Turns Out, Congress’ Internet History Can’t Be Sold
It was a beautiful, snarky, pointed idea while it lasted. Up in arms over pending legislation that would allow ISPs to sell users’ browser history to the highest bidder, Max Temkin had a
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In Trump’s America, Private Browsing Isn’t
The latest jaw-dropper to come out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the US House of Representatives is thisclose to making your private internet browsing habits available to the highest bidder. Late Tuesday night, the
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Canadian Internet Speed: Not Even in the Top Ten
When I was in South Korea a couple of years back, I was gobsmacked by the Internet speeds I was getting. And as a frequent visitor to Singapore, I know that my data
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Are You an Internet Star Wannabe? Don’t Be Like This Guy.
This short film captures exactly the kind of desperation we see with people who want to become and Internet star. Do NOT be like this guy.
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It Looks Like Mariah Carey is Trying to Scrub Her NYE Performance from the Interwebs
The chatter around Mariah Carey’s disastrous New Year’s Eve performance just won’t go away. Sabotage? Incompetence? Technical failure? Whatever the case, it was terribly embarrassing for everyone involved, including Dick Clark Productions, the people
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Once Upon a Time, Computers and the Internet Were Like This
A while back, I wrote a story on how much technology has changed the radio industry. Here’s another nostalgia trip, this time into the ancient history of computers and the Internet. This commercial
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Random Music News for Saturday, October 1, 2016
What? October already? And now, music news for all… This doc on manager Danny Fields looks like it should be a lot of fun. ABSOLUTELY musicians should be paid fair value for their
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The Internet is Now 25. Here Are 25 Awesome GIFs (Including Some Music-Related Ones)
Metro out of the UK (via Tom) has this gallery of 25 great GIFs from 25 years of the Internet. Music, of course, figures in quite a bit. For example, we have Keyboard
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How Pop Music Connects in an Over-Connected World
Try as I might to enforce my “no email on Sundays” rule, I keep breaking it. Knowing that the messages are piling up while I’m trying to watch some football or walk the
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Radio: Still WAY More Popular Than Some Will Have the Public Believe
I’ve got so many tech friends who are always asking me “You still listen to radio? Like, actual AM and FM?” Talk to them enough and you’ll get the impression is that old-school
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The Internet of Sound (And No, This Just Isn’t About Music)
I found this at TechCrunch. The whole Internet-As-Sound thing is being pursued by a lot of big businesses. The history of sound-as-signal is deep. In the beginning, horns, drums and bells rang the
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