Apr 22
Sengled has unveiled its new green LED lighting solution called Pulse that also happens to have a wireless speaker inside. The Pulse intelligent bulb has JBL multi-channel stereo wireless speakers … Continue reading
Dec 11
On the same day that Spotify announced ad-supported mobile device streaming, the expansion into 20 new markets, and the addition of Led Zeppelin to its growing catalog, rival Rdio has made an announcement of its own. It too is expanding into 20 new markets. Some of Radio’s new markets overlap with Spotify’s. TechCrunch surmises that […]
Nov 05
Listn, the app from MFive Labs, has received $500,000 in seed money to grow its user base and continue developing its platform. It combines YouTube, Rdio, Spotify, SoundCloud, and iTunes under one roof for a unified listening experience. Its new funding round indicates a nascent cottage industry of social streaming music aggregation apps, another of […]
Sep 09
If you’re a fan of music who likes the Xbox Music service, Microsoft has really good news for you today. Microsoft has officially released Xbox Music apps for Android and iOS users. In addition to releasing those new applications, Microsoft is also adding free streaming to its Web player. With those renew options Microsoft now […]
Apr 27
If you have two speakers at home which each have a 3.5 mm input, a new project has hit Kickstarter that will turn the speakers into Bluetooth wireless streaming devices.
The Vertus system is a pair of small Bluetooth receivers that you can plug into different speakers allowing for wireless stereo music playback. The system has a 30-foot transmission range so you can also place the speakers in a different part of the room to bring your favorite music to a larger space, and for better stereo separation.
The receivers will be offered in brushed silver or brushed anodized gunmetal gray colors. The adapters are wireless and have internal batteries that are recharged using an included charging adapter. A pledge of $79(USD) more will get you your own Vertus system with shipping expected by August of 2013.
Apr 04
Pandora is an online streaming music service that has turned out to be one of the most popular music streaming services online. Pandora has been offering up audience metrics each month to give fans an idea of how quickly the streaming music service is growing. The company has now offered up its latest audience metrics for March of 2013.
Pandora reports that listener hours for the service during March totaled 1.49 billion. That number of hours represents a very significant increase compared to March 2012 when listeners spent a total of 1.07 billion hours. That means listener hours for March of 2013 represents a 40% increase compared to the previous year.
Pandora reports that its share of total US radio listening for the month was 8.05%. Interestingly, the growth compared to March 2012 for the share of total US radio listening doesn’t show the sort of growth as you might expect with such a major increase in listener hours. In March of 2012, Pandora had 5.73% of the total US radio listening audience.
Pandora also had 69.5 million active listeners at the end of March 2013. That number is 36% higher than the 51.2 million listeners for the service in March of 2012. It’s worth noting that these metrics for March of 2013 offers the US radio listening market share data based on a trailing 28 day basis at the end of the month. Pandora says previous reports used a trailing seven-day basis at the end of the month. The company says that moving to the 28-day trailing basis will give a more accurate idea of the services monthly market share. However, the company did figure the comparative data for 2012 using the new formula for its March metric comparisons.
[via Pandora]
Pandora announces March 2013 audience metrics is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Nov 02
JBL’s SoundFly lineup is one of the rarer breeds of wireless speaker we’ve come across: it’s much like an earlier AirPort Express made solely for audio, designed to be as unintrusive as possible while it kicks out the jams. Those who find that stealthy sound appealing will be glad to hear that the more advanced of the two SoundFly speakers, the SoundFly Air, is now shipping. The 20W box will play audio streamed from any AirPlay-capable device on the same WiFi network while it sits demurely on a wall outlet. JBL is counting on a few tricks to set itself apart from the rest of the similarly Apple-oriented pack, such as linking up to four of the speakers for whole-home audio and offering an iOS app to tailor the output to the room. About the only reservation is a $199 shipping price for something that isn’t as portable or universal as a Jawbone Jambox, but that may be the price to pay for a speaker that can offer longer range and syncing while it very nearly blends into the furniture.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio/Video
JBL SoundFly Air ships, delivers AirPlay to your wall socket for $199 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
TechCrunch | 
JBL | Email this | Comments
Oct 29
Windows Phone 8 gets Pandora Radio, Cut the Rope, Urbanspoon and more (update: full list)
Posted in: Today's Chili 
Microsoft knows that Windows Phone 8 is only as successful as its apps. To that end, it’s blowing the doors open in terms of major app support. It’s not only promising a Windows Phone version of Pandora Radio for early 2013, it’s offering ad-free listening for the first year. How’s that for strong out-of-the-box content? On top of this, Microsoft is vowing a slew of new apps and games that had previously only been available in the Android or iOS camps, including Asphalt 7, Cut the Rope, Temple Run, Urbanspoon and Where’s My Water. By the time the expansion is done, Microsoft hopes to have 46 out of the 50 most popular apps onboard, making any platform switch that much gentler. Instagram is a notable omission — still, it’s a big leap in terms of equality.
Update: If you need even more detail, Microsoft has posted a wider list of new apps as part of its official Windows Phone 8 launch post. If that’s not enough, you can catch a video overview of the platform after the break.
For more, check out our Windows Phone 8 event liveblog!
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Microsoft
Windows Phone 8 gets Pandora Radio, Cut the Rope, Urbanspoon and more (update: full list) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | Comments
Oct 25
Flipboard for Android gains audio, lets us tune into SoundCloud from our Samsung
Posted in: Today's Chili 
Flipboard on iOS has had audio for some time, giving users the chance to go all high-brow as they listen to NPR while browsing the news on their iPad. It’s Android’s turn to adopt that cultured stance: an update to Flipboard on its newer platform includes the full, listen-in-the-background Audio category channel selection, whether it’s thoughtful public radio snippets or spotlights on podcasts and artists. SoundCloud mavens get the biggest fill, both through a direct link to their account as well as a list of specialized channels. Anyone who can already use Flipboard for Android just needs to hit Google Play to add the new audio dimension; Kindle Fire and Nook owners should see a fully tailored experience in a matter of days.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Flipboard for Android gains audio, lets us tune into SoundCloud from our Samsung originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink Inside Flipboard | Google Play | Email this | Comments
Oct 16
Rdio posts Android beta app with new sidebar UI, unified playback and remote control
Posted in: Today's Chili 
Rdio has spent a large part of 2012 revamping its mobile app, and a new beta shows that it’s still full of ideas with two months left to go. The 2.3 test version makes the ubiquitous hidden sidebar even more unavoidable than we’ve seen before, but those not irked by UI homogeneity will be happy to see Rdio gain some multi-device harmony: along with syncing whatever’s being played from desktop to mobile and back, the beta introduces a remote control that lets Android gear either serve as the remote or as a target for other devices. A play-later queue persists across devices, too. Although we haven’t been given a timeframe for the finished version pushing out through Google Play, there’s nothing stopping avid subscribers from taking a slight risk with the beta and getting a taste of their musical future.
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio/Video, Mobile
Rdio posts Android beta app with new sidebar UI, unified playback and remote control originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Rdio | Email this | Comments
Who's in charge here?
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.