Bitcoin, the decentralized electronic cash system that has been gaining popularity is still a bit of a mystery for most. With only 21 million worth created in total and a P2P network that is used to generate and exchange currency, more and more places are starting accept it but this new system is still volatile and very vulnerable to hacking, including some events that happened just this week.
The Money Alternative Experiment: Bitcoin Explained
April 12, 2013 By 1 Comment
#FutureFrequency News Highlights From Around The Web
March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Around the world, around the universe, the future is now! Tune in to some of the most recent headlines and developments that are coming soon near you.
DRM Chair Makes A Statement
March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
What would the world be like if we applied the DRM concept of access control technology – that has become so popularly applied [and hated] to digital music for instance, to other everyday things?
Music Fuels Innovation: Download The New 2013 Digital Music Report
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The IFPI [International Federation of the Phonographic Industry] has released a new report the finds that in 2012, the global music industry experienced it’s first rise in revenues since 1999. Although it’s not much of an increase, just 0.3 percent, the news of increased profits has been long overdue – 13 years in the making.
Google Glass: The Next Best Game Changer Since iTunes?
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Google has released a new video showcasing their forthcoming Goggle Glass, smart eyewear that you might soon be using for some of the tasks your phone is currently handling. Whether taking pictures, video, texting, checking your calendar, email and getting map directions all via voice commands and at a glance, literally. Although hard to believe, Google claims that all the footage in the video below was captured through Glass.
Your Every Move Will Soon Be Tracked: Biometric Surveillance On The Rise
February 20, 2013 By 2 Comments
The U.S. is quickly turning into a surveillance nation as information on millions of Americans is being gathered and stored in huge biometric databases.
#FutureFrequency News Highlights From Around The Web
February 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The world we live in is getting more and more interesting by the second, pretty soon we’ll all be rocking wearable tech, body mods and riding in driverless cars. Check out some of the latest things that are happening. Are you ready?…
Downloaded: The Rise And Fall Of Napster – A Documentary, Premieres At SXSW This Spring
January 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It seems to be the year of music docs, ‘Downloaded: The Rise and Fall of Napster‘ is a feature length film on music industry game changer, Napster.
The Electronic Music Producer’s Best Friend, MIDI, Turns 30
January 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In the early 1980s, Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi and Sequential Circuits founder Dave Smith had a dream—a simple interface that would allow all electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other and with computers. To make this dream a reality, these pioneers brought together an unprecedented coalition of manufacturers from the United States and Japan, and soon the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or “MIDI,” was born. 30 years ago, the 1983 Winter NAMM Show hosted its landmark public unveiling, where Roland and Sequential Circuits demonstrated the first two MIDI-equipped synthesizers “talking” to each other via this new universal communication standard.
