Slacker Radio planning major overhaul

Slacker Radio hasn’t done too much the past few years. While they’ve definitely been spreading their service to different devices and platforms, like the Roku streaming media player, and just recently Chrysler’s UConnect at CES 2013, the service hasn’t been making waves like its competitors, Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, etc. However, we’ve been told that Slacker Radio will be holding an event sometime in the near future to reveal a complete overhaul of the service.

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A PR representative for Slacker told us that the company will launch a major overhaul of the radio service in order to better compete with Spotify and other popular music-streaming services. We’re not told about any specifics, so exactly what they’ll be bringing to the new service is still a mystery.

However, the service will see a refocusing of its efforts, and the redesign and restructuring will be completely different than what the service is currently all about. It’s supposed to be a pretty major event for the company, and we’ve been hinted that there may be some famous musicians making an appearance at the event, but no details regarding special guests have been confirmed yet.

In any case, we hope to learn more info fairly shortly when the company reveals the new service. They already have a Premium service available, which is fairly similar to Spotify already, so we’re curious as to how the company will redesign the platform, and what new features they’ll bring to the table.


Slacker Radio planning major overhaul is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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T-Mobile makes LG Optimus L9 official, carries big-yet-budget Android this fall

TMobile makes LG Optimus L9 official, carries supersized, lowcost Android this fall

We knew it was coming — we just didn’t expect official news quite so soon. T-Mobile has confirmed that its edition of the LG Optimus L9 will be available this fall. The magenta network’s supersized yet entry level Android 4.0 phone won’t be significantly different than its international cousin in hardware outside of the necessary 3G frequency switch, but the American GSM variant will support WiFi Calling, allow five-device hotspots and ship with a preloaded copy of Slacker Radio. Any pricing and an in-store date will have to wait; even with that 4.5-inch screen and 2,150mAh battery, though, it’s easy to picture the L9 costing less than many of T-Mobile’s smaller smart devices.

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Maybe The Internet Only Wants One of Everything [Streaming Music]

In the early days of the web, the technology space was flush with not only money, but a specific type of optimism: that this new medium would allow anybody to make whatever they wanted, and have the world see it (assuming it was any good). This was before Facebook, of course. If you wanted to put something out there, you sometimes had to make it yourself, with something called HTML. More »

Slacker Radio embraces Pussy Riot through ‘Protest’ station

DNPSlacker Radio embraces Pussy Riot through 'Protest Radio'

There’s been plenty of talk about Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot in the global media over the past few weeks, but the neon-ski-mask-donning assemblage’s music isn’t particularly easy to come by here in the States. Streaming music service Slacker is throwing some weight behind the group by adding such government-riling gems as “Putin Wet Himself” and “Kill the Sexist” to its “Protest Radio” station. The station is free and will kick off with one of four PR tracks “for some time,” according to the service. You can access the offering below, just make sure you’ve got some ear holes cut in your own ski mask before you do.

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