Armed with rolls of film, some young people are opting out of their algorithmic feeds in favor of experiencing life in ways that feel more deliberate, personal and tangible.
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The humble cassette seems to be suddenly cool again. What’s driving the craze? And is it a full-blown revival?
We have spent a decade researching what’s behind the extraordinary revival of vinyl records, film cameras and other ‘old school’ technology
The decision further delays migration to digital broadcasting and places strain on the urgently needed bandwidth for mobile data.
Cassette tapes are in again – and this time, it’s smaller artists who look likely to gain.
As the head of a media and communications program, my life’s digital-analogue balance was off. Four weeks at sea with no devices refocussed my views – even on things that had been there all along.
The death of the BBC Red Button teletext service marks the end of an analogue era.
The “Xennials” are supposedly a group born between the late 1970s and early 1980s, who were born analogue and became digital adults. But the evidence for their existence isn’t as clear-cut as we might hope.
Vinyl is one thing but digital plug-ins which claim to emulate the analogue sound are a rose-tinted step too far.
The mixing desk used to make Dark Side of the Moon fetched a huge sum at auction recently. Its productive life is far from over.
The tech giant Sony may have signalled the end to its video tape but the format wars continue in the digital world.
Why should BT be required to provide a telephone service no one wants or needs?
As Record Store Day shows, there’s a lot more to the vinyl revival than simple nostalgia.
Everyday objects with network connections that can collect and share data or be remotely controlled – the Internet of Things – promise to transform the way we interact with the world around us by fusing…
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