He points out that Apple would be an especially deadly partner in the radio race because it has already stored ample listening data from its music-recommendation engine that could power a Pandora-like radio stream.
Meanwhile longtime rival Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) hit a gold mine in digital music, and search engine Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) evolved into a new threat as it moved from upstart to online goliath.