| Top Ten Most Read Stories | | #1 | Vinyl comes back from near-extinction | | | By Felix Richter, Statista | | | While the whole world is talking about Spotify, Pandora, iTunes and other digital music services, a long-forgotten medium has come back from near-extinction: the LP. More»
Why This Matters: According to this slightly mind-boggling chart, worldwide sales vinyl sales last year were $218m up from about $140m in 1997. I realize it all pales comparison to opening weekend box office for a Hunger Games movie, but still—in 2006 vinyl was on life support at a mere $40m for the year. Worldwide. Of course these numbers don't say much about volume—inflated collector prices could partially account. But, who knew? Makes you want a nice, affordable-ish AT-LP120-USB turntable for Christmas. And if you're curious, here are five top-selling vinyl albums of 2014. -Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | HP Sprout review: You have never seen a PC like this | | | By David Pogue, Yahoo Tech | | | Let's just admit it: The desktop PC is fully baked. It's finished evolving in a meaningful way…That's what makes the HP Sprout ($1,900) newsworthy. It truly is, as HP contends, a groundbreaking machine. No other computer can touch its innovations. It's a surprisingly bold departure for such a lumbering, hidebound company. More»
Why This Matters: Wait until you see the touchscreen mat. Which is also a scanner. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | FBI seizes LAUSD records related to failed $1 billion iPad program | | | By Bob Chamberlain, Los Angeles Times | | | FBI agents seize 20 boxes of records related to the LAUSD's iPad program as part of a criminal probe. Fallout over the Los Angeles school district's $1.3-billion plan to provide iPads to every student intensified Tuesday with the revelation that the FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the failed effort. More»
Why This Matters: The cluster continues with my personal tax dollars at work (as an LA resident and middle school parent). Last year the local DA decided there was no crime; now a federal grand jury will get a shot at it. Meanwhile, the program has been on/off/renewed/cancelled/back out to bid, and now augmented with Chromebooks. Our controversial school superintendent resigned in October and may yet go to jail; the school board advisor who had been fired for predicting this mess was quietly reinstated under the LAUSD "I told you so" protocol. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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