by allowing you to search deeper , search more sources simultaneously , and to do that more effectively , without missing critical information .
deep web technologies has built a number of showcase federated search applications that are publicly available . try one or more and have your own experience of explorit everywhere ! . to tailor explorit everywhere ! with you content sources , look and feel and specific requirements , please see our price quote page .
“we were pleased that deep web technologies was responsive to our need to integrate another vendor’s chat software into our federated search solution . we tested in a developmental environment first , saw no problems , and brought it into our live site right on schedule , ” said ken winter , associate library director , vdot research library . “the result is that if our patrons using deep web have a question , they can initiate a live chat with library staff and get answers in seconds . ”
silk road was really the first successful anonymous marketplace that thrived on the dark web .
enter deep web technologies’ next - generation federated search , explorit everywhere ! , the powerhouse behind worldwidescience . org . in the review , khue duong explored the search functionality ( including advanced search ) on worldwidescience . org , and performed four searches to test the application results . three of the tests performed well , returning relevant results :
when you ' re checking your email , shopping online , or facebooking , you are using what is referred to as the
surface web
or
visible web .
the visible web consists of websites that are indexed by normal search engines , like google or yahoo . according to one estimate , there are at least 4 billion indexed web pages .
customer stories are the lifelines of deep web technologies . we revel in hearing how an unassuming researcher shortened their workday and redirected their energy toward other tasks . or how a nursing instructor had allotted an hour for an article search and his task was complete in sixty seconds ! the story below comes from our friend anita wilcox at the university college cork library .
earlier in june , deep web technologies introduced search builder , an automatic deep web search engine creation tool . this tool will allow a user to create and save a custom search page consisting of just the sources the user wants to search . search builder makes it possible to deliver any number of individualized federated search portals within an organization . search builder allows administrators or authorized users to create as many federated search portals as needed , which represent privately branded search pages containing different default collections and search fields used for the search , as well as customized user experience . search builder will be integrated into urltoken as well as mednar and biznar .
deep web technologies’ customers see increased efficiency every day using explorit everywhere ! , so we second simon’s evaluation of how federated search improves the overall picture of modern search . our customers tell us that they find exactly what they are looking for in seconds or minutes . we are constantly evaluating our efforts to rapidly return the right results from across multiple repositories . and as data grows , so do we .
the most common software used to access the the dark web is the onion browser , referred to as tor .
over the last year , urltoken has garnered lots of attention as not only an excellent search portal for scientific information , but a multilingual search portal as well . in january 2015 , microsoft published a case study about urltoken . a few months later , deep web technologies published an article in urltoken magazine . and urltoken isn’t the only portal using our federated search . explorit everywhere ! is used for several other public search portals , such as
at deep web technologies we think that explorit everywhere ! is the simplest way for researchers to perform a single search for results across their various information sources , find relevant results and seamlessly process those results . but it’s that final part – processing results – that dwt just made simpler for our researchers through our new mylibrary feature . mylibrary has evolved over the years from citations manager , to my selections , and now to the more full - featured mylibrary .
there ' s a hidden part of the internet that is much larger than the parts of the web you use every day .
by some estimates , this part of the internet is estimated to be 400 to 500 times as large as the surface web .
join us for a no - cost webinar to experience our explorit everywhere ! medical solutions right at your desktop . this engaging and educational webinar , led by abe lederman , ceo of deep web technologies , will give attendees a firsthand demonstration of how explorit everywhere ! medical provides you comprehensive , one - stop access to your most important medical literature through a more thorough search , automatic alerts , and customized search pages . attendees will see how explorit everywhere ! medical is used at leading medical libraries .
the urltoken portal aims
to unify the world wide web ' s dispersed science to become the world ' s most comprehensive portal for science .
additionally , the portal seeks to make
long tail science ,
the very specialized science that may appear to be of limited interest , available to a larger audience through which applications may be found . hopefully , the portal is designed to serve as a catalyst for scientific discoveries and innovative solutions .
our goal is to make more science research available to more individuals than any other portal ,
says abe lederman , founder , president , and cto of deep web technologies .
all in all , this allows him to relish the freedom our team has in trying out new technologies and processes . the company size is also allows us to avoid a cookie - cutter approach to managing client data .
for a comprehensive list of science sources on the web , including search engines , digital catalogs , and gateways , see the cover article in the june issue of searcher by barry n . brown and paul piper ,
all ( almost ) on the internet : freely available science information resources on the web .
livelinks for the urls mentioned in the article are available at urltoken .
corey enjoys familiarizing himself with the most advanced technology in the industry . one process that caught his eye is the utilization deep learning algorithms to interpret big data sets . he then uses these data sets and applies them to the curated documents we harvest .
last fall , librarian roddy macleod of heriot - watt university in the u . k . posted to the library ' s blog a list of 9 recommended science search engines ( urltoken ) .
these will usually give much more focused search results than google ,
he wrote . significantly , five of the nine search engines chosen are sites built by deep web technologies . the post was not lost on lederman , who said ,
we ' re delighted - but not surprised - to see that more than half of the first - rate science search engines selected by this blog have been created by dwt . our search engines stand out because they encompass a broad range of resources that ensures user access to the best scientific , technical , and business content .
establishing these parameters are crucial for success , because inevitably , we’re going to be harvesting hundreds of thousands of web pages and each of those pages . addressing what works best for harvesting content and how we should
identified the struggle physicians have juggling insurance companies , new performance measurements and new technologies…all of which place patient care lower on the list of priorities . more and more medical organizations express concern over finding ways to efficiently address the changing healthcare landscape while staying true to their core purpose , one - on - one care .
you should be confident that when you perform a search for information , you will see everything critical to your research or to inform your decision - making . explorit everywhere ! is your deep web search to find that important information available through your subscription , premium , or internal sources and return it to you , with the most relevant results at the top of the page . we don’t just make vague promises of the perfect search . try our technology on one of our publicly available applications .
when meeting with a new client , corey first establishes guidelines . he addresses what questions the client wants answered through the semi - structured web content . then he determines what kpis ( key performance indicators ) we will use to determine the success of a project .
in the united states , most of our public websites are in english . we’re used to searching , clicking to our result and reading the web page instructions , navigation and results in english . and , if we happen to run across a page that is in a different language , most browsers will translate the page to english so we can continue our research .
is it fair to ask researchers to reference a separate web page to understand what digital content is included in their search , particularly when they are urgently trying to find something from a particular source of information ? or should we ask researchers to disregard knowing what sources they are searching and to just pay attention to the results ? neither of these seems appropriate in this day and age .
to begin to combat this resource transparency problem , libraries are creating separate web pages of source lists and descriptions for serious researchers . who is the provider ? what is the resource and what information exactly does the resource provide ? these pages also include the categories of sources searched such as ebooks , articles , multimedia collections , etc . while these lists of resources are certainly helpful to document ,
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urltoken provides a single point of access to more than 400 high - quality , publicly searchable science and technology collections with a new , robust user interface specifically designed for advanced scientific research .
featured collections
are included , which search major science search portals including science . gov , worldwidescience . org , and the e - print network ( urltoken ) . urltoken also searches scienceconferences , a portal providing access to some of the best conference proceedings , and mednar . com . each of these portals returns their best 200 search results to urltoken . these results are aggregated with the results returned by individual sources .
urltoken is divided into 15 categories , including chemistry , earth and environmental sciences , health and medicine , and physics . categories have also been created for science news and patents . users can search any number of categories , searching all collections within the categories selected , or choose specific collections within a category to narrow their search . urltoken ' s categories are managed by volunteer moderators who help the urltoken team select the best , most authoritative collections to include in each category . the company says it is seeking moderators for several categories .
