The Final Countdown: Google Play Music to end in the fall
We all knew it was coming but we hoped we’d have more time. This week, the death toll started to ring for Google Play Music. The popular service will start to wind down
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Random music news for Wednesday, October 10, 2018
I saw a spa offering a pumpkin spice massage. Have we taken this a little too far? Distract yourself with some music news for October 10, 2018. Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming
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Random music news for Saturday, June 30, 2018
Sixty-five years today, the first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line. Now we can talk about music news for June 30, 2018. Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca. If you haven’t
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Random music news for Saturday, June 2, 2017
It was fifty-one years ago today that the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper in North America. It had come out the day before the UK. And now for music news on June 2, 2018.
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Random music news for Saturday, May 12, 2018
It’s International Nurses Day. Hug a nurse–but ask first. When it comes to music news for May 12, 2018… Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca. People are still unpacking all the
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Got a Smart Speaker Yet? A Survey Says It’s Just a Matter of Time.
I’m fascinated by the rise of smart speakers, which are quickly becoming the must-have new gadget. I have a Google Home on my kitchen counter and I’m always asking it to do things:
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Random Music News for Monday, October 30, 2017
All Hallow’s Eve Eve? Sure. Let’s go with that. And now some music news for October 30. Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders had a bad gig. Then again, she did ask fans to
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Ready or Not But Smart Speakers are The Next Big Thing
A new Google Home Mini arrived for the home office on Monday, a compliment to the full-sized Google Home that’s been on my the kitchen counter for the last couple of months. It’s
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Is Your Google Home Mini SPYING on You? UPDATE: No.
[Note: This article has been updated to reflect Google’s changes to the Mini which have solved the problem. See below for their official statement. – AC] Since I have a Google Home sitting
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New Survey: Smart Speakers are Big Thing and Getting Bigger
Got a Google Home on a counter somewhere? Waiting for Amazon Alexa in November? Want an Apple HomePod in December? Smart speakers are a growing thing. There’s an Edison Research/NPR study on the
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Trying to Predict the Future of Smart Speakers When It Comes to Music
[SINGAPORE -] Here at the Music Matters conference in Singapore, a lot of people were talking about smart speakers like Google Home, Amazon’s Alexa and upcoming units from Facebook and Apple. What kinds
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