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Funny/Weird 

Someone modified a 17-year-old iPod Classic to stream Spotify

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments iPod, Spotify

Why? A challenge, I guess. And everyone could use a hobby, right? The full story at MobileSyrup. (Via Sean)

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Apple built a top-secret iPod for the US government

August 21, 2020August 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments iPod, US Goverment

When the iPod was becoming the world’s defacto MP3 player, there was a second version of the player unknown to

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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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Gadgets 

Remember when the iPod was Apple’s most important product? Not any more. Not by a long shot.

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, iPod

Apple introduced a new line of iPod Touches the other day. Basically, they’re iPhones with out the phone bits. The

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Gadgets 

In praise of the iPod Classic–and how Apple ruined everything

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, iPod

Last Tuesday (October 23) was apparently National iPod Day in the US. Gee, if I’d known, I’d have baked a cake

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Cool! 

From the world of architecture, here’s a building inspired by an iPod

June 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Architecture, Dubai, iPod

Dubai has some of the wildest architecture anywhere in the world. That now includes a building called The Pad. Designed

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Music News 

Heading to Canadian Music Week? Got an old iPod that you don’t need? Donate it!

May 10, 2018 Thomas Dennett 0 Comments Canadian Music Week, Donation, iPod, Music Heals, Music Therapy

Music is meant to be shared. For millennia, humans have created instruments, developed sounds and shared those sounds with people

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Gadgets 

A co-developer of the iPod says that we need to worry about smartphone addiction

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Addiction, iPhone, iPod, Smartphones, Tony Fadell

Tony Fadell is famous as the guy who helped Apple invent the iPhone. He stayed with the company as it

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Music News 

Did Moby invent the iPhone? He does have this story.

February 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments iPhone, iPod, Moby

Moby was interviewed by The Observer the other day and dropped this gem when he was referred to as a

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, February 20, 2018

February 20, 2018February 19, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Arcade Fire, Cowbell, Drake, Elon Musk, Great White, HomePod, iPod, Lonely Vagabond, Northern Touch, Social Media, Spotify, Tesla, The Station, Win Butler, Yoko Ono

Fifteen years ago today, one of the worst concert tragedies in history happened with a pyro display during a Great

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Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, August 2, 2017

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, David Bowie, Downloads, Ford, Gavin Rossdale, Gene Simmons, Ibiza, iPhone, iPod, Kanye West, KISS, Macklemore, Mustang, Netflix, Podcasting, Shea Stadium, Sony, Soundcloud, Streaming, The Agency, UTA

A thought: a revolving door leading into the West Wing of the White House. It would make staff changes easier

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