Tesla taps Rdio for integrated audio service in Europe

Today at a town-hall meeting in Amsterdam, Tesla Motors’ CEO Elon Muck announced Rdio will be integrated into its cars in Europe as the default dashboard audio service. Such follows … Continue reading

Depression-Era Teachers Predicted Online Schools Would Look Like This

Depression-Era Teachers Predicted Online Schools Would Look Like This

In 1934 the president of Northwestern University, Walter Dill Scott, predicted that technology would radically change the college experience.

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The Sony SRF-39FP: The Audio Player of Choice in Prison

The Sony SRF-39FP: The Audio Player of Choice in Prison

It might not look much, but the Sony SRF-39FP pocket AM/FM radio is regarded as the audio player of choice in prisons across the US.

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Rdio unshackles service with free Web streaming debut

Early this morning, Spotify threw the doors wide open for desktop users, stripping away restrictions and allowing unlimited free streaming, no caps or limitations to be seen. Rdio has followed … Continue reading

What Is the Space Roar?

In 2006, NASA stumbled across a source of radio waves with six times the intensity of any other source ever measured. In fact, alone it produced a more intense radio signal than all the stars and galaxies in the entire universe put together. So what the hell was it?

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The NSA Uses Radio Waves to Monitor 100,000 Computers Without Internet

The NSA Uses Radio Waves to Monitor 100,000 Computers Without Internet

We already know that the NSA intercepts computer deliveries to introduce backdoors into hardware, but now a story in the New York Times suggests that the Agency uses radio technology to spy on 100,000 computers that aren’t connected to the internet.

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This Was the TV of the Future in 1933

This Was the TV of the Future in 1933

Television was hardly a reliable broadcast medium in the early 1930s. But that didn’t stop companies from speculating about TV designs of the future. Like this Marconi-brand "radio set of 1960."

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Spotify #undiscovered campaign gives never-played songs a little love

While most songs on Spotify enjoy a degree of success, some more than others, there’s a solid percentage that finds the online service a quiet, lonely place. About 20-percent of the tracks offered through the music streaming service have never been played a single time, and Spotify wants to change this with a new #undiscovered […]

WSJ: Spotify Is Planning to Introduce Free Mobile Music

WSJ: Spotify Is Planning to Introduce Free Mobile MusicThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that Spotify is planning to launch a free, ad-supported version of its streaming music service for mobile devices

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The Whole of US Public Radio, Visualized

The Whole of US Public Radio, Visualized

If you’ve ever wondered how far and wide public radio stations spread in the US, this map is for you: it shows them all, as well as how far they spread.

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