Live concerts are music tech’s next frontier

With recent speculation about Spotify soon going public (without an IPO) and the belated launch of Pandora Premium, the music streaming space is increasingly nearing both maturity and saturation. The market is crowded by such giants as Apple, Google, and Amazon, as well as smaller companies like Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Pandora, and Tidal. For 2016, it was estimated that […]

Tech’s political impact? “14 people watch me on C-SPAN… 1M on Facebook”

Enlarge / Last year at this time, Cory Booker spoke at the conservative AEI conference. This year, he felt compelled to talk some tech. (credit: Nathan Mattise) AUSTIN, Texas—Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) may not generate the same attention as our current tweeter-in-chief, but he embraces social media just as much. When serving as mayor of Newark, New Jersey, […]