we hope that urltoken will help to accelerate scientific discovery around the world ,
commented lederman .
this portal promotes the cross - fertilization of ideas and theories among researchers in different fields through the simultaneous search of hundreds of important collections that a researcher might not otherwise find .
lederman says ,
to the best of our knowledge , no other federated search application simultaneously searches 400 sources .
but he stressed that this is still in an early stage of what the company would like to achieve . it is trying to get to 1 , 000 sources within 1 year and eventually to 10 , 000 sources . to make the federated search application more scalable , lederman says it is deploying urltoken at an amazon cloud computing data center .
i asked lederman about comparing urltoken to elsevier ' s scirus , its well - regarded science search engine . scirus claims to search more than 485 million science - specific webpages ( for details of what is covered see urltoken ) . lederman says the approaches are different . scirus identifies , crawls , and indexes its content while scienceresearch runs all searches in real time , searching each collection as if the search had been entered on each site . savvy searchers will probably choose to use both tools .
the company also announced the availability of opensearch browser plug - ins for one - click searching of the major scientific information portals , including scitopia . org , science . gov , worldwidescience . org , mednar . com , scienceresearch . com , and scirus . com . users can easily add any of these portals to their browser ' s search engine box by going to urltoken and clicking on a portal to automatically add it to their search box .
lederman will be featuring urltoken in his contributed paper at the special libraries association ( sla ) conference in washington , d . c . , this week . his talk is scheduled for monday , june 15 , 2009 , from 3 : 30 p . m . to 5 : 30 p . m . , in the convention center , room 141 . his paper , titled
science research : journey to ten thousand sources ,
is available on the sla website ( urltoken ) .
urltoken ( urltoken ) is a free federated vertical search portal to the digital libraries of leading worldwide science and technology societies .
urltoken ( urltoken ) is a gateway to more than 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by u . s . government agencies , including research and development results .
urltoken ( urltoken ) is a global science gateway , accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases .
the u . s . department of defense ( dod ) defense technical information center ' s ( dtic ) online research portal ' s interface , known as multisearch ( urltoken ) , offers four defense search channels from a single drop - down menu .
urltoken ( urltoken ) searches 60 collections for news , patents , business intelligence , and information in real time .
paula j . hane is a freelance writer and editor covering the library and information industries . she was formerly information today , inc . ’s news bureau chief and editor of newsbreaks .
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born and raised in the minnesota , corey has always called the upper midwest his home . after graduating high school , corey attended augustana ( college ) university majoring in journalism and finance .
after interning for his local paper in brainerd , corey quickly realized that the sports writing work schedule of 3 : 00 pm – midnight wasn’t exactly ideal for him . however , a major aspect of journalism stuck with him–curiosity . and our processes at brightplanet definitely piqued his curiosity .
terminology were a bit intimidating for corey at first . despite this anxiety , he buckled down and took will’s advocacy of self - education seriously . so much so , that his job responsibilities continue to expand to this day .
after starting out in one of our entry - level positions , corey now dabbles in a variety of data processes . if you ever apply for
, he is the one who will customize and guide you through the process . he also is responsible for the data visualizations that come along with these processes .
for our present projects , corey creates the logic behind tagging new entities and properties within the text . if a client has a list of keywords that they want to be notified , he helps them create different lists and manages tagging them .
despite this , corey found mastery in our applications through mentorship from who he calls our “absolute genius developers . ” as he began learning new data visualization techniques , writing scripts , learning programming languages , querying sql , and manipulating our data base , corey diligently worked under the guidance of our senior
a recent project that corey has been a key - component in is our work with an agency in canada . ultimately , the project revolves around identifying companies that aren’t properly registering with the board or aren’t following the set guidelines .
this experience was rewarding in that it demonstrated to corey the advantages brightplanet has with wide - open scale projects .
two of the greatest values brightplanet holds as a company are curiosity and the constant pursuit of knowledge . we are fortunate enough to have someone who embodies those strengths like corey . if you’re interested in our process or how our team can help you ,
. we’ll work together with you to find the right , custom data solution for you and your business .
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users are often surprised to learn that the engine behind urltoken is a federated search engine , bursting the myth that federated search is an antiquated , dusty bit of technology that doesn’t aggregate source results and is dreadfully slow . here’s the first sentence of the review :
yields 66 papers and 49 data sources . regarding papers ( document type : articles , reports , etc . ) , the first 40 displayed results seem to be to the point ; the rest probably has some mentioning of the search term in its document . the first twenty data results has some mentioning of isle royale national park in the title . the rest , such as the dna sequences from the dna data bank of japan , shows that the sample originates from isle royale .
note that adding an additional layer of parentheses in the search of ( “isle royale national park” and ( wolf or wolves ) ) also yields many misleading results in all three categories : papers , multimedia and data .
this is hardly surprising . on public search portals like worldwidescience . org , many sources do not support title search well . trying the above search as a full - record search brought back many good results , including the top - ranked results containing all of the search terms in the title .
we would also like to point out that the additional search results should be displayed when the search completes as these additional results may contain some of the most relevant results available . also displaying the additional results should significantly reduce the variability in the results returned by running the same search multiple times .
overall urltoken is another one - stop - shopping platform that one should consider when searching for publications , data , and media files from governmental and international scientific domains .
we’re proud of urltoken and proud to support the doe office of scientific and technical information ( osti ) in bringing this free , publicly available , multilingual search portal to science and technology researchers around the world .
indexed discovery services are a lot like google : you can search simply and get results quickly , but the sources you are searching tend to be mysterious . do you know if you are searching specialized sources or generic sources ? authoritative or with an agenda ? when a researcher pushes the search button , they get whatever results are deemed relevant from whatever sources are included , and they can’t limit their search to only the sources that matter to them .
for some researchers , knowing the sources behind the search really makes no difference to them at all . to these researchers , often undergraduates , it’s the results that count . most results nowadays do show the source , publication or journal that result is from . this makes it somewhat easier to eyeball a page of results , disregard those from irrelevant sources , or select results as appropriate if they are from an authoritative source . but that research methodology seems inefficient to say the least .
serious researchers , on the other hand , want to know what they are searching . if they know that their information will most likely be in three or four specific resources out of the 20 or 30 their organization subscribes to , then why should they wade through a massive results list or spend one iota of extra time filtering out the extra sources to view their nuggets of information ? ( quick answer , they shouldn’t . )
most of us know the benefits of a single search of all resources . one search improves the efficiency of searching disparate sources , makes comparing and contrasting results faster , and provides an opportunity to save , export or email selected results . however , explorit everywhere ! goes one step further by lending transparency of sources to researchers so they can search even faster . one of our customers mentioned that they moved from a well known discovery service because they were frustrated with all of the news results that were returned . it didn’t help that their researchers couldn’t select specific sources to search , particularly when their searches always seemed to bring back less than relevant results .
explorit everywhere ! helps to narrow a search up front with not only the standard advanced search fields , but a list of sources to pick and choose from . a researcher looking to search in four different sources doesn’t want to run a search against 25 sources . they can narrow the playing field to hone in on the needle in the haystack faster . and from the results page , they can limit to each individual source to view only those results , in the order that the source ranked them . a serious researcher’s dream ? that’s what we’ve heard .
not all researcher’s care about drilling down into individual sources like this . but in explorit everywhere ! the option is there to search the broad or narrow path . we even filter out the rocks .
spend between five and 25 minutes searching every time they want to find a document , while only one in five searches is correct the first time . the search for corporate information is eating into workplace productivity . only 20 per cent of respondents reported first time successful searches . other key findings from the survey include that it takes workers up to eight searches to find the right document and information , according to 80 per cent of respondents . ”
search , simon comments , hasn’t really improved over the last 20 years . companies such as microsoft and autonomy , while assuming the mantle of usable search through the acquisition of search veterans like verity and fast , actually focused their efforts on consultancy rather than on improving results retrieval .
the introduction of big data , however , has offered a twist to the information retieval conundrum . piles of data , lots of repositories , different security levels and multiple devices all funnel down to researchers who must adapt their search to the search interface of the individual database or repository , meaning they are often searching databases one by one by one .
we call this serial searching , and it is hardly efficient . add to this that not all researchers know where to look , know the search syntax of the databases they are searching , or have time to search all of their databases .
luckily , federated search have arrived on scene , assessed the situation and now offer alternatives to serial searching .
