A pretty interesting tech article in the Post today about the 900lb gorilla in the room for Internet radio. Despite some of the best traffic numbers in their company’s short history (thank you to the iPhone) the start-up company Pandora may soon have to shutter their service.
“We’re approaching a pull-the-plug kind of decision,” [...]
Posted on August 14, 2008, 1:57 pm, by admin, under
Internet.
Steve Jobs doesn't need an anti-satellite missile to knock out XM & Sirius
I’ve already written a bit about my thoughts on the iPhone and how it will kill Satellite radio and a review of the iPhone radio applications, but Doc Searls is writing today about his similar experiences using the iPhone as the radio interface [...]
Posted on August 1, 2008, 9:39 am, by admin, under
Internet.
A remote control program for WinAmp fans is now available on the iPhone. It connects by wifi to your computer playing WinAmp and lets you move around your library, see what is playing, along with the bouncing visualization layout.
Of course, the $4.99 price tag might turn some off, but those who are [...]
Posted on July 27, 2008, 8:11 pm, by admin, under
Internet.
My posting a week or so ago about the threat to XM and Sirius has been picked up, echo’d a bit, and expanded upon in a few articles this week.
First was Doc Searls who wrote about it in his Linux Journal Blog
Then he had another piece that cited a CBS News guru who [...]
Posted on July 26, 2008, 9:08 pm, by admin, under
Internet.
Well it’s been a week and I’ve been playing with nearly every iphone radio application I can get my hands on. I thought I’d take a moment and write down a few thoughts on what is out there.
AOL Radio
This is one of the top free downloads for the iPhone nearly every week. It [...]
Posted on July 25, 2008, 4:24 pm, by admin, under
Internet.
p>Yea, I don’t know how to do it yet either…
BBC Radio has about 80 different channels of content, from the big dozen or so national feeds to zillions of local feeds across the UK. Unfortunately, the BBC is tied up heavily with Real Audio and has recently done (a heavily criticized) deal with Windows [...]