Posts Tagged ‘ipod’

Our obsession with technology


Hot Smart phone: HTC Hero Android G3 A6262 Smartphone Unlocked – International Version with No U.S. Warranty (White) From tweet streams on Twitter to an endless list of “unknown” friends on facebook and Friendfeed, more and more, computer code by computer code, we are rapidly becoming prisoners of technology. From a personal point of view, [...]

MUSIC TO SOOTHE THE CREDIT CRUNCHED MIND


Every now and then, I get this over powering desire to shoot-up with some mp3 tracks. I blame the compulsion on the gloomy credit crunch atmosphere that has beseiged the entire world with its dark apocalyptic clouds of insecurity. Everywhere I turn, music addicts are within arms reach – trancing out on some hypnotic unknowable tune or being pulverised into submission by pulsating drum beats that [...]

Spotify: The New Kid On The Music Block


  Many good ideas have come and gone, but Spotify, the new kid on the music block, is creating a noisy buzz of excitement within the mp3 downloading community. Why? Well, Spotify - created by Mr Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in 2006 - is offering music lovers the mind blowing choice of  millions of song tracks they can listen to [...]

ARE WE BRAND JUNKIES?


  Like besotted lovers, we exchange vows at the altar of the cash till, vowing “till death do us part”.  If you were to randomly ask any group of young people what their favourite brands are, there’s a strong probability that among those mentioned would be Cocacola, Pepsi, Apple, McDonald’s and Nike. And there’s good reason for that too – what these hyper-brands all have in [...]