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AudioGuy writes:
"Adrian Perica is a very busy man. Over the past 18 months, the mergers and acquisitions chief at Apple has been scouring the globe looking for deals, snatching up everything from search engines and data analytics to mapping software and motion tracking chips.
A source tells The Chronicle that Perica met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Cupertino last spring at around the same time analysts suggested Apple acquire the electric car giant.
The newspaper has also learned that Apple is heavily exploring medical devices, specifically sensor technology that can help predict heart attacks. Led by Tomlinson Holman, a renowned audio engineer who invented THX and 10.2 surround sound, Apple is exploring ways to predict heart attacks by studying the sound blood makes at it flows through arteries.
Taken together, Apple's potential forays into automobiles and medical devices, two industries worlds away from consumer electronics, underscore the company's deep desire to move away from iPhones and iPads and take big risks.
Good grief. Is the 'iTesla next in the 'i' line?"
(Score: 5, Insightful) by edIII on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:29PM
I'm more worried about the toxic culture at Apple with respect to privacy and the consumers absolute and inviolable right to actual property ownership.
As long as I need to expend a single iota of effort to jailbreak an Apple device to enjoy property ownership and peaceful enjoyment, I have no interest in Apple products.
I for one hope they stay the hell away from anything to do with medicine.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2014, @03:00AM
What privacy issues are you concerned about from Apple? They have a much better track record than their competitors.