Free Culture On Android: Sonic Squirrel

The range of Creative Commons music that gets the most exposure is on sites like Jamendo, BandCamp, and Magnatune. However there are many different netlabels that get a lot less exposure.  To understand SonicSquirrel, a short history of netlabels and the demoscene is essential. Netlabels arose in the late 1990′s from the demoscene.  The original demoscene originated in the …

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Free Culture on Android: Jamendo Top 50

Time to start a new series of articles dedicated to Free Culture and the Creative Commons.  With the rise of tablets and smart phones there are many people who want to a portable solution for accessing their favorite music, books, videos and other free culture media.  This is a new series of review articles of applications that …

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Who could beat iBooks and iPad?

While there has been a lot of media chatter over the iPad (see references) and the iBooks application, no one is asking the serious questions, and believe me, there are a lot of them to consider.  Here’s a couple of them that need to be discussed a lot more: What will compete with iBooks and …

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