Wait: 25% of Canadians still don’t have ANY kind of mobile phone?
Everyone has a mobile phone now, right? Nope. Look at this chart from Statista. Okay, I get it why 35% of India and 29% of Indonesia don’t have any sort of mobile phone.
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Random music news for Friday, February 8, 2019
The first weekend without football since June. Time for NASCAR. And did you know that the UN has declared today International Scotch Day? I’ll buy that. Here’s music news for February 8, 2019.
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Back on this day in 1962, the US banned Cuban cigars. They’re still banned, right? Moving to music news for February 7, 2019… This woman was a victim in the Bataclan massacre. She’s
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So how are smart speakers doing in Canada?
We’ve heard plenty of data from the US and other countries about how quickly consumers are adopting smart speakers. But what about in Canada? According to a new study by the Consumer Technology
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On this day in 1919, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. Then again, the Sox threw the series. And here is music news for October 8, 2018. Liam?
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Day two of my solo staycation. Maybe I’ll clean out the shed today. Or maybe I’ll just post some music news for August 7, 2018, and go back to bed. AC/DC is apparently
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The next development that’s going to tear us away from our smartphone screens
We’re addicted to our screens. I can’t be in line anywhere longer than three seconds before I’ve got my iPhone in my hand, looking for some kind of dopamine hit. Anything to escape
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As of today, smallpox has been eradicated from the planet for 38 years. Take that, anti-vaxxers. And for music news on May 8, 2018… Canadian album sales last week vs. a year ago:
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If we were to follow the traditions of the ancients, we really should have today off. This is what’s making news on May 1, 2018. Canadian music sales last week vs. a year
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Pretty cool girl having fun and listens to music in the headphones on smartphone over colorful background
A co-developer of the iPod says that we need to worry about smartphone addiction
Tony Fadell is famous as the guy who helped Apple invent the iPhone. He stayed with the company as it created the iPhone. If he’s worried about addiction to smartphones, we should probably
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Do you miss the headphone jack? It’s going away and never coming back
If you’ve purchased a high-end smartphone recently, you’ve had to make due with a major design change: the elimination of the headphone jack. Manufacturers–led by Apple, of course–want to get rid of those
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