“ with the advent of federated search , the ability to search across multiple repositories has improved . moreover , with federated de - duplicated results , users do not receive thousands of irrelevant documents or emails . users can simultaneously search across applications . it is best to take a non - repository processing approach and keep the existing data silos separate . a large repository can be kludgy with inherent security risks and to combine multiple silos may create problems in reconciling different processing power and security levels . ”
federated search is still moving search along with it’s adaptable infrastructure . it’s like it was made for modern , dynamic , fast - growing data streams .
i met a friend of mine in the library last week who i haven’t seen for ages ! in the course of catching up on gossip she told me that she was studying for a health & safety course in ucc and had been looking for a case report relevant to her group project . she had gone through all the printed law reports and had searched all the major law databases individually , but couldn’t find the case ! so i gave her a one minute quick tour of explorit everywhere ! ( we call it searcher here ) . she didn’t know the name of the case or when it was heard / reported . i showed her how to do an advanced search limiting only to law specific databases and using keywords , and then limiting to topics on the results screen . i was in a hurry , so i left . within a minute i got a text from her saying she found the case ! now , that’s what i call a miracle ! a whole day’s search was resolved within minutes by searching through explorit everywhere ! .
our customers are often surprised that they can limit to specific sources or categories of sources to know exactly what they are searching . researchers have control over their searches , rather than searching “everything” and wading through ambiguously ranked results , weighted to a publisher’s content . explorit everywhere ! , through a transparent interface and search of information puts our researchers into the driver’s seat . it’s a powerful tool , for power - researchers .
library – a place to store your digital results , reference and organize your data , or share information with others . it’s a place to build your research world .
whether collaborative or solitary , your research can consume big chunks of time out of a day . if you’re moving fast , you may browse dozens of results rapidly and set some aside to explore further . those results might hold some interest for you on a topic separate from what you are currently researching and you want explore them at a later date . they might be relevant , but need additional follow up . or maybe your workday has ended , and you’ll resume researching again tomorrow . whatever the reason , mylibrary allows you to put your research on hold without missing a beat .
your results can be filed away similar to organizing folders in a filing cabinet . once you’ve selected your results , mylibrary lets you tag and categorize those results in a system that makes sense to you . reference those saved results whenever you want – they are there until you delete them . just log in to your explorit everywhere ! application and click mylibrary . when you are ready , you can print , email or export any or all of those results from any folder , at any time .
oh , and don’t think our ambitious engineers could resist tweaking a few other things while they were fiddling with mylibrary in explorit everywhere ! . now , once you log in , you can save results preferences and language preferences in localized applications . have an idea to make mylibrary even better ? let us know !
this on - demand approach works for random , public websites researchers encounter , but not for steadfast explorit everywhere ! users who regularly use explorit everywhere ! as their main search application to retrieve information from diverse sources . researchers starting from explorit everywhere ! should begin from a
the tools and the sources are exactly what they need to find results quickly and efficiently .
, including navigational text , help text , menus and application tool and tooltips . localization does not translate results . the localized language or languages are determined when an application is created . if there are multiple languages to choose from , a user can determine what they want to be their default localized interface language after they have logged in to an application .
. for example , english language sources of information will return english to the explorit everywhere ! application , regardless of a user’s localized interface language . the multilingual feature will translate results from other languages into a selected language .
you can see why these two features may accompany each other in many applications ; together , they provide a seamless search experience . however , user interface localization provides a level of user comfort to multilingual researchers regardless of what language the results return in . navigating the search application , entering queries and browsing text is much easier and faster when performed in native languages .
explorit everywhere ! supports seven major languages at this point : dutch , english , french , german , italian , portuguese and spanish . 2016
for explorit everywhere ! applications by introducing support of arabic right to left text .
a localized user interface creates a fluid research path , bypassing language barriers that may obstruct an intuitive search . to see an example of localization and multilingual translation , please visit urltoken .
when we’re young and naive , we think that google knows everything , from climate change to competitor data , from media impressions to military intelligence . if it’s not in google , then we won’t find it anywhere . thanks , and have a nice day .
this unfortunate misconception is the plight many libraries face today : how do you reclaim your library from the overpowering presence of google ? this question isn’t just a philosophical question . authoritative sources of information that libraries subscribe to ( yes , actually spend money on ) are searched by uniformed researchers 16 % of the time . this is a paltry number compared to 94 % of researchers who will begin their search ( and often complete their search ) on google or another generic search engine when looking for authoritative information .
brainwashing powers aside , google has captured researchers with speedy results that seem to be the “right” results every time . and , to give credit where credit is due , google is an amazing , ever evolving search engine that is the perfect search for everyday queries . it also is an excellent place to start broad research that doesn’t need to be supported by vetted information .
libraries are central to a researcher’s quests for knowledge . they should be a font of information , housing books , magazines and catalogs , and directing researchers to the external resources to fuel and deliver on these information requests . maturing and expert researchers who realize that google falls short of their information needs shouldn’t be limited by a library that isn’t vehemently countering the google myth . a self - aware library will be asking these questions :
google has made the search and retrieval process easy . good search engines follow that pattern too – simple and elegant , yet robust .
if you’re a librarian facing google encroachment in your libary , consider resurrecting yourself to a position of authority . find a way to go the distance for your researchers .
what makes a search app easy to use ? lots of things , such as intuitive navigation , a sleek interface , tooltips , and…personalization . sometimes spending the extra time making an app “yours” is exactly what it takes to make the app more “usable . ”
for example , the first thing i do when i find a new start page or website that i’ll be using robustly every day is to personalize it . i add in the widgets that i know will help me out on my quest for efficiency . i change the colors to reflect my mood . i alter the text to cue me to next actions . when i tailor apps to my tastes , i inevitable use them more because they are more comfortable to use .
we have many customers who spend the time to tailor their applications to their researcher’s preferences or organization’s style .
our customer , the virginia department of transportation ( vdot ) , wanted to install a chat widget into their application that appears on the right side of the page and connects users with a librarian . it was a simple piece of javascript to install on the back - end , but on the front end allows users to get immediate answers from library staff , is connected to a ticketing system for issue tracking and personalizes the application so that their users can connect quickly and the librarians can monitor questions .
i had the opportunity to try it out . within seconds , a librarian was online chatting with me . when done , i received a transcript of our conversation and was pleasantly surprised at the “human” element of the search page . vdot had personalized their explorit everywhere ! application in a way that created comfort , provided excellent service and immediately connected the user to the library .
