Amazon's Music-Streaming Service Might Not Be A Spotify Killer After All
Amazon is working on a streaming-music service, but it might not be a Spotify killer, according to the Wall Street Journal. That's because it might limit the amount of time users can listen to songs....
View ArticleWhy Won't Disney's Anne Sweeney Lean In? Women and Leadership Dilemmas
Anne Sweeney doesn't want to lean in. In an announcement that had people doing double-takes on their email alerts, Sweeney told the world on Tuesday that, No, thanks, she would rather not run a part of...
View ArticleHere's The Technology That's Going To Make Your Phone's Internet 1,000 Times...
In today's world, there's one area of technology that can almost never be fast enough: the wireless networks that power our mobile devices. Despite decades of advancements, we still lose signal when...
View ArticleiTunes Radio is popular but not even close to a ‘Pandora killer’
It hasn’t taken very long for Apple’s iTunes Radio to rise up in popularity. Via MacRumors, a new survey of American consumers conducted by Edison Research and Statista has found that iTunes Radio is...
View ArticleAllen agrees her songs are 'rubbish'
Lily Allen has blamed her record label and radio stations for not pushing her best new tracks. Reported by Sydney Morning Herald 2 hours ago.
View ArticleLily Allen agrees parts of Sheezus album are 'docile pop rubbish'
British pop star Lily Allen has blamed her record label and radio stations for not pushing the best tracks off her new album, after a fan slammed her new tracks as "docile pop rubbish"....
View ArticleAn American Fukushima? Lawmakers Neglect Our Vulnerable Power Grid
Three years ago today, an earthquake-induced tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power complex. The flooding knocked out power required to cool reactors and their spent fuel pools, causing...
View ArticleSen. Portman Not Ruling Out Run for President
Republican Sen. Rob Portman is keeping alive talk of a possible 2016 run for president. In an interview Tuesday with conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt, the veteran lawmaker was quizzed on...
View ArticleA morning with Sound Introversion Radio at the Adelaide festival – video
Each morning during the Adelaide festival, ambient noise specialists Jason Sweeney and Yuri Tomanek scour the streets of the city for the noises that usually pass many of us by. By tweaking, filtering...
View ArticleFCC Agents Trace Radio Interference to Doorbells, Videogames, Blankets
When an unauthorized signal conflicts with a cell tower or radio broadcast, federal agents crack down on the violator. Sometimes that's a light fixture, a motor or a fish-tank heater. Reported by Wall...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann: LGBT Activists Have Bullied Americans
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann claims that gays have bullied the Americans into voting against Senate Bill 1062. During the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, the Republican...
View ArticleThree Norwegian Journalists Harassed, Stripped of Gear by Russians at Crimea...
More journalists are under attack in Crimea. Three journalists from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), the country’s public station, were subjected to harassment and robbery at the Crimean...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital Spreads Cheer With Help From The Hit Song “Happy”
The catchy song “Happy,” by Pharrell Williams, has certainly made its rounds on the radio soaring—and staying—at the top of the charts. Now the song is spreading some happiness in a hospital where the...
View ArticleHow the Internet Reshaped My Career
I was on a major label for many years, and I only knew one way to make music: follow the template that has been in place for years, and work within the system the music industry was built upon. But...
View ArticleHow A Tiny Startup Is Able To Make Your Phone's Internet 1,000x Faster Than...
pCell is a new wireless technology that could eliminate the idea of dropping bars in cities and at big gatherings like conferences or sporting events. That would mean that for many people, cell...
View ArticleThe Week in Radio: Women rule the airwaves for International Women's Day -...
"High-five a woman near you right now and tell them that they're great, because they probably are," instructed presenter Gemma Cairney on Saturday morning on Radio 1 during the 39-hour female takeover....
View ArticleIn San Francisco, it might as well be spring
[...] shopping at Orchard Supply Hardware in Concord, Robert Benson was delighted to come across the sign on Aisle 22, which was designated "Aisle of Life and Death:" [...] furthermore, at the corner...
View ArticleDave Barry tackles the great dad-daughter divide: puberty
After the 13-year-old went into the bathroom, she "emerged maybe forty-five minutes later having aged, biologically, at least seven years," he writes. "The day the hormone bomb detonated marked the end...
View ArticleWoman named in Raymore suspicious death
Shauna Maureen Welch found dead in home News Talk Radio staff RCMP have released the name of a woman who was found dead in Raymore on Monday. Shauna Maureen Welch, 27, is from Moose Jaw, but RCMP say...
View ArticleThis Head-Spinning Video Zooms Through A 3D Simulation Of The Universe
Astronomers from Durham University in England have created a three-dimensional fly-through of the universe, using the Galaxy And Mass Assembly galaxy catalogue. The galaxy images have been blown-up so...
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