Apple launches Student Textbook MKII

Yesterday’s Apple Education Event (iBooks 2) was essentially all about the iPad’s increasing role within the realms of education. I already own a number of educational-type Apps on my iPad which I believe had a significant impact on this evolution - Touch Press’s ’The Elements’ and ’Solar System’ as well as Transworld Digital’s ’The Magic of Reality’ are all superb types of a new interactive forms of learning - the latter is closer to ...

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Netflix launched in UK with 30 day free trial

I’ve been waiting a while now for the arrival of Netflix on these shores, so was it worth the wait?

When I received the initial email invitation, it’s poor quality made me unsure as to whether this was some sort of phishing effort. This was not helped by the very basic Netflix holding page presented to UK users.

In any case, I had been waiting a while for this so I dipped my toes into the 30 day free trial. You have to enter you credit card details during registration, which will ...

The Future of Music Online 2012

(Note that this post will be updated regularly throughout 2012)

My Top 10 Albums of 2011

1. House of Balloons - The Weeknd
2. Thursday - The Weeknd
3. Nostalgia, Ultra - Frank Ocean
4. Glass Swords - Rustie
5. Electronic Dream - Araabmuzik
6. Oh Land - Oh Land
7. Vanbot - Vanbot
8. On A Mission - Katy B
9. 21 - Adele
10. SBTRKT - SBTRKT

(Note - SBTRKT was missing from previous end of year listing)

11 Musical Trends for 2012

• Some artists will move away entirely from Album releases; Rihanna is

Why a stance against SOPA and PIPA is important for all Internet Users

Wikipedia and Reddit were blacked out today in an attempt to highlight to Internet Users - the serious likely impact of this legislation on the basic rights of freedom of the typical netizen.

These 2 new bills - Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) - are in the process of passing through the House of Representatives and the Senate respectively. They would end up giving Copyright Owners way too much power in shutting down and commercially crippling any site/s they choose to ...

Armin Van Buuren - State of Trance Yearmix 2011

Chairlift - Something

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (Deluxe Version)