My favorite people to complain about are those in the music and film industries. Typically I don’t have a problem with artists themselves. It’s the “suits” who make ridiculous statements that insult my intelligence that irritate me. In the reaction to Apple’s new song preview policy, you’ll find an example of one such idiotic statement. [...]
Apple and Google have both released set top boxes. They both aim to change the way we watch television. Which one wins? That depends. They both enable you to watch online video, but in much different ways. Google aims to do it all. It will allow you to search tv listings, and will eventually have [...]
The Apple rumor mill is again aflutter with the potential of an imminent subscription, or “cloud”, based plan that would allow users to stream music across multiple devices. This would involve the music they own, but could also involve new music. This particular rumor has been around for a few years now. With more and [...]
Free has really gotten a bad rap over the last decade. I think it started when newspapers allowed their content for free online. As more and more people flooded the internet, they looked to the internet for their news. Napster caused the same rush to free access with music. Bit Torrent sites provided ways to [...]