Random Music News for May 28, 2014
One more day and the new puppy comes home. We’ll have TWO English bull terriers. Yes, that’s crazy. Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is now close to two billion YouTube views. I didn’t link to
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Random Music News for Saturday, March 22, 2014
Just because it’s the weekend doesn’t mean the news takes time off. Apple is thinking about a rival to Spotify and an Android app. Why? Declining downloads–and maybe Apple Radio isn’t doing as
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How BlackBerry Will Rule Entertainment Systems in Your Car (If It Doesn’t Already)
“Poor BlackBerry,” you say, “Such promise. Such a disaster.” Okay, so maybe their approach to smartphones was too little too late. But then there’s QNX. And it’s already in cars manufactured by Acura, Audi,
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OK Computer: Radiohead Releases an App That Ties in Computers and the Subconscious
You’d have thought that Radiohead would have been early to the app party, but this release is in fact the band’s first foray into this arena. PolyFauna, they say, “comes from an interest in
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Google Making a Push for Your Next Car’s Dashboard
As many people have being predicting (ahem, including me) the next big tech battleground will be in car dashboards. The ongoing thermonuclear between Google and Apple is already heating up on this front–and
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Is This the First Android-Powered Car Stereo Unit?
Apparently so. It’s called the Asteroid from a company called Parrot. It’s not super powerful–it runs the ancient Donut release (Android 1.6)–but it is a true mini-computer in the dashboard. But take away
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Apple and Google to Battle It Out for Your Dashboard in 2014
Here’s a sucker’s prediction: when the Consumer Electronics Show opens in Las Vegas on January 7, much, much floorspace will be given over to the connected car. Our vehicles are slowly turned into
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