Apple buffs up radio service with string of acquisitions - Jul. 29, 2014

Apple is set to expand its radio repertoire with a reported $30 million acquisition of the news radio and podcast app, Swell.

Swell is like a Pandora (P) for talk radio, learning listeners' preferences and creating personalized stations with streaming talk radio content from NPR, TED, PBS, New York Times (NYT), BBC (BBCN) and more. Users can also select stations by topic -- from business, to politics, to tech -- and share what they're listing to on Facebook (FB, Tech30)and Twitter (TWTR, Tech30).

Apple buffs up radio service with string of acquisitions - Jul. 29, 2014