Random music news for Saturday, September 15, 2018
September 15th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Gotta take the dogs for detailing today. Let someone else struggle with 25 kg bull terriers who don’t like having
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Random music news for Tuesday, June 19, 2019
June 19th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
If there’s one cool non-football thing about the World Cup, it’s our quadriennial instruction in vexillology. Back to music news
Apple’s HomePod smart speakers coming to Canada June 18
May 29th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Apple came late to the smart speaker game and lags far behind Google Home and Amazon’s Echo line. It doesn’t
Random music news for Monday, May 21, 2018
May 21st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Queen Victoria has been dead since 1901, but we’re eternally grateful for this May holiday. She was actually born on
Random music news for Friday, April 27, 2018
April 27th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Today is the 36th birthday of the computer mouse. My carpal tunnel syndrome is not celebrating. And now, some music
Random music news for Saturday, April 14, 2018
April 14th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Go home, polar vortex. You’re drunk. That’s all I’ve got–other than these music news items for April 14, 2018. Here
Random Music News for Wednesday, February 28, 2018
February 28th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
On this day in 1993–25 years ago–a show called The Ongoing History of New Music ran for the first time.
Is Apple working on a new line of high-quality headphones?
February 26th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
When Apple bought Beats for more than $3 billion in 2014, they acquired the entire line of Beats headphones, which
Random Music News for Tuesday, February 20, 2018
February 20th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Fifteen years ago today, one of the worst concert tragedies in history happened with a pyro display during a Great
Random Music News for Friday, February 16, 2018
February 16th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Good thing for computer calendars. Otherwise, how would we able to keep track of which February weekends across the continent
Random Music News for Wednesday, February 14, 2018
February 14th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Valentine’s Day: a made-up holiday designed to make dudes feel guilty and single people even more lonely. Who needs it?
Apple’s HomePod was released in the US and UK on Friday. What are people saying about it?
February 12th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
HomePod, Apple’s long-delayed smart speaker, finally showed up in stores in the US and UK on Friday (Canada won’t see
SONOS punked Apple with a Spotify Playlist
February 11th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
With Apple’s HomePod now rolling out in selected countries, SONOS decided to send a congratulatory Spotify playlist to the fruit
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker finally available for order this Friday (but don’t get too excited, Canada)
January 23rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Smart speakers are the fastest growing segment of the home electronics segment these days. Both Google (with their Google Assistant-powered
Random Music News for Saturday, December 16, 2017
December 16th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
If this is your birthday, you have the distinction of having the worst birth date on the calendar. Here’s why.
Want an Apple HomePod for Christmas? Nope. Not Gonna Happen.
November 20th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
With the smart speaker market heating up, anticipation was building for Apple’s HomePod, which we were promised before the end
Random Music News for Wednesday, November 15, 2017
November 15th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Hug your computer today. It was on this day in 1971 that Intel released the groundbreaking 4004 chip. And now,
Random Music News for Wednesday, November 1, 2017
November 1st, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Yep. It’s November, perhaps the second-worst month of the year (after February). And today’s the day a bunch of radio
Ready or Not But Smart Speakers are The Next Big Thing
October 25th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
A new Google Home Mini arrived for the home office on Monday, a compliment to the full-sized Google Home that’s
Google Introduces a Couple of New Smart Speakers. Sonos Jumps In, Too.
October 5th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
In additional to unveiling the new Pixel 2 smartphone at a big event yesterday, Google showed off a couple of
New Survey: Smart Speakers are Big Thing and Getting Bigger
September 26th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Got a Google Home on a counter somewhere? Waiting for Amazon Alexa in November? Want an Apple HomePod in December?
Smart Speakers are Looking More and More Like the Next Big Thing
August 16th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
For about a month now, I’ve had a Google Home smart speaker set up on my kitchen counter. All I
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