Today's a big day for Bluetooth, with a bunch of new smart home products adopting the standard and a big bet on the radio by Qualcomm.…
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Shoutcast relaunches with new hosted streaming service
Radionomy has relaunched Shoutcast and is now offering free hosted broadcasting with ad monetization.…
Read MoreNest and Samsung launch Thread, a wireless mesh standard for the smart home
Does the smart home need a new network? Some really big companies have created Thread, a new standard that aims to supplant Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ZigBee as the ideal radio tech for the home.…
Read MoreRadio Search Engine turns the world’s radio stations into a music jukebox
Radio stations all around the world play thousands of songs this very minute. A new site dubbed Radio Search Engine makes all of that music searchable.…
Read MoreNo more engagement rings: how Gracenote wants to personalize radio ads in your car
Annoyed by radio ads? You're not alone, and you might get a break from new technology developed by Gracenote that could one day personalize radio advertising.…
Read MoreZigBee wants to be the Bluetooth of the internet of things. Too bad everyone hates it.
ZigBee is fighting for its place in the internet of things against Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy and Z-wave. It has to overcome fragmentation, sneak into user's homes and keep Bluetooth at bay. Can it do all three?…
Read MoreResearchers invent wireless Morse code for the internet of things
Batteries are a necessary evil for our connected life, but research from the University of Washington has built a way for devices to communicate without their own power source. This is big for the internet of things.…
Read MoreSwell launches a Pandora for podcasts to help you decide where to tune in
Looking to refresh your podcast library? Swell gets to know your tastes and offers unlimited skips and plays. It has shows from This American Life, NPR, TED Talks, and many more.…
Read MoreHere’s how smartphones, tablets and huge databases will upend market research
The confluence of better location data and audio-recognition could mean big changes to seemingly static industries such as retail and radio as they learn more about what customers really want.…
Read MorePodcast: Shark Week for the Internet of Things
What do you get when you combine cleantech, server tech, the internet of things and robotics with a surfboard? The answer can be found in this week's podcast featuring Liquid Robotics.…
Read MoreSpotify hits 6 million paid users as market for music streaming heats up
A report shows that music subscription service Spotify continues to grow at a rapid pace. The growth validates Spotify's business model but is also inviting a growing cluster of rivals.…
Read MoreIt’s official: News consumption is all about social and mobile
New research from the Pew Center into news consumption habits shows that the impact of mobile and social continues to grow. Almost twice as many users got news from a mobile device compared with 2010, and almost three times as many got news from a social network.…
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Apple seems to be negotiating directly with music rights holders so it could offer a Pandora-like streaming music radio service. Several pundits…
Read MoreCourt tosses Howard Stern’s $300 million claim against Sirius XM
Howard Stern can rant all he likes but he will not be paid a $300 million bonus after Sirius XM won a dispute over subscriber counts.…
Read MorePandora, Not Radio, Doesn’t Understand Radio
I've met Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora (NYSE: P). He's a lovely man. But, not only do I believe that Pandora is not radio (they st……
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Univision Radio; Precision Health; NBCU; Rocket Fuel
Here is a roundup of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business... -- Univision Radio: Eva……
Read MoreRadioPlayer Teams Up With Audioboo To Offer Listen-Again Service
The pan-industry internet radio service RadioPlayer has joined forces with Audioboo to offer an instant listen-again service for its 300-plu……
Read MoreResearch: Internet Is UK's No. 2 News Source, But Only 3.8 Percent Pay
Online may be challenging TV to be UK consumers' primary news source - but only 3.8 percent pay for it, new research says.…
Read MoreForget Ethernet, researchers want data centers to go wireless
Researchers from UC Santa Barbara, Intel and IBM have shown they can send data between servers without those pesky Ethernet cables, using 60 GHz wireless and bouncing radio signals off the ceiling. It's crazy, but wireless could offer fat pipes economically over short distances.…
Read MoreGet Ready For Another Streaming Music Service: The Ad-Free Rara.com
Spotify and Pandora (NYSE: P) may be the music brands people think of today when it comes to streaming services. But with only five million……
Read MoreSpotify Launching Integrated Apps Within Its Platform
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took the stage at Spotify's first-ever press conference to expand the music streaming service's Facebook integration t……
Read MoreBorrell: After Two Years Of No Growth, Local Ad Spend Will Spike In 2012
The local online ad marketplace has experienced two years of fairly flat revenues, but Borrell Associates says that the space is on the verg……
Read MoreA Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And Vodafone
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are……
Read MoreAdobe’s Thomas Nielsen Named RealNetworks CEO
RealNetworks has chosen Thomas Nielsen as its new president and CEO, succeeding interim CEO Mike Lunsford. He starts next week and is intend……
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