How our music is shaped by technology, part 2
June 3rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca
Browsing the "Tech" Category
Zuck: Facebook needs government oversight
April 2nd, 2019 | by Amber Healy
It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke: Mark Zuckerberg claims to want more government oversight and regulation of platforms like Facebook.
Ryerson Entertainment Conference: Where commerce and creativity connect
February 25th, 2019 | by Andrew Dick
Have you heard about Ryerson Universities entertainment conference - REC? It's a student-run two-day conference that looks at entertainment technology, communications and media.
Net neutrality back in court in the US
February 4th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
The Trump administration’s repeal of net neutrality was in court Friday, with companies and states arguing their case that the
The latest look at how people consume audio entertainment in the car
December 12th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
RAIN reports on a new study by Edison Research on how we consume audio entertainment in our vehicles as we
How much music is there on Mars? More than you might think.
December 3rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When InSight, NASA’s latest mission to Mars, touched down at 2:54
Real fake news: China now has an AI news anchor. Look out, Ron Burgundy.
November 9th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
In the world of news, the TV anchor has traditionally been the most important position. Lloyd Robertson. Peter Mansbridge. Walter
Cool Sound App for Mac
November 7th, 2018 | by Andrew Dick
Have you ever been surfing the net listening to music when you unknowingly click a link to an auto-start video
Watch this stunning VR music video opening to a video game competition in South Korea
November 6th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
There’s a lot of money in eSports, so if you’re going to wow the kids, you gotta go big. When
So how are smart speakers doing in Canada?
November 6th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
We’ve heard plenty of data from the US and other countries about how quickly consumers are adopting smart speakers. But
Weekly survey: Would you go see a gig starring at hologram? And if so, who would it have to be?
November 5th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
There’s a tech twist to this week’s survey question. This past Sunday (November 4), there was a concert at the
Another look at how technological development has changed the music industry
October 19th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[A guest post by Lucas Cappel – AC] The music industry has experienced profound effects from technological development resulting in
Seven ways streaming technology is changing the very nature of music
October 16th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
I’ve been rabbiting on how as a delivery mechanism, streaming is changing the very nature of the music it’s delivering.
Are we heading for an Internet shutdown over the next 48 hours? Maybe. Seriously.
October 12th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Ever wonder what a global Internet outage might feel like? We make get a chance to experience a pre-1992 world over
A history of Auto-Tune, the technology that changed music
September 18th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Who knew that a technology first conceived to search for oil and gas deposits would end up revitalizing Cher’s career?
Why isn’t binaural audio a bigger thing?
September 18th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Many music fans were introduced to the word binaural back in 2000 when Pearl Jam released an album under that
How you can use AI to create a personalized soundtrack of your life
September 15th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Artificial Intelligence is already a big deal and music–and it’s getting bigger. I’m not just talking about the machine learning
How AI is changing the world of music
September 8th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[Mike Raine wrote this for Canadian Musician magazine. AI is coming for music. In fact, it’s here already. -AC] Artificial
How much do you know about music torrents? This infographic will help.
August 31st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[A guest post from Zach. – AC] here do you get your music from? Gone are the days of Napster
Photo Gallery from the Music and the Brain Music Tech Event
August 30th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Thanks to everyone who came out to our 15th Music Tech Event. It was a truly fascinating session—especially the demo (check out
AI program makes it look like you can dance
August 28th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
It’s not that I can’t dance–I do have a decent sense of rhythm–it’s that I won’t because I think I
Ex-blink-182 man continues his research into UFOs and secret transformative technology
July 30th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Since he left blink-182, Tom DeLonge has gone deep–and I mean really deep–into UFO research (something that he calls “The
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