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Archive for January, 2009

Getting public radio on your iPhone now a bit easier

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

This sweet new app, which debuted just three weeks ago (and was previewed back in November), is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. It lets me easily pick whatever public radio station that I want and stream it live. [MORE]

Source: Macworld

Last.fm Takes On Imeem On Android

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Music recommendation engine / social network Last.fm has launched an official, feature-rich application for the Android platform that enables users to stream radio stations (including personalized streaming radio), consult up-to-date concert information and also offers the ability to track users’ listening habits based on their Last.fm profile. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

Sirius XM Plans Rate Increase As Stock Continues to Decrease

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

With its shares of stock worth little more than a dime, Sirius XM will reportedly impose a rate increase on March 11th. [MORE]

Source: Rolling Stone

Pandora Radio Starts Serving Audio Ads

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

The high royalty costs associated with streaming licensed songs seem to have finally caught up to the service, which until now has primarily used image-based advertising. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

12M Albums on Jogli Now Embeddable – Record Label Nightmare Continues

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Beyond albums, the widget also allows the embedding of playlists, artists’ best hits and radio stations. [MORE]

Source: TechCrunch

5 Ways the Cellphone Will Change How You Listen to Music

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

The portable music revolution has only been with us for a few years, but we may already be on the cusp of the another paradigm shift: With smartphones becoming commoditized — and with so many excellent music apps being designed for them — it’s becoming viable to leave your MP3 player at home and tune into the cloud. [MORE]

Source: Wired

Los Angeles Rock Station Indie 103 Going Web-Only, Quits “Corporate Radio Game”

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Los Angeles’ Indie 103, one of the nation’s most renowned alternative rock stations, announced on air today that they’ll end their FM broadcast “effective immediately” and instead only exist on the Web. [MORE]

Source: Rolling Stone

SanDisk Sansa slotRadio takes a page from Slacker’s book

Friday, January 9th, 2009

The device itself comes with a Billboard top tracks card that offers seven playlists–Alternative, Contemporary, Country, R&B/Hip-Hop, Rock, Workout, and Chillout–and will sell for $99.99. [MORE]

Source: cnet

Slacker for iPhone coming “as soon as tomorrow”

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Hungry for some Slacker streaming radio on your iPhone? The BlackBerry app just became available earlier today, and it looks like they’re already prepped to go live on Apple’s finest. [MORE]

Source: MobileCrunch

Ford touts its leadership in in-car connectivity

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Another advance Ford is promising is the ability to synchronize applications from mobile devices like Apple’s iPhone with the car. That would mean, apparently, being able to run applications like Pandora, via the iPhone, by using control buttons on the car’s steering wheel. Similarly, it should be possible for drivers to get access and manipulate their Facebook or MySpace accounts using voice commands. [MORE]

Source: cnet