All’s Well with Album Charts
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| All’s Well with Album Charts | |
| Number | 3452 |
| Broadcast Date | JANUARY 22, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 30:34 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang |
| Guests | Brian Brushwood, Justin Robert Young |
Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young explain the process of self-producing an album online.
Guest
Quick Hits
- Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Apple may drop LCDs altogether from the iPhone line next year in favor of OLED screens, and will also reportedly be launching a 5G iPhone in 2020. However, Apple is still expected to release an LCD-screen successor to the XR later this year.
- The Wall Street Journal's sources say FoxConn is considering moving iPhone manufacturing to India. Foxconn chairman Terry Gou supposedly plans to visit India to research the idea. Apple already produces its iPhone SE in India in order to help it navigate laws requiring retail stores to stock a percentage of goods manufactured inside the country. Foxconn supposedly wants to make sure it can find enough skilled workers and appropriate infrastructure.
- Microsoft introduced a range of Windows 10 devices for the education market, including 2-in-1s and laptops from Acer Dell and Lenovo in the $300 range. Lenovo announced its 100e for $189. Microsoft also introduced the Microsoft Classroom Pen with a hardened tip and replacement tip and a slot for tethering to devices. It will ship with the Surface Go in all markets in February and also sell in packs fo 20 to schools for $799.80 about $40 per pen. Microsoft also announced it's giving CodeJumper, its project to teach programming to visually impaired students to the American Printing House for the Blind.
- The Michigan Economic Development Corporation approved an $8 million grant for Waymo and Magna to build a manufacturing facility for autonomous cars. The goal is to move into a facility somewhere in Southeast Michigan by mid-year and prepare to make Level 4 vehicles. Waymo has supplier partnerships with Fiat Chrysler and Jaguar Land Rover.
- The US Department of Justice affirmed Tuesday it will seek extradition of Huawei's Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou. She is accused of misrepresenting links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran in violation of US sanctions. The US has until January 30 to file a formal request for extradition and after that is done Canada has 30 days to determine if there is enough evidence to justify extradition.
Top Stories
- Politico reports Netflix is in advanced talks to join the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA is currently made up of Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, and Fox, though Fox will leave when Disney finishes its deal to acquire it. According to Politico, bringing companies like Netflix into the fold has been a goal for MPAA CEO Charles Rivkin, who took over the association in September 2017.
- The French data protection watchdog CNIL issued its first GDPR fine, citing Google 50 million euros. The fine comes from the onboarding process when setting up a new Android phone. The regulatory body found the process lacks transparency as Google uses intentionally "broad and obscure" language and requires clicking through 5 to 6 links to find out how information is used to personalize ads. CNIL also found Google broke GDPR data consent rules, by not providing specific and unambiguous consent options and pre-ticking an agreement to its Privacy Policy. The fine stems from a May 2018 complaint from the nonprofit ‘noyb.’
- The South China Morning Post has an article about China's free-trade zone on Hainan island, south of Hong Kong and east of Vietnam. Tech startups can get free rent, reduced taxes, easier visa policies and access to government-backed funding. Microsoft and Singapore's Temasek which backs Alibaba and Tencent have both agreed to develop the island and talks are underway with IBM and SAP to establish Asian regional headquarters there. Huobi Group, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, moved its operation centre to the island's blockchain pilot zone. The free trade zone was ordered in April 2018 and will be fully operational by 2020. Alibaba's Jack Ma compared Hainan to Hong Kong as a digital free trade port, though companies must still register with the government and file documents with multiple government agencies.
- WhatsApp's vice president for policy and communications, Victoria Grand announced that going forward, all users would be limited to forwarding messages to a maximum of five recipients. The move is an attempt to limit the spread of “misinformation and rumors”, and is a global expansion of what the company rolled out in India in July. Previously, forwards could be sent to up to twenty recipients.
- A project involving Cremona’s Museo del Violino is attempting to record notes from each Stradivarius in its collection to preserve it for future generations. After a certain age, the violins with an irreproducible tone become too fragile to be played. Four musicians will play sounds from two violins, a viola and a cello for 8 hours a day, six days a week for a month. They will be recorded by 32 ultra-sensitive microphones and stored in the Stradivarius Sound Bank. Cremona's mayor, who is also president of the Stradivarius Foundation has ordered the streets around the museum to be closed and asked the people of Cremona not to make noise during the day. Former DJ Leonardo Tedeschi had the idea for the project. BIG thanks to kv_87 for bringing this to our attention on the subreddit.
Discussion
- Quick overview of how you produce an independent album online
- Understand the market (albums vs. streams)
- pricing album competitively to make it better purchase than a stream
- Not all markets are the same
- Google and Amazon run off the same backend and isn't as agile as iTunes
- Blowing up the Death Star
- If your audience understands the stakes, they will be into the reward
Mailbag
- While bringing up the Instant Pot adding voice support may be a benefit to some, I think the broader trend of technological melding with cooking is very interesting. I have a non-connected Instant Pot and it took until this segment to realize I don't own a cookbook for it, I just use the Internet to find recipes.
I think Nicole brought up the June oven but surprised there wasn't any mention of the biggest trend I've noticed, the sous-vide cookers. While the Instant Pots are trying to serve many masters, but the sous-vide seem to be trying to give the amateur a professional tool (on a side note, I got one for Christmas and I am underwhelmed so far). I don't think the sous-vide really works connectivity as the circulator needs to constantly keep the temperature constant. And in a broader technological trend, I think there was something last year about blockchain helping track food to aid in tracking.
Sounds like there's enough stuff happening with food to start up a DTNS Labs! - Sent by Norm from the Central Valley
- While bringing up the Instant Pot adding voice support may be a benefit to some, I think the broader trend of technological melding with cooking is very interesting. I have a non-connected Instant Pot and it took until this segment to realize I don't own a cookbook for it, I just use the Internet to find recipes.
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All’s Well with Album Charts |
Followed by: "Look Ma, No Ports!" |