February 13, 2011
You’d be probably be surprised to know that popular music was not used in commercials until the mid 80′s. Until then jingles were pretty much all viewers got to hear, until in 1985, Burger King used one of Aretha Franklin’s songs in a TV advertisement. Since then, the use of pop music in advertising has [...]
June 24, 2010
It isn’t always evident to find out the name of a song. Whether you hear it playing on the radio, at a party, or simply have had it stuck in your head for the past few days. With the help of a computer or cellphone, you can usually find a song title, be it via [...]
January 28, 2010
I have to admit I’m addicted to live music. When booking a vacation, my main concern is that I’ll miss a great show at home. This year I’m leaving Berlin for good and it hurts to see that Gossip and Pearl Jam will perform live after I have left. I saw both bands in 2009, [...]
January 17, 2010
In the late 80s, I received a Game Boy and I was instantly addicted to Tetris. I would photograph my high scores and submit them to the Nintendo Magazine. I saw the huge rocket launch several times after completing level 9 high 5, and I would play matches with a friend at school. What stuck [...]
January 3, 2010
On Christmas day, I became the excited owner of a Motorola Droid, one of the best phones currently on the market running the Android 2.1 Operating System. Like most people who got a Droid that day, I went straight to the app store to find free Android applications that would improve my experience, increase the [...]
November 27, 2009
A free downloadable application that suspiciously looks like an iPhone lying on its flank”¦that’s Dizzler. But the resemblance ends there because Dizzler is not a communication tool and the look is just the starting skin. It’s a desktop entertainment device. Or more simply let’s call it a media player. Just like the flavors of music, [...]
