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5 Reasons SoundCloud With Major Label Music Could Be Amazing
Most of the music services available today have more or less the same music, so they distinguish themselves with third-party apps, free versions, improved designs, mixtape-style playlists and other attractive features. On-demand music services have the same music (more or less) because the same copyright holders decide which songs to put on subscription services, and…
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A Crazy-Making Day In The Life Of An Apple Store Creative
I didn’t know this until I went to work for Apple Retail, but their credo is “Enriching Lives”. I never had a job with a philosophy attached to it. I know the Marines have one. It’s Semper Fi. If you see that on a bumper sticker, it’s Latin for “Mess with this car, and you’re…
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How Low Earth Orbit Astronauts Are The New Pioneers
The first element of the International Space Station (ISS) launched over 15 years ago, on November 20, 1998. For more than 13 years at least two human beings have been continually living off the surface of our planet. Assembly of the Space Station is now complete. It is being utilised by its crews and scientists…
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When Tech Culture And Urbanism Collide
The city is the most complex machine ever invented. Running optimally, the city generates opportunity and provides a platform for interaction, ideas and improvement. As a concept, the city has been iterated-upon, smashed and burnt to the ground, rebuilt, deliberately designed, haphazardly organised, and generally resilient for many millennia. But the city is still a…