our customer successes are our successes . whether it’s adding google analytics to track users , a custom thesaurus , plugging in different widgets for document delivery or a chat widget , we’ll help you to tailor your application so that your users can best take advantage of explorit everywhere ! to find information quickly .
one little peek can’t hurt , can it ? well , although we’re bursting with excitement about our new features , we don’t want to spoil the surprise – here are just a few enhancements you’ll see in explorit everywhere ! in 2016 .
part of our 2016 enhancements will focus on explorit everywhere ! multilingual ( see urltoken for an example of explorit everywhere ! multilingual ) . we’ll also be expanding user interface localization so that all text on the page automatically appears in the user’s selected language for a seamless search experience . this will include the arabic language with full support of right to left display .
the explorit everywhere ! visualization tools will have some new additions as well . right now , we have the ever popular text and visual clusters in addition to topics and filters on metadata , authors , dates and formats . we’ll be adding faceted navigation to the mix , allowing you and your researchers to drill down even further into your results set . and , get ready for some new visual tools to aid the researcher .
last , the mylibrary feature ( save , export or email results ) will also allow you to save searches . stay tuned for updates on this throughout the coming year .
identified the top four information sources used by physicians : professional journals , general search engines ( like google ) , colleagues and online free services . throw in clinical trials , ebooks , systematic reviews and drug resources and the amount of information available to medical staff can be overwhelming . with the number of activities on a physician’s daily punch list , research may mean going to the easiest , but not the most authoritative source to find information quickly ( like google ) , or delegating the task .
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beats electronics is a subsidiary of apple inc. that produces audio products .

headquartered in culver city , california , u.s. , the company was founded by music producer and rapper dr. dre and former interscope geffen a&m records chairman jimmy iovine .

the subsidiary 's product line is primarily focused on headphones and speakers .

the company 's original product line was manufactured in partnership with the av equipment company monster cable products .

following the end of its contract with the company , beats took further development of its products in-house .

in 2014 , the company expanded into the online music market with the launch of its subscription-based streaming service , beats music .

in 2011 , npd group reported that beats ' market share was 64 % in the u.s for headphones priced higher than $ 100 , and the brand was valued at us$ 1 billion in september 2013 .

for a period , the company was majority-owned by taiwanese smartphone maker htc .

the company reduced its stake to 25 % in 2012 , and sold its remaining stake back to the company in 2013 .

concurrently , carlyle group replaced htc as a minority shareholder , alongside dr. dre and iovine in late 2013 .

on august 1 , 2014 , apple inc. acquired beats for us $ 3 billion in a cash and stock deal , the largest acquisition in apple 's history .

beats electronics

bose is suing beats electronics over the noise - canceling technology in beats’ headphones .
congratulations to sam client beats music and beats electronics in their sale to apple , inc .
apple said to be in talks to buy beats electronics for $ 3 . 2b
if apple buys beats electronics for $ 3 . 2bn , will dr dre become hip
yep , it’s official . apple has confirmed that they bought beats electronics , beats music for $ 3 billion .
apple said to be in talks to buy beats electronics for $ 3 . 2b - cnet
discuss : apple said to be in talks to buy beats electronics for $ 3 . 2b
from left , recording artist will . i . am , beats electronics president luke wood , beats music ceo ian rogers and beats electronics founder dr . dre arrive at a party last month in las vegas .
apple announced earlier this year that it intends to buy beats electronics and beats music for $ 3 billion . this lawsuit adds to the numerous patent battles that apple is facing against samsung electronics .
wachter sits on the board of directors of time - warner , virgin america and beats electronics .
the suit is bose corp v . beats electronics llc and beats electronics international ltd , in u . s . district court for the district of delaware , no . 14 - cv - 00980 .
beats electronics , the company best known for its beats by dr . dre headphones , is acquiring the online music service mog .
beats electronics offers premium consumer headphones , earphones and speakers , software technology and streaming music subscription services .
attorneys for bose corp . and beats electronics have agreed to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit filed by bose .
so that is the list of characters and participants in monster llc vs . beats electronics et . al .
stubbs alderton & markiles , llp would like to congratulate long time client beats electronics and beats music in their acquisition by apple , inc .
headphones - maker beats electronics is being sued by rival bose over its range of noise - cancelling audio gear .
if apple buys beats electronics for $ 3 . 2bn , will dr dre become hip hop ' s first billionaire ?
oppo , vivo & oneplus are from the same chinese parent company , bbk electronics .
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when asked about further details of beats electronics recent deal with apple , wood said he couldn ' t comment on rumours circulating about beats headphones and iphones .
congratulations to sam client beats music and beats electronics in their sale to apple , inc . - stubbs alderton & markiles , llp | a business law firm
dover , del . — attorneys for bose and beats electronics have agreed to dismiss a patent infringement lawsuit filed by bose .
the irish - based beats electronics holding ltd . owns beats electronics services ltd . and beats electronics international ltd . , but the overall parent company is still based in california . ever since the producer started his beats by dre headphones line , the company has expanded rapidly . & apos ; o & apos ; mahony said that his firm has established a niche with multinational companies like dr . dre & apos ; s beats by dre line .
hp and beats electronics , llc , today announced an alliance to achieve higher - quality sound from digital music through technology innovation .
beats electronics has definitely faced its share of lawsuits after being acquired by apple , but today yet another company has announced that it’ll be taking the electronics maker to court . rival monster has filed a claim against beats that alleges the latter stole its headphone tech .
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oppo and vivo both are subsidiary of bbk electronics and both are highly overrated in indian market .
if apple buys beats electronics for $ 3 . 2bn , will dr dre become hip hop ' s first billionaire ? | the independent
january 21 , 2014 : beats electronics enters the music streaming business to challenge the likes of spotify , pandora , and apple’s itunes radio .
* update * making it rain on them hoes ! dr . dre & tyrese announce $ 3 billion sales of beats electronics to apple !
august 2010 : beats electronics licenses its brand to third - party manufacturers under the “beats audio” name . hp is the first to sign up . standout integrations include the hp envy 14 .
how much do beats electronics employees make ? glassdoor has salaries , wages , tips , bonuses , and hourly pay based upon employee reports and estimates .
this 2012 dodge charger was part of chrysler ' s uconnect display , showing off the latest chrysler cabin electronics .
rochester native a driving force at beats electronics the monroe county native now heads one of the biggest companies in the music industry . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
a new report claims that beats electronics was supposed to have a new wi - fi home speaker in time for apple music . here ' s what went wrong .
dr . dre could be days away from being the first rapper turned billionaire … thanks to a mega - deal for apple to snatch up his beats electronics brand .
edit : bbk electronics has spun off a new brand called imoo on 20th june , 2016 . family tree updated accordingly .
taiwanese smartphone maker htc corp ' s shares fell as much as 4 percent on monday after the sale of half of its holding in audio technology firm beats electronics back to beats ' founders raised concern over its strategy .
the reports that apple is looking to buy beats electronics for $ 3 . 2 billion has got people wondering : could the deal make founder dr dre hip hop’s first billionaire ?
“it’s a very natural fit , ” said wood , the president of beats electronics . “the idea was , how do you fix that experience around the consumption of music . ”
monster , which co - designed the original beats by dr . dre headphones , is filing suit against beats electronics , the firm acquired by apple in may and co - founded by musician dr . dre and producer jimmy iovine .
taipei ( reuters ) - taiwanese smartphone maker htc corp’s shares fell as much as 4 percent on monday after the sale of half of its holding in audio technology firm beats electronics back to beats’ founders raised concern over its strategy .
