Apple收購Lala大約花費了1700萬美金

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Apple此次的收購，應該只花了1700萬美金，主要是因為Lala雖然仍有1400萬美金左右的現金，但每個月的支出仍高達美金50萬元，這也是Apple沒有必要花8000萬美金收購的原因。
每個月燒掉50萬美金的公司還願意花1700萬美金去買

MMMM果然是想法不同!

$80 million for LaLa? That isn’t what we’re hearing," Michael Arrington reports for TechCrunch.

"LaLa was purchased for $17 million by Apple, according to our sources with indirect knowledge of the deal," Arrington reports. "And the company supposedly had $14 million in cash in the bank, meaning the actual purchase price was really $3 million."

Arrington reports, "That’s in line with recent competitive sales like iLike ($20 million) and iMeem ($1 million). LaLa had plenty of cash in the bank, but they were burning $500k/month, say our sources. There’s just no reason Apple would pay $80 million for the company."

"We also believe that LaLa was acquired mostly for the star engineering team and the awesome recent Google deal more than for the product. iTunes in the cloud isn’t something we should hold our breath for," Arrington reports. "$3 million for top-of Google music results and a top team of engineers makes a lot of sense."

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