Category Archives: Technology
The week Steve Jobs died
When Apple launches a new product, you can be pretty sure that it will dominate the headlines for days. There are few news stories that can overshadow such an event because Apple has become so good at turning its product … Continue reading
Facebook and Spotify have confused recommendations with shouting
On Sunday night I went to see Death Grips at XOYO in glittering East London. To say it was not really a Sunday night kinda show would be a bit of an understatement. If you’re not familiar with Death Grips, … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg and the verbs
So, after months, nay years of speculation, yesterday Facebook announced its new music offering. It wasn’t, as many had once thought, an in-house music service, nor did it bring Spotify streaming in-browser, as was also suggested. It was, basically, a … Continue reading
Is it already too late for digital music lockers?
There’s been a great deal of talk about digital lockers since the start of the year, mainly as Apple and Google prepare to enter the ‘music-based cloud-storage market’. But this week Amazon beat them both to become the first major … Continue reading
Buying records now isn’t worse, Jon. It’s just different
Who is responsible for the death of the music industry? It depends who you ask. Some will tell you it was Napster, others The Pirate Bay, or maybe it’s all down to the immoral kids who choose to use file-sharing … Continue reading
Social networks killed my rabbit
This week I got an email from the website Groupon. This wasn’t really a surprise, as they send me two emails every day about their latest offers. But this one wasn’t about offers, instead it cried: “We miss you. We … Continue reading
