Survey: How Canadians get their news
New data from Statistics Canada (via FYI Music News) shows how we Canadians tend to get our news. The information was gathered from a 2020 study called the General Social Survey on Social
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Internet
This GOP rep blames the Uvalde school massacre of rap music and the internet while defending guns
So rap music bad, guns good? All those poor kids and their teachers died in Uvalde, Texas, because of hip-hop lyrics, video games, and the internet? And the availability of guns had nothing
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This song describes EVERYTHING we love/hate about the internet (NSFW)
I’d never heard of Bo Burnham before now, but given his musical summary of the internet, I’d going to have to investigate him. (Via Walter)
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Ongoing History of New Music Daily: A quaint internet story
Today we get so much of our music online. But twenty-five years ago, the Internet was still an unknown commodity populated by nerdy early adopters. In the mid-90s, it was considered to be
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How is that digital world working out for you? Yeah, I thought so.
If you were around when the Internet began to capture mainstream public attention (this would be 1995-ish), you’ll remember the proselytizing about how this was going to usher in a great new age
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Random music news for Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Why does a salad seem taste better when someone else makes it? Just wondering. Meanwhile, here’s what I have for music news on August 28, 2019. The Tragically Hip are getting their own
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Here are the results of a fascinating study of how Canadians use the Internet
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the organization that assigns and oversees .ca domains. It has just released a report called “Canada’s Internet Factbook” which looks at the online activities and habits
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Zuck: Facebook needs government oversight
It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke: Mark Zuckerberg claims to want more government oversight and regulation of platforms like Facebook. In an op-ed published Saturday in the Washington Post, the man behind the
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How much will streaming of the World Cup slow down the Internet today and tomorrow?
Each time a World Cup year rolls around, there are all sorts of new consumer-facing technologies that people use to access games. With things coming to a crunch today and tomorrow with the
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The FCC says net neutrality changes June 11. We’ll see
Circle June 11 on the calendar – that’s the day the Federal Communications Commission says it will start enforcing the new net neutrality regulations. Odds are, nothing will change that day. Remember, there’s
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More amazing Internet news: A cat purr emulator
As we all know, the Internet is infested with cats. This brings me to Purrli, a sound generator that can emulate all manner of cat purrs. If you’re feeling stressed, you might want
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