( reuters ) - high - end sound system and headphone maker bose corp is going after the newer kid on the block , beats electronics , with a lawsuit accusing beats of infringing several patents related to noise - cancellation technology .
premium audio company bose and apple - owned beats electronics disclosed on friday that they have settled their patent infringement dispute out of court , preventing a potential trial between the two competitors .
* * as a result of the lawsuit monster filed against apple - owned beats electronics in january , apple has revoked monster ' s right to make licensed accessories for apple devices .
sam client beats electronics announced that is has agreed to acquire the award winning on - demand music service mog . this is a milestone for beats as it is their first acquisition . sam attorney scott galer represented beats in this transaction . to read the full press release , click here .
vivo and oppo , both are subsidiaries of bbk electronics , and hence oneplus is the grandchild of bbk electronics , with oppo holding a huge stake in the company ( recall the ‘staged’ quit of pete lau from oppo ) . here is the family tree ( corrections welcome ) :
dr dre ' s headphone company beats electronics has been valued at more than $ 1bn ( £620m ) following the sale of a minority stake in the business to private equity firm carlyle group .
apple announced in may that it was buying beats electronics for $ 2 . 6 billion in cash and $ 400 million in stock , the most expensive acquisition in apple’s 38 - year history . in addition to making headphones , beats offers music streaming services .
beats electronics was co - founded by dr dre in 2006 . the brand now accounts for almost two - thirds of $ 100 - plus headphones sold in the us . photograph : elsa / getty images
a judge has dismissed the key claims in a lawsuit alleging that headphone maker beats electronics duped one of its early partners before negotiating its $ 3 - billion sale to apple inc . two years ago .
the two new products , aimed at two separate demographics , include beats executive headphones and beats pill portable speakers .
oppo , vivo , and oneplus are all owned by bbk electronics . they are all the same company . but each one serves a different purposes .
that’s the same thing is going to happen if you will try to make a comparison between two worst production which are the subsidiaries of bbk electronics .
fairfax , virginia boh spcialist at apple inc . consumer electronics education : morgan state university norfolk state university experience : apple inc . september 2011 – present
tech firm monster sues beats and founders dre and iovine monster , which co - designed the original beats by dr . dre headphones , is filing suit against beats electronics , the firm acquired by apple in may and co - founded by musician dr . dre and producer jimmy iovine . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
this legal fight began in the fall of 2015 , when monster , an audio equipment company not to be confused with the energy drink of the same name , and its founder noel lee sued beats electronics .
apple announced in may that it was buying beats electronics for $ 2 . 6 billion in cash and $ 400 million in stock , the most expensive acquisition in apple ' s 38 - year history . in addition to making headphones , beats offers music streaming services .
costello already has some familiarity with the beats brand . while chief operating officer at htc corp . in taiwan in 2011 , he helped the electronics giant take a majority stake in the santa monica startup . ( beats recently completed a buyout of htc ' s stake . )
apple says that it will work with the beats team to
elevate
the experience already created by beats products .
beats also has a streaming music service similar to spotify called beats music , which will now be part of apple .
this surge of rent - a - face started with a man named andre young , better known to music fans as hip - hop legend dr dre , whose company beats electronics , produced its first hardware in 2008 .
that audio experience gap is what’s driving beats electronics llc , said luke wood , a rochester native who went from being a local musician in the 1980s to today heading one of the biggest names in the music business .
july 25 , 2008 : rapper and producer andre “dr . dre” young and interscope chairman jimmy iovine cofound beats electronics . the duo’s first product launches exclusively in apple and best buy stores and cost $ 349 . 95 .
beats electronics looks set to become part of apple ' s vast electronics empire . a flurry of overnight reports were today corroborated by dr . dre in an impromptu video where he describes himself as
the first billionaire in hip hop .
while the music mogul that co - founded beats back in 2008 doesn ' t openly confirm his company has been acquired , his words suggest the rumored $ 3 . 2 billion deal is now all but completed .
beats electronics , founded by dr . dre and the record impresario jimmy iovine , paid $ 150 million to buy back the htc shares . the two now control 75 percent of the company , with htc still holding 25 percent .
about beats electronics , llc – established in 2008 as the brainchild of legendary artist and producer dr . dre and chairman of interscope geffen a & m records jimmy iovine , beats electronics is the parent company of the beats™ by dr . dre™ line of high - quality headphones , beats audio™ hd - sound systems , and the mog digital music service . the company’s mission is to build quality music experiences for all elements of the digital music ecosystem—including headphones , devices and services—so that fans can hear music the way artists intended it to sound in the studio . this includes partnerships with computer manufacturer hp , automotive manufacturer chrysler group and mobile phone manufacturer htc mobile . led by ceo jimmy iovine and president & coo luke wood , beats electronics is based in santa monica , ca . for more information , please visit urltoken .
htc corporation , a global designer of mobile devices , announced a strategic partnership and investment with sam client , beats™ electronics llc , the company redefining the audio market with its iconic beats by dr . dre™ audio experience . the two fast - growing brands will focus on bringing high performance sound to htc phones . partner scott galer represented beats in the transaction .
formally established in 2008 as the brainchild of legendary artist and producer dr . dre and chairman of interscope geffen a & m records jimmy iovine , beats electronics ( beats ) comprises the beats by dr . dre family of premium consumer headphones , earphones , and speakers as well as patented beats audio software technology and streaming music subscription service beats music . through these offerings , beats has effectively brought the energy , emotion and excitement of playback in the recording studio to the listening experience and has introduced an entirely new generation to the possibilities of premium sound entertainment .
today we are excited to officially welcome beats music and beats electronics to the apple family ,
apple wrote .
music has always held a special place in our hearts , and we ' re thrilled to join forces with a group of people who love it as much as we do .
formally established in 2008 as the brainchild of legendary artist and producer dr . dre and chairman of interscope geffen a & m ; records jimmy iovine , beats electronics ( beats ) comprises the beats by dr . dre family of premium consumer headphones , earphones , and speakers as well as patented beats audio software technology and streaming music subscription service beats music . through these offerings , beats has effectively brought the energy , emotion and excitement of playback in the recording studio to the listening experience and has introduced an entirely new generation to the possibilities of premium sound entertainment .
htc bought 50 . 1 percent of beats electronics , which was founded by u . s . rapper and music producer dr . dre and beats’ current ceo jimmy iovine , for $ 309 million in august last year , as part of its efforts to differentiate its phones and enhance branding amid rising competition .
apple is reportedly in talks to acquire beats electronics , the high - end - headphone maker co - founded by hip - hop artist dr . dre , in a deal worth $ 3 . 2 billion , according to the financial times .
let us investigate all the players in the civil legal action , monster llc & noel lee , plaintiffs versus defendants , beats electronics , andre young ( aka dr . dre ) , jimmy iovine , paul d . wachter and htc america .
monster ' s claims that beats electronics fraudulently ended their relationship were dismissed in a los angeles superior court today , leaving beats and apple off the hook . the judge ruled that beats was allowed to end their partnership , meaning its actions were not , as monster and its ceo noel lee claimed , a
sham
designed to take control of their shared headphone line .
htc bought 50 . 1 percent of beats electronics , which was founded by u . s . rapper and music producer dr . dre and beats ' current ceo jimmy iovine , for $ 309 million in august last year , as part of its efforts to differentiate its phones and enhance branding amid rising competition .
there ' s a big jury trial in technology coming up and it begins september 6th in los angeles . that ' s where plaintiffs , noel lee and monster products will face - off versus dr . dre , jimmy iovine and beats electronics . apple is also involved after their acquisition of beats in 2014 .
to that end , beats electronics has introduced portable and wireless speakers , co - branded smartphones - - and in january it even launched a new streaming music service , beats music , to compete with the likes of spotify . beats electronics , despite some ferocious competition , still controls almost 70 percent of the market for premium headphones . for that it can thank lightning - fast marketing and an unbeatable grasp of pop culture . iovine and wood explain how they and dr . dre pulled it off - - and what they have to do to stay on top .
