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Do iOS and Android users blast music differently while driving?

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Android, Distracted Driving, iOS, Study, Survey

Here’s another novel study done by American Trucks. Do iOS and Android users listen to music at different volumes while

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Music News 

What weirdness is happening at Twitter today? Let’s revisit that sh*tshow

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Elon Musk, iOS, Tesla, Twitter, Twitter Blue, verification

Another day, another crappy day for fans of Twitter–and Elon Musk. Let’s count the ways. Twitter Blue has relaunched. I

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 5, 2020

December 5, 2020December 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Black Metal, Dogs, Foals, Glass Animals, Instagram, iOS, Music Fans, Ozzy, Santa, Scott Weiland, Technics SL-1200, TikTok

For reasons unknown, this earworm has been going through my head for a week. Think very carefully before you click

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Random music news for Thursday, June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 78 RPM Records, Alexisonfire, CeeLo Green, Dan Auerbach, Dolly Parton, Elon Musk, Elton John, Gone with the Wind, Grimes, iOS, Kim Jong-Un, Kim Kardashian, My Chemical Romance, Radiohead, Rap Metal, Spotify, Winamp

How did Aunt Jemima last this long? Buh-bye. And on the topic of extremists, we have John Cleese to explain

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Gadgets 

Are you an iOS or Android person? Here’s how the global battle shapes up.

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android, iOS

Yes, the iPhone gets most of the hype but Android rules the planet. This is easy to explain. While iOS

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Gadgets 

This app turns your iPhone into an iPod classic

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments iOS, iPhone, iPod, iPod Classic

I have a couple of old iPod Classics lying around the house, uncharged and unused. But every once in a

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Tech 

So what did Apple announced at WWDC 2018? Well…

June 4, 2018June 5, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, iOS, macOS, WWDC

Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) opened in San Jose today, which Apple uses as a platform to announce plans

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, April 7, 2018

April 7, 2018April 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 30 Seconds to Mars, AI, Airpods, Anrdoid, Apps, Coke, Disney, Female Rappers, High Fidelity, iOS, Jared Leto, Pulse Nightclub, Spinal Tap, Spotify

I don’t know where you are in the world, but here in central Canada, spring is nowhere to be seen.

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Random music news for Friday, April 6, 2018

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Chelsea Hotel, Despacito, Dire Straits, iOS, Lorde, Mark Knopfler, Morrissey, Queen, Smart Speakers, Soda, Turkey, Whitney Houston, YouTube

Today is the long trip home from Asia. Thanks to crossing to the dateline, April 6, 2018, will be about

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Random Music News for Wednesday, March 14, 2018

March 14, 2018March 13, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1001 Trackstats, Apple, Apple Music, FBI, iOS, Katy Perry, macOS, Northern Touch, Saudi Ara

Happy Pi Day! Celebrate by doing some math involving 3.14159265359. And in music news for March 14, 2018… This summer’s Warped

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Random Music News for Monday, March 5, 2018

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bertrand Cantat, Breeders, Creative Labs, Cuba, David Byrne, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Instagram, iOS, John Lennon, Mariah Carey, Mashup, Metallica, Moby, Noel Gallagher, Patsy Cline, Van Halen, X-Fi chip

Fifty-five years ago today, country star Patsy Cline died in a plane crash. As for stuff making music news for March

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