Why Country Fans Still Buy the Most CDs
Despite that fresh influx of fans raised on iTunes and Spotify, country listeners still overwhelmingly purchase their music on CD instead of digital download (that is, when they’re buying music), much more so than fans of other genres. What keep country fans connected to the format?
October 9, 2015 at 03:57AM
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Here’s what the guys from HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ think about Google Brotli
Two weeks ago, Google announced a new compression algorithm that promises a 26 percent performance upgrade over its previous iterations.
October 8, 2015 at 10:51PM
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Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Has His Next Gig: Writing for HBO’s Silicon Valley
The technology executive and onetime stand-up comedian works a couple of days a week in the show’s writers room.
October 8, 2015 at 09:49PM
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You Don’t Need to Shoot Down a Drone to Destroy It Anymore
Directional radio frequency jammers score a soft kill on flying threats.
October 8, 2015 at 08:45PM
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Machine Generates The World’s Largest Man-Made Wave
This is the Delta Flume: A 1000 foot-long, 30 foot-deep channel specifically made for literally making waves.
October 8, 2015 at 08:36PM
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Steve Wozniak says ‘Steve Jobs’ scene was made up
Without giving too much away, Wozniak (played by Seth Rogen) wants Jobs (played by Michael Fassbender) to mention the team that built the Apple II during his iMac keynote address.
October 8, 2015 at 04:29PM
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The frightening promise of self-tracking pills
A new digital pill system could save billions in health care costs — but will courts take it too far?
October 8, 2015 at 04:29PM
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A Brand New Digg (For iOS)
We’re proud to announce an entirely new version of Digg for iOS, version 6.0 (which was just featured as a best new app in the App Store!). It’s a complete rewrite of our app: faster, easier to use, and an all-around nicer Digg app for you.
October 8, 2015 at 04:29PM
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Netflix Just Raised The Price Of Its Most Popular Plan
The service’s most popular plan now costs $9.99. Existing customers will have a grace period, but the price is effectively immediately for new subscribers in US, Canada and parts of Latin America.
October 8, 2015 at 03:50PM
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How the USGS uses Twitter data to track earthquakes
At first, the USGS staff was a bit skeptical that Twitter could be used as a detection system for earthquakes – but when they looked into it, they were surprised at the effectiveness of Twitter data for detection.
October 8, 2015 at 12:38PM
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