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The top 10 reasons why music is compressed

The top 10 reasons why music is compressed

People like the sound of compressed music, or, to put it in another way, people don't like music that has quiet and loud passages. 3


Why we would've been better off without the iPod

Why we would've been better off without the iPod

Imagine a world where Apple never revolutionised digital music and it might not be that bad a place. In fact, it could be an improvement.


Tim Cook is making Apple friendlier, more bureaucratic: report

Tim Cook is making Apple friendlier, more bureaucratic: report

According to a new feature in Fortune magazine, Apple CEO Tim Cook has dramatically changed some things at Apple, making it more corporate than Steve Jobs might have liked.


Drilling away at Spotify, Diablo and mobile upgrades

Drilling away at Spotify, Diablo and mobile upgrades

One cannot fully appreciate the wonders of the perfect dumpling unless it has been preceded by a month's worth of jack hammering. Nonetheless, we powered on with this week's podcast, covering every...


Australian music-streaming services compared

Australian music-streaming services compared

Confused about all of the music-streaming services on offer? Here's the lowdown on each one that's available in Australia. 19


Sony counters Spotify with Music Unlimited app on iOS

Sony counters Spotify with Music Unlimited app on iOS

In the dead of the night, Sony has slipped its music-streaming competitor into the iOS App Store. 1


Spotify finally goes live in Australia

Spotify finally goes live in Australia

Australia's glut of music-streaming services is set to get bigger today, as the long-awaited Spotify service finally launches down under. 7


Tougher policing of internet, TV, radio, print not a bad thing Pulse

Tougher policing of internet, TV, radio, print not a bad thing

I've been reading through the Federal Government's cure for insomnia and the media — the Convergence Review — for a little while now, and although it's great to see that the powers that be recognis...


Tiny mic shrinks cochlear hearing implant

Tiny mic shrinks cochlear hearing implant

Cochlear implants, which help 220,000 deaf people around the world hear, come with a few unfortunate side effects.


How Apple minimises its tax bill: report

How Apple minimises its tax bill: report

Following on from its earlier reports on Foxconn and Apple's practice of sending manufacturing overseas, The New York Times is once again putting Apple under the microscope, with a new, in-depth re... 1


Dear Tim Cook: Apple is not the world's tech inventor

Dear Tim Cook: Apple is not the world's tech inventor

Steve Jobs is famous for borrowing a phrase that may or may not have originated with Pablo Picasso: "Good artists copy; great artists steal". He said in the documentary Triumph of the Nerds that Ap... 1


Tech Time Machine: 28 April

Tech Time Machine: 28 April

If you like your music served up one piece at time, in a nice, convenient digital format, then you should mark this day in your calendar.


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