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iPhone vs. Android: What do musicians prefer?

October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Android, athletes, iPhone, Musicians, Politicians

The most popular operating system on smartphones is Google’s Android. But because Android is infinitely customizable by manufacturers and telecoms,

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Holy crap! Is this the most advanced factory car audio system ever?

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio, Bowers and Wilkins, Infotainment System, Polestar, Volvo

Factory audio systems in cars have come a long way from the old Delco AM/FM/cassette radios that passed for state-of-the-art

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Meta unveils another part of its view of the metaverse with a new AR/VR headset

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Headset, Meta Quest Pro, Metaverse, VR

Meta–what we’re supposed to call Facebook now–would have you believe that it’s building THE capital-M metaverse. It’s not. It’s building

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This is the weirdest audiophile accessory I’ve seen in a while.

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Audiophiles, Fragrance Diffuser, Olafactive Stereophonique

So you want to sit down and listen to some music. But what happens if your music room stinks? Then

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This garage band is releasing a vinyl record that doubles as a guitar pedal. No, seriously.

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brother O Brother, Guitar Pedal, Romanus, Vinyl

You gotta hand it to Romanus Records and Audio Disruption Services for coming up with yet another interesting twist on

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This indie record label wants to fill a hole in the market by reissuing albums on 8-track.

September 3, 2022September 5, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 8-Tracks, Sacred Bones, Tape, Townes Van Zandt

You know how the whole premise of the Jurassic Park franchise was based on extracting some DNA of an insect

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Want to connect CarPlay or Android Auto to your car? Check out this gizmo

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android Auto, CarPlay, CarrGenie, Infotainment System, Smartphones

Every time there’s a change in auto infotainment technology, there’s always a period where people have to MacGyver ways of

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Gadgets 

We have the first bioplastic vinyl record

July 21, 2022July 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bioplastic, Evolution Music, Polyvinyl chloride, Records

The good news: The most durable form of music storage is the vinyl record. Kept away from heat, polyvinyl chloride

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Want a free twenty bucks? If you bought some consumer electronics between 2004 and 2010, you may qualify.

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blu-Ray, CD Player, CD-Rom, class action lawsuit, Optical Disc Drive, Price Fixing

Free money? Sure! A $29.7 million settlement has been reached in a price-fixing class action suit in Ontario, BC, and

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If you’re a fan of video game music, here are the songs making the most coin

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Ebuyer, Spotify, Streaming, Video Game Music, Video Games

Video games have become a great platform for promoting music. And if a game publisher wants to include a song,

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Gadgets 

There’s a new video game based on the music of Tool

July 14, 2022July 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cherrymochi, Exit Veil, Music VIdeos, Tool, Video Games

If you’ve seen some of Tool’s music videos, you might have thought “Man, this would make a good premise for

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