Have There Been No Classic Albums In 2014?
Plenty of greats, sure – but where are the game-changers? Awards season doesn’t really have a beginning or end in the music business. From the January tips to the year-end charts, via the Brits and...
View ArticleListen: Mr Mitch - 'Don't Leave'
Exquisitely etched grime melancholia... There's often a sadness, a sense of loss at the heart of grime. Perhaps that's due to the environment the scene was spawned in; the lack of opportunity, the...
View ArticleIs This Britain's Smallest Vinyl Record Shop?
Please welcome... Plectrum Records For a while there, it looked as though the humble record shop was set to be consigned to the dustbin of music history. The past few years, though, have witnessed a...
View Article10 things we learned this week
What a week. From troubles at Tesco (not least its share price) to Facebook's UK tax bill, we've had a busy front on company news. And when it came to international goings-on, the EU really kept us...
View ArticleListen: Monogram - 'Romance'
Rising Scottish producer... The Scottish Borders are a vast hinterland, the rolling countryside alternatively displaying and masking a lengthy, often bloody, history. It's the perfect place to lose...
View ArticlePremiere: Sonia Stein - 'Waiting'
Rising London based performer... *Sonia Stein* is part of a global generation. With the internet seeming to shrink the international map, the singer seems to represent this physically: born in Berlin,...
View ArticleTwo 11-year-old boys robbed at knifepoint in Goms Mill moments...
TWO 11-year-old boys were robbed at knifepoint moments after a similar attack.The youngsters were in the Goms Mill area on Monday morning when they were approached by a man.The offender produced a...
View ArticleiTunes Digital Music Sales Fall 13 Percent as Apple Prepares Beats Music Refresh
Apple's digital music sales continue to spiral downward, falling more than 13 percent worldwide thus far in 2014, reports The Wall Street Journal. Last year, digital music sales dropped for the first...
View ArticleFacebook Goes '90s With Chat 'Rooms' App
Facebook's "anonymity" app is finally revealed, and as PC Magazine reports, it's "a throwback to the popular chat rooms of the mid-90s"—with a few modern updates. The Rooms app , currently available...
View ArticleiPad Mini 3 Teardown Reveals NFC Controller for Apple Pay, Hot Glued Home Button
After tearing down the iPad Air 2 earlier this week, iFixit has now moved on to the iPad mini 3, which also received a minor update during Apple's October 16 iPad event. Unlike the iPad Air 2, the iPad...
View ArticleSprint's 'iPhone for Life' program offers yearly iPhone upgrades
Reported by TechRadar 4 hours ago.
View ArticleAT&T Locking Apple Interchangeable SIMs in iPad Air 2 and Retina Mini 3
Apple's new Apple SIM card in the iPad Air 2 and the Retina iPad mini 3 is designed to be universal, usable across a variety of wireless carriers in the US and UK, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile,...
View ArticleLive Report: Austin City Limits Music Festival 2014
Highlights from the Texan bash… For the second year, *Austin City Limits* spread the festival vibes across two weekends, which only helped the pain of decisions like “OutKast or Beck?” a little....
View ArticleApple Submits Revised Plans for Second Phase of New Campus Construction
Apple has submitted Apple Campus Phase 2 architectural and site refinement plans to the City of Cupertino, signaling its readiness to begin the second phase of construction on its spaceship campus as...
View ArticleThe Most Disappointing Fitness Tracker Ever [VIDEO]
The Misfit Shine is billed less as a casual serious fitness tracker. But as it stands, Unless you’ve got an iPhone, you should pass on this. Reported by IBTimes 1 hour ago.
View ArticleNearly half of Gazelle's early iPhone upgrades ordered Apple's larger, more...
In yet another piece of favorable news surrounding Apple's recent entry into the phablet space, the nation's leading electronics buyback service said Friday that almost half of its early 2014 iPhone...
View ArticleApple Pay tops Tim Cook's to-do list in China
Apple CEO Tim Cook says bringing the recently launched Apple Pay system to China is his top priority for doing business the country. Apple Pay launched on Monday in the U.S. and allows iPhone 6 users...
View ArticleDavid Hasslehoff zombie games, 3D printing and the Berlin Wall
We speak to the Knight Rider and Baywatch star about his current projects, including his iPhone game and an intriguing plan involving 3D celebrity selfiesDavid Hasslehoff is busy. It seems like he is...
View ArticleListen: Lonelady - 'Groove It Out'
Sparse, minimalist machine funk... Someone who defiantly walks her own path, *Lonelady* has been quietly, patiently assembling new material. Utilising a Tascam 8-track, the producer worked in a remote...
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