Category Archives: Technology

Radio.garden

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Fred Stiening

http://radio.garden/ Combine Google Earth with Streaming Radio and magic happens One of the pesky questions is whether in a streaming world people care where a station is located. Weather Garden uses your location as a starting point – it didn’t … Continue reading →

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Amazon launches unlimited on-demand music service

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Amazon Music Unlimited is an “on demand” music service. This is different than Sirius XM which has music channels and pandora which guesses what songs you want to hear. Spotify is the closest competitor where you can ask for specific … Continue reading →

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Securenet systems comes around

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Better late than never… Their v5 player now launches on mobile devices without needing to download one app per station. It just plays. The player is used by close to 1000 radio stations. It breaks the business model of selling … Continue reading →

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Apple’s iPhone 7 problem

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Fred Stiening

“Nobody goes there anymore; it’s too crowded” Yogi Berra Bloomberg is declaring the demise of Apple because they are selling too many iPhones. Apple Stores are dying A number of money managers bailed on Apple reassuring each other that Apple … Continue reading →

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Ohio Turnpike to allow self-driving vehicles

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Fred Stiening

AP Story This is an excellent choice. The OH turnpike is flat, has few interchanges and relatively light traffic. It skirts the major cities of Youngstown, Cleveland and Toledo. It is intended to be a through route for trucks, not … Continue reading →

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SpaceX does great TV

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Fred Stiening

When NASA sent Apollo to the moon, it wasn’t critical to the mission to have live TV pictures from the moon – but NASA understood that public support for the mission required it. This morning, SpaceX launched JCSAT16 into geosynchronous … Continue reading →

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I’ve joined the dark side

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Fred Stiening

After spending 20 minutes to get a web page to load, I’ve given up.

Posted in Mobile Streaming, Technology | 13 Comments

A $billion thanks from Charlotte

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The former Mayor of Charlotte Anthony Foxx (no relation to Vicente Fox or Redd Foxx) is currently the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Under his careful stewardship, a year ago the Gold Line Streetcar was brought to life. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, North Carolina, Online Gaming, Pokémania | 2 Comments

Pokémon GO

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The latest big thing Move over Facebook and Apple Health App Turn on GPS and your camera and go outside Hmmm, how could radio benefit from this?

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Radio Uber

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Fred Stiening

So when people ride using Uber, what happens with the “radio”? What are the rules? For about the past 3 years, I don’t even turn on the radio in my own car, so when riding Uber, asking the driver to … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile Streaming, The Music of Radio | 4 Comments