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this means that dre would need only an additional $ 450 to make it into the billionaire boys club ( sic ) a sum that’s roughly equal to a 15 per cent stake in beats electronics if the $ 3 . 2 billion valuation holds true .
the problem is we don’t know exactly how much of a stake dre holds in beats electronics . the rapper founded the company with interscope exec jimmy iovine back in 2008 , and previous estimates have put the founders’ stake at approximately 25 per cent apiece .
today bose corporation has filed a legal complaint against beats electronics for allegedly infringing patents related to its noise - canceling headphones , which was first reported by cnbc . bose claims that beats is infringing upon 50 years of research and development of noise cancellation technology that is protected by 36 u . s . patents and applications .
even before beats and monster ' s five - year manufacturing and distribution deal ended , htc invested $ 300 million in beats in 2011 .
beats co - founder jimmy iovine , apple ceo tim cook , beats co - founder dr . dre , and itunes boss eddy cue .
california - based beats electronics was founded by a pair of music industry heavyweights : rapper / producer dr . dre and interscope records co - founder jimmy iovine . and its reach ranges from the bulky — and pricey — beats by dr . dre headphones that have become a millennial generation must - have to the beats music online streaming service launched last month in the united states . beats has a flagship retail location in soho . and beats - brand audio hardware can be found in chrysler vehicles and hewlett - packard’s envy line of laptops .
established in 2006 as the brainchild of legendary artist and producer dr . dre and chairman of interscope geffen a & m records jimmy iovine , beats electronics provides a premium sound experience at every touch point of the consumer’s life . it is the parent company of the beats™ by dr . dre™ line of high - quality headphones , beats audio™ hd - sound systems , and the mog digital music service .
beats electronics has brought the energy , emotion and excitement of playback in the recording studio back to the listening experience and has introduced an entirely new generation to premium sound entertainment . beats music was developed by a team of people who have each spent their entire career in music and provides music fans with an incredible curated listening experience .
) , over alleged “fraud and deceit” in the way that beats acquired control of the rights to the popular “beats by dr . dre” headphones .
giving the electronics giant a popular headphone business and subscription streaming music service . the acquisition brought beats co - founders jimmy iovine and dr . dre to apple ' s management team , and apple said it would continue to use the beats brand . beats controls about 60 percent of the $ 1 billion premium headphone market , according to npd group , and it has proved popular with everyone from celebrities to tweens .
september 27 , 2013 : htc sells its remaining 25 percent stake in beats for $ 265 million . meanwhile , carlyle group lp reportedly invests in beats . following the deal , beats is reportedly worth $ 1 billion .
apple today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed subscription streaming music service beats music , and beats electronics , which makes the popular beats headphones , speakers and audio software . as part of the acquisition , beats co - founders jimmy iovine and dr . dre will join apple . apple is acquiring the two companies for a total of $ 3 billion , consisting of a purchase price of approximately $ 2 . 6 billion and approximately $ 400 million that will vest over time .
perhaps its most intriguing feature , right now , is a kind of automated listening game devised by mr . reznor , who was already on board with the project in 2012 , when beats electronics paid a reported $ 14 million for mog , a struggling subscription service .
this week los angeles superior court judge william fahey dismissed the key claims in a lawsuit alleging that headphone maker beats electronics duped one of its early partners , ' monster , ' before negotiating its $ 3 billion sale to apple two years ago , reports billboard biz .
sure , every tech pundit with internet access has weighed in on why the $ 3 . 2 billion deal is good or bad for apple , but before you make up your mind , here’s a look at how beats electronics evolved into the accessory powerhouse it is today .
it was march , and we ' d donned hard hats to tour the site of the future beats electronics headquarters while i interviewed wood for a story naming beats as one of inc . ' s most audacious companies . eventually , he said , the two largest buildings - - roughly 110 , 000 square feet - - would make up beats ' campus . he ' d have to sublet the other three , he mused .
in an alternate reality , you would have been able to stream apple music directly on a all - new wi - fi home speaker system designed by beats electronics . now that product has either been killed by apple or been put on hiatus , depending on who you ask .
cupertino , california—may 28 , 2014—apple® today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed subscription streaming music service beats music , and beats electronics , which makes the popular beats headphones , speakers and audio software . as part of the acquisition , beats co - founders jimmy iovine and dr . dre will join apple . apple is acquiring the two companies for a total of $ 3 billion , consisting of a purchase price of approximately $ 2 . 6 billion and approximately $ 400 million that will vest over time .
cupertino , california—may 28 , 2014—apple today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed subscription streaming music service beats music , and beats electronics , which makes the popular beats headphones , speakers and audio software . as part of the acquisition , beats co - founders jimmy iovine and dr . dre will join apple . apple is acquiring the two companies for a total of $ 3 billion , consisting of a purchase price of approximately $ 2 . 6 billion and approximately $ 400 million that will vest over time .
as if that weren ' t enough , monster goes on to say that beats began attacking it in backroom dealings , or what it calls
monster - bashing .
this occurred during the annual consumer electronics show in 2012 and 2013 , the complaint says , eventually leading to beats representatives threatening to yank products if they had to share the same shelf space :
htc will remain beats’ largest shareholder with 25 . 1 percent , with beats’ founders holding the remainder . it will hold a 25 . 57 percent voting right . some models in its latest one series of phones use beats audio technology .
still , the deal today is but the latest massive shift for an outfit that has transformed itself from little more than a brand name into a full - fledged consumer electronics company in less than 18 months .
bose alleged in federal court in delaware in july that beats was infringing on several bose patents regarding noise - cancelling headphones . bose filed a parallel complaint with the international trade commission seeking to halt u . s . imports of beats studio and beats studio wireless headphones . attorneys for beats had filed an unopposed motion asking that the delaware lawsuit be put on hold pending a final determination by the itc , which is investigating bose’s claims . apple announced in may that it was buying beats electronics for $ 2 . 6 billion in cash and $ 400 million in stock , the most expensive acquisition in apple’s 38 - year history . in addition to making headphones , beats offers music streaming services .
after htc sale , dr . dre and jimmy iovine gain control of beats headphones
after severing ties with monster , beats was purchased by apple for $ 3 billion . but as the beats co - founders made millions , monster lost millions from its investment in the rise of beats , the suit charges . had lee retained his original 5 % interest in beats , his total stake in the beats - apple deal would have been worth over $ 100 million , the suit alleges .
monster sues beats and co - founders dr . dre and jimmy iovine for fraud
beats told monster ' s distributors and retailers to drop monster headphones as a product line , forcing them to choose between beats and monster . these sales representatives and dealers were the same distributors and retailers that monster had introduced to beats . a senior beats executive announced :
we are going to take monster down !
beats ' new offerings represent the first generation of products created in - house as the company sunsets its contract with monster cable to manufacture and distribute beats devices .
music industry visionaries dr . dre and jimmy iovine collaborate on hp beats limited edition
bose said that beats instructs users how to use its products in a manner that allegedly infringes the asserted patents in the beats studio user guide and the beats studio wireless user guide . the noise canceling functionalities in the beats headphones are used automatically when someone is listening to music and the user guide instructs users how to reduce noise . the beats headphones also have noise cancellation when no music is played .
