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Entertainment

Digital Radio Now Accounts For Five Per Cent Of Australia Radio Listening

Gizmodo AU

It’s been almost two years since digital radio was officially launched in Australia