From the archive

August 2013

Facebook Updated its News Feed Algorithm

Facebook is doing something new that might make it easier for you to find the things that you actually do want to read in your News Feed. They have made changes to the algorithm that will allow it to respond to “signals from you”. Ideally, this will result in you seeing more engaging and interesting things at the top of

Rdio introduces Pandora-like channels

The digital music market continues to heat up with a growing amount of competitors, such as Pandora, Spotify, Google Music All Access, Xbox Music and others. Now Rdio today announces that it will try to stay competitive by introducing customized, personal channels for your music. "We’re thrilled to reveal the new and improved Stations today. We've made stations smarter and

Print Magazine Sales Plunge

Single-copy print magazine sales plunged by another 10% in the first half of 2013 according to the AAM's (Alliance for Audited Media) 2013 half-year report. Extensive details can be found on their website here at this link to their report. I remember back in the 1980's subscribing to print magazines such as Stereo Review, Digital Audio & Compact Disc Review,

Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro Review

The Samsung ATIV Series 7 Smart PC Pro is a Windows 8 hybrid: a touchscreen tablet that that slots into a keyboard, converting the tablet into a laptop. Sounds like a great idea but how well does it work in practice? Let's get it out the box first - apologies for some of these photos, there was a bit too

Samsung UK Chromebook Offer

Just a quickie....Samsung UK have an offer on at the moment that if you buy one of their Chromebooks during August, you can claim a free smartphone. Don't get too excited as the phone is only a Galaxy Mini but it's better than nothing and you can always flog it on ebay. There are further goodies if you buy a 3G Chromebook. Pay attention to

RawVoice Certified Podcast Statistics Announcement!

I am very proud of what my team at RawVoice, and what we have accomplished. Our world class podcast statistic service after 8 years tracking podcast stats for 10's of thousands of shows and networks is introducing a program that certifies our customers podcast statistics. Excerpt from the press release: “At RawVoice, we know that podcast statistical validation is critical

GNC-2013-08-05 #880 YouTube Live Major Announcement!

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