breaking : bose sues apple’s beats over noise - canceling headphone patents . ( via
beats is also facing another lawsuit from one of its former executives . david hyman who founded the mog music service that was the foundation of beats music , is
in may 2014 , apple bought beats hoping to win points with the music industry and turn beats music into a strong competitor to spotify and other streaming services .
apple and beats executives said the companies would work together to give consumers around the world more options to listen to music . the beats brand will remain separate from apple’s , and apple will offer both beats’s streaming music service and premium headphones .
beats electronics is best known for its headphones , but the company has also been selling bluetooth loudspeakers since 2012 . bluetooth speakers have been a profitable market , and a kind of gateway product for consumers looking to listen to the music stored on their phones , or streamed from services like spotify .
htc will remain beats ' largest shareholder with 25 . 1 percent , with beats ' founders holding the remainder . it will hold a 25 . 57 percent voting right . some models in its latest one series of phones use beats audio technology .
the hp envy 15 beats limited edition notebook pc with integrated beats audio emerged from close collaboration between legendary artist and producer dr . dre , chairman of interscope geffen a & m records and beats co - founder jimmy iovine , and hp engineers .
today we are excited to officially welcome beats music and beats electronics to the apple family . music has always held a special place in our hearts , and we’re thrilled to join forces with a group of people who love it as much as we do . beats cofounders jimmy iovine and dr . dre have created beautiful products that have helped millions of people deepen their connection to music . we’re delighted to be working with the team to elevate that experience even further .
bose , the maker of high - end sound systems and headphones , is suing beats electronics over patents used in noise - canceling technology . in a lawsuit filed on friday in federal district court in delaware , bose said beats infringed upon five of its patents in some of its headphones . bose was seeking unspecified damages from beats , which apple announced this year it would acquire for $ 3 billion . bose also filed a complaint with the international trade commission seeking to prevent beats’s noise - canceling headphones from being imported into the united states from china .
. hp was allowed to continue developing products with new beats technologies through last year , and can continue selling devices with the beats logo and technologies through 2015 . beats technology is included in about 15 percent to 20 percent of devices sold by hp .
beats electronics is a private company , so we don ' t know how much revenue the business generates . however , the headphones are very popular and are likely sold at high margins . morgan stanley believes apple ' s itunes revenue is in decline because it is being stolen away by popular streaming services like pandora and spotify . so beats ' subscription streaming music service will bolster that business .
at the same time , htc revealed that it had lent beats $ 225 million .
beats headphones in an apple store on may 9 , 2014 in new york city .
i ' ve always known in my heart that beats belonged with apple .
cupertino , calif . — apple , the company that turned digital music into a mainstream phenomenon , said on wednesday that it was buying beats electronics , a rising music brand , for $ 3 billion , in a move that will help it play catch - up with rivals that offer subscription - based music services .
since it was unveiled at last year ' s developer conference , apple music has been plagued by slow adoption rates , lukewarm critical reception and executive departures . neither jimmy iovine nor trent reznor , two executives who joined apple when it acquired beats electronics inc . in 2014 , were featured in the product presentation monday .
oppo and vivo are owned by the same company called bbk electronics . they also own oneplus . although oneplus is known for providing good flagship devices at almost affordable rates , it ' s not the case with oppo or vivo .
the title of this column is misleading . it says noel lee and monster products
lost
beats . i was being nice . i believe beats was stolen from them .
having a human behind building the music is an idea extended throughout much of beats music . users can use a section of the app called find it to look through genres – all irritatingly labeled with “beats” before the actual genre , like beats alternative and beats blues – or activities , which are playlists built for specific happenings like bbqing or punching walls .
bose alleged in federal court in delaware in july that beats was infringing on several bose patents regarding noise - cancelling headphones . bose filed a parallel complaint with the international trade commission seeking to halt u . s . imports of beats studio and beats studio wireless headphones .
bose alleged in federal court in delaware in july that beats was infringing on several bose patents regarding noise - canceling headphones . bose filed a parallel complaint with the international trade commission seeking to halt u . s . imports of beats studio and beats studio wireless headphones .
established in 2006 , beats electronics is the brainchild of legendary artist and producer dr . dre and jimmy iovine , chairman of interscope geffen a & m records , who set out to develop a new type of headphone with the capability to reproduce the full spectrum of sound that musical artists and producers hear in professional recording studios . in january of 2008 , dre and iovine announced a partnership with audio innovator monster cable to engineer “beats by dr . dre , ” the most advanced headphones ever developed . today , beats electronics continues to work with monster to improve the quality of the portable audio experience and expand the dr . dre family of headphones to include in - ear speakers and artist branded products . for more information , please visit urltoken .
in 2006 , dre and iovine established beats electronics . dre had been approached by his attorney to start a line of sneakers , and when he told iovine about the idea , iovine said :
you know speakers , not sneakers .
' beats by dr . dre studio headphones ' were introduced in january 2008 at the annual consumer electronics show .
it took us two years to get them right , but when i heard i knew it was going to be big ,
iovine said in 2010 .
it ' s just like listening to a hit record .
the marketing for beats integrated endorsements from interscope artists including gwen stefani , m . i . a . and pharrell , lady gaga , and will . i . am .
case in point : beats electronics , which apple acquired for $ 3 billion last year , was working on a wifi - connected loudspeaker that could be used to play subscription music services straight from the internet , according to multiple sources familiar with the project . that would have put beats in direct competition with sonos , a santa barbara , calif . - based speaker manufacturer succeeding with a very apple - like product lineup .
beats music : the streaming music service from dr . dre , trent reznor and jimmy iovine
jimmy iovine :
i’ve always known in my heart that beats belonged with apple .
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wood discussed the music industry and beats music in an interview . what follows are excerpts :
htc and sam client beats by dr . dre set to introduce new era in mobile audio
beats wins in case that accused dr . dre and jimmy iovine of double - crossing investor
at last week’s consumer electronics show , rapper 50 cent made an appearance . so did ll cool j , lemmy from motorhead , and ro marley , son of late reggae musician bob marley . even the “jersey shore’s” snooki and new york jets quarterback
april 21 , 2014 : rumors that beats is raising another $ 60 + million in funding emerge . the alleged round signals that beats is likely struggling to compete with companies like spotify .
the high - performance beats™ audio solution offers the optimal sound experience when playing music or audio through headphones or external speakers . the hp envy 15 beats limited edition comes with beats by dr . dre studio high - definition headphones . these precision - engineered headphones , when paired with the sound - optimized hp envy 15 beats limited edition , offer a clear and crisp audio experience .
the president of beats by dre , luke wood , has defended the quality of its headphones .
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monster sues beats and co - founders dr . dre and jimmy iovine for fraud - the verge
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before apple makes its beats acquisition truly official , join us for a trip down context lane .
bose alleges it has lost sales to its competitor as a consequence . beats declined to comment .
a new report in variety claims that beats electronics was working on a wi - fi - connected home speaker that could be used to stream music directly from the internet . this new beats speaker was intended as part of the larger home entertainment strategy involving apple music , the new streaming service that tim cook announced earlier this week at wwdc . but apple killed the product before its expected release date : the 2014 holiday season . without the new beats speaker , however , that strategy is currently in “limbo , ” according to unnamed sources . apple acquired beats ( the headphone maker and the streaming service ) for $ 3 billion in 2013 .
