Category Archives: Technology

Cumulus stations live on iHeartRadio

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Apple just pushed an update for iHeartRadio, and at least some Cumulus Stations are now live, at least on the iPhone/Pad I’m listening to WABC on iHeartRadio at the moment. It looks like the former Citadel and ABC stations are … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile Streaming, Radio Biz, Radio News, Technology | 3 Comments

Privacy, Schmivacy

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Matt Drudge has an interesting story about Condi Rice out at a big gathering of Republican Establishment types, probably making her pitch to be the Romney’s VP nominee, but this isn’t about that. Because of the chronic problem I have … Continue reading →

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Remote Streaming

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Fred Stiening

This was a pleasant surprise. For quite a long time, I was using a program called LogMeIn Free. https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/ It’s a “remote control” app that lets you control another computer in another place as if you’re sitting on the actual … Continue reading →

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Google 3d

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Fred Stiening

This is my distraction for this week. Google announced they are making available the tools they have been using internally to create 3D images of buildings for Google Earth (NOT Google Maps).   If you have a reasonably fast computer and graphics … Continue reading →

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Transit of Venus – 2012

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Tuesday, the Planet Venus will pass directly between the Sun and the Earth – scientists around the world will be gathering data – mostly to assist on being able to look for planets that orbit other distant stars and cause … Continue reading →

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The Cumulus Migration has begun

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Back in December 2011, Cumulus Media and Clear Channel announced that the streams for the 500 or so Cumulus radio stations would be moving to iHeartRadio,  When this happens, iHeartRadio will be close to the “de facto” radio streaming platform … Continue reading →

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“They’re attacking me because I’m Latino”

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Time for a Runescape / Jagex update for the two of you who slightly care :)…   or this post might be titled “The Browning of Runescape” Last Septemberish, I wrote about how the new owners of Runescape had taken drastic … Continue reading →

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Google Vs the FCC

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75659.html This is gonna get ugly. The FCC decided to “Fine” Google for not answering its questions about their WiFi “snooping” while taking pictures of our houses. Google refused to answer the FCC’s questions.   The FCC has no legal authority … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Election, American Politics, Mobile Streaming, The FCC | 2 Comments

Runescaape DCMA update

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Back in October, I wrote about the “Bot Nuke” of the online game called Runescape, which I had just recently started playing again.   Runescape was built by two college age brothers from England around 2001 and had grown to be … Continue reading →

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First came Angry Birds, then…

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Fred Stiening

One of the apps moving up the most popular iPhone/pad list is Angry Granny. While it is English in its style, it’s expressing concerns about the future. Angry Granny begins each day by collecting her pension. She then walks down … Continue reading →

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