The other big labels would lose a shot at signing Calder and his legendary golden ear, and Jive itself could be transformed from a supplier into a formidable competitor.
Jawbone, the privately held maker of the Jambox mobile speaker and those in-ear Bluetooth headsets beautiful enough to be in the Museum of Modern Art, is making big moves lately.
Operating it with their big toes, it would send musical tones as signals to a concealed earpiece but the wire connecting shoe and ear would often break.