GNC #689 Bandwidth Challenged
Looks like someone is messing with my net connections while I am streaming the show. Twice in two weeks the net connection has went dead while live time to do some digging. Lots of tech tonight but the last two…
Slacker Radio vs Spotify
I’ve been trying out Spotify Premium the last couple of days since it came out in the U.S. I have to decide between it and Slacker Radio which I’ve been having a lot of fun with lately. First Spotify appears…
Are We All Thieves?
The history of advancing technology is long littered with accusations of copyright infringement along with charges of outright thievery. The problem seems to stem from ever-changing definitions of what comprises a song, a performance, or a book. Back in the…
Amazon Takes on Google in the Cloud Music Market, Doesn’t Impress
Amazon came first with the cloud music storage service, but Google tried to trump them. While I never tried out Amazon Music because I just didn’t find it compelling enough, I have been test-driving Google Music for a couple of…
Orange “Sound Charge” T-Shirt for Glastonbury
The music festival season is underway in the UK, with Glastonbury Festival starting tomorrow. To celebrate, Orange have invented a t-shirt that recharges mobile phones using a piezoelectric material to convert sound waves into electricity. Over a weekend of music,…
GNC #670 Chrome OS Arrives
I am sure you have noticed the new strategy with the show content and I hope you like the tighter format. The goal is more insight on the important stuff while at the same time getting you a nice sampling…
Drum Kit Apps for WebOS (HP Palm Pre)
Even in the absence of any real musical ability, sometimes it’s fun to bash away on a drum kit. Most of the various application catalogues for smartphones have little virtual drum kits so you can drum away whenever the urge…