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at first , the new offices needed to fit 300 employees . then it was 700 . as beats electronics grew and grew , its president luke wood kept leasing new space in the hayden tract area of culver city to keep up . this was how he ended up holding leases on five different office buildings , all within a few blocks of each other .
iovine and dre bought back the entirety of beats in 2013 , a year before apple acquired the company for $ 3 billion . monster lists htc and beats board member paul wachter among the defendants .
august 2011 : htc buys a majority 50 . 1 percent share in beats electronics for $ 300 million . simultaneously , htc loans the firm $ 225 million . according to the new york times : “peter chou , htc’s chief executive , said that teaming up with a top music brand would help his company compete with other cellphone makers like apple and samsung . ”
beats was created as a response to the complete erosion of the music experience ,
says beats ' president and coo luke wood .
our whole reason for starting beats was to try to bring emotion back into that experience . we believe music services is a vital part of that ecosystem .
this is exactly like the beats
on - ramp
from a year and a half ago .
jibe audio - responsible for the concept and design of the beats by dr . dre headphone product line
january 11 , 2013 : news surfaces that beats cofounder jimmy iovine had tried to convince apple’s steve jobs to launch a music streaming subscription service before launching beats . iovine was reportedly quite close with jobs .
this dispute has been happening long before apple acquired beats . this guy and his dad designed the first beats headphones for dre and they didn’t do their due diligence and got shafted on the contract , more or less . obviously beats took off and sell well , so i’m sure they want their cut .
under a partnership formed in 2008 , monster and beats developed “beats by dr . dre” , a line of colorful , high - end headphones that vie with the likes of skullcandy inc and bose corp .
in 2011 , htc said it would buy a 51 percent stake in beats for $ 309 million . beats bought back half of htc’s interest in the company soon after the transaction , the complaint said .
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mog is officially gone . the service was once one of the largest streaming music options available , behind competitors like spotify and rdio , but yesterday the site was shut down for good . mog was purchased by htc - owned beats electronics in 2012 for $ 14 million , and the streaming music service ' s technology was used to build beats music . of course , mog is now owned by apple after the company acquired beats for $ 3 billion last week . the service was originally set to go offline on april 15th , but that date slipped back to may 31st .
apple has just confirmed plans to purchase beats electronics for $ 3 billion . the acquisition ranks as the largest that apple has ever made and will see it take ownership of an enormously successful and profitable line of consumer headphones as well as a burgeoning subscription music service . beats co - founders jimmy iovine and dr . dre will also join apple as part of the acquisition , which it will pay for with $ 2 . 6 billion in cash and $ 400 million in stock .
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the beats solo3 by beats by dr . dre can provide up to 40 hours off a single charge . in a pinch , you can charge their on - board lithium - ion battery for five minutes to
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but if you ask monster ' s collaborators , they ' ll play down kevin and noel ' s roles to little more than fedex and foxconn— celebrated partners , but a group that was responsible for little more than building the things and getting them to your local big box . beats electronics denies monster had any role whatesoever in the industrial or audio design of the headphones :
we have our own factories . we have control of everything . the sound . . . was always our thing—we have our own patented sound signature ,
says the company .
it ' s definitely us .
beats electronics ceo luke wood more or less repeats the claim , though insists all parties are still friends . but the friends on the monster side were responsible merely for
sourcing
parts and picking out
materials
under the direction of
tuning
the beats sound .
until it didn ' t—until htc , a ballooning taiwanese electronics giant worth billions , took an interest in beats . jimmy and dre saw an opportunity for a money explosion instead of a money torrent , with $ 300 million on the table for a 51 % stake . luckily for the interscope boys—and unluckily for anyone at monster—that slapdash contract kevin put together let beats waltz right into htc ' s arms . a beats rep says the separation allowed it to be more
nimble
and have less
reporting structure to go through ,
but there was more incentive than pleasant words ditch the lees .
after htc sale , dr . dre and jimmy iovine gain control of beats headphones - the new york times
apple agreed to buy beats for $ 3 billion in may . the deal is still pending regulatory approval .
left to right : scott plagenhoef and fredric vinna , of beats music , talk with mr . reznor .
beats by dr dre - the favourite headphones of the image - conscious but looked down on by audiophiles .
an 8 - inch subwoofer , with the beats by dre logo , occupied the trunk of the charger .
apple declined to comment on the ruling , but beats has always said monster ' s lawsuit was frivolous .
for wearing a pair of pink breast cancer awareness - themed beats headphones at a press conference last sunday .
the suit alleges iovine and dr . dre “improperly erased” monster and monster’s founder noel lee from beats’ history .
apple makes the largest acquisition in its history . what buying beats means for the company and for you .
cupertino originally wanted you to stream apple music on an all - new beats home speaker . but no .
since 2008 , beats had produced its flagship line of headphones with monster , an audio and video component manufacturer based in brisbane , california . at the end of 2012 , the monster contract expired , and iovine , dre , and wood decided to set out on their own . they would handle every aspect of the business , from manufacturing to retail distribution to r & d - - even though all of them came from record labels and had no experience in those aspects of the electronics business . ( iovine founded interscope , dre was longtime rapper , producer , and head of aftermath records ) . suddenly wood , the music guy , would need to become an electronics guy too .
it was while negotiating the sale of beats to apple , that noel lee alleges wachter told him there were no liquidity events occurring with beats
for years
and that therefore lee should just give up his 5 % stock back to beats instead of paying millions to retain it . it is alleged that wachter knew the apple deal was coming shortly thereafter and was tasked with convincing lee to give up his 5 % stock in beats .
but the beats deal is also different . until now , apple , the richest tech company in the world , has avoided billion - dollar takeovers in favor of smaller deals . the beats deal is its largest ever .
the album is a highly skilled and inventive production that draws on a myriad of post - rave styles - garage , dubstep , techno , broken beats - and comparisons can be made to the electronic explorations of the likes of flying lotus , polar bear , fourtet ; plus contemporaries mount kimbie , micachu and jon hopkins’ work with king creosote . the manner in which he assembles his choppy beats , skittering electronics and trademark collage of treated percussion and found sound results in music that stands out as unmistakably his own .
radio , last year . beats music debuted with a powerful billing and marketing partnership with at & t and it
update : sonos has announced that beats music will be available
day one
on its wireless speaker systems .
for allegedly being unfairly fired so beats wouldn’t have to pay him his compensation package as promised . promised compensation .
this isn ' t the first suit against beats by a disgruntled business partner who says they were squeezed out . steven lamar was a hedge fund manager before switching gears to work on early beats headphone models . he sued the company last year over alleged discrepancies with the royalties he was paid for designs he worked on during beats ' early days . lamar had plans to launch his own headphone line last year , which were marred by a retaliatory lawsuit from beats over lamar ' s references to himself as one of beats ' co - founders on his marketing materials .
apple purchased beats for $ 3 billion at the end of may in a deal that included the company’s headphone line and music streaming service . according to the filings , bose says that beats has infringed on 50 years’ worth of r & d the company has put into noise cancelling tech , and that the beats studio line infringes its patents .
beats uses noise cancellation technology in its beats studio , beats studio wireless , and beats pro headphones . bose calls out the studio and studio wireless products in its complaint , accusing beats of infringing on patents that have grown to be an essential part of bose ' s business . the document summarizes bose ' s long history , extensive research , and deep investments in the area of noise cancellation — dating all the way back to 1978 . the company ' s quietcomfort line of headphones have proven hugely popular with frequent flyers and other consumers looking to tune out ambient noise .