Weekly Highlights: Apple's Rumored $3.2 Billion Beats Deal, Netflix Price Hike And More

by Louis Bedigian, Benzinga Staff Writer

May 10, 2014 4:11 PM | 1 min read | Make a Comment

This week ended with a shocker:

AppleAAPL

could buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. Investors might remember that this is the

that

GoogleGOOG

paid for Nest. Elsewhere, famed VC Fred Wilson gave his prediction for which companies will rule technology. Apple wasn't on that list.

NetflixNFLX

announced that it will increase the price of its service for virtually all of its members -- in two years. New subscribers will pay $1 more from here on out. Google,

MicrosoftMSFT

FacebookFB

AmazonAMZN

and other tech companies teamed up to fight for net neutrality.

ActivisionATVI

announced that it plans to spend $500 million on

Destiny

. And Snapchat settled with the FTC. Disclosure:

At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.

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