A short film on how the iPod was created
Not only did the iPod mark the beginning of Apple’s transformation from an also-ran computer company to a two trillion dollar company, it also ushered in an entirely new way of listening to
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iPod
Miss your old iPod? This site will allow you to bring it back. Sort of.
Twenty years ago, everyone wanted an iPod. It was the device that revolutionized how we consumed music on the go. But when the iPhone came along, it slowly cannibalized the entire iPod line,
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The History of Portable Music, Part 2
There were three moments when I remembered looking at something in my hand realizing that it was going to change my life. The first time was on my sixth birthday when my grandmother
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Random music news for Wednesday, May 18, 2022
As an introvert myself, I can identify with this. Now some music news for May 18, 2022. Limewire is back–but its (legal) game is NFTs, not file-sharing. The guitar that broke up Oasis
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To all the iPods I’ve loved before
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] In the summer of 2001, a Hollywood screenwriter friend of mine got a call from his agent: “Get up to San Francisco now. There’s an interesting
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Apple finally puts the iPod out of its misery
In the fog that followed the 9/11 attacks, Steve Jobs gathered some journalists in Cupertino to show off a new product. “It’s called iPod,” he said. The date was October 23, 2001. It’s
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Ongoing History Daily: Why do we call it an “iPod” part 2
Here’s the second part of our brief history of the iPod. (Part one is here.) It was introduced to the public on October 23, 2001. But “iPod” isn’t a word that really describes
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Ongoing History Daily: Why did we call it an “iPod?” Part 1
The best-selling digital music player used to be the Apple iPod. But have you ever wondered about that name? What’s the deal with the word “iPod?” Apple started the development of the device
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Ongoing History Daily: The iPod workplace ban
At one point, it seemed like everyone had an iPod for listening to music. And for a while, there were some places of business that banned employees from listening to iPods while working.
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The iPod’s 20th birthday just passed and almost no one noticed.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] In the summer of 2001, a screenwriter friend got a call from his agent. “You and your writing partner get on a plane to
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Random music news for Monday, July 12, 2021
Back to work after a short vacation. Things on these pages will be operating as normal for the next while. But whatever happens, music news will be here. This is what’s happening on
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