Category Archives: Technology

HTML5, streaming, iDevices & ooTunes

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Two years ago, it was barely on the radar of radio stations that someday soon a lot of their audience would want to listen on their cell phones. About half of the folks wanting to stream on their cell phones … Continue reading →

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Starting Over, etc…

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Fred Stiening

If you’ve been reading the blogs or paying much attention, you have noticed I’m paying less and less time and attention to talk radio.   There isn’t one host left who I think “I have to listen to this today or … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs’ final gift to AT&T

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Not being an iFanatic, I haven’t paid that much attention to what was in iOS5… Among its other things, iOS5 includes a builtin capability called iMessage.  Cutting through the jargon, it is basically free unlimited text messages.  If both parties … Continue reading →

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iOS5 is here

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

iOS 5 is a big step in the end of the “PC”. Up until now, if you had an iPhone, you needed a Mac or PC to activate the phone and do the software installation. iOS 5 breaks that connection. … Continue reading →

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The death of Crackberry

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Fred Stiening

The Blackberry network has been down for most of 3 days.   The explanation of why is still a bit murky.   I wouldn’t be shocked if the WikiLeaks supporters have some role, since Blackberry devices are used a lot among government … Continue reading →

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Unix in 1979 – continued

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Continuing my way off topic rant that will return to the original 🙂 So we’re sitting there in 1979 listening to this presentation from The Phone Company (pre breakup) telling us why we really should consider adopting Unix for our … Continue reading →

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The Apple / BP / UFO secret

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Alex Jones’s head is about to explode. Only now can the truth be told that Jaques Cousteau found an iPhone at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea in the 1990s

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Don’t be evil, at least not on purpose

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Google is in the news today again for those Snooping StreetView cameras doing more than taking pictures. C/Net Story Europeans have been much more aggressive about limiting the types of data that companies collect about people and their obligations to … Continue reading →

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Cell Phone / PDA specific problems

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Ask away – maybe someone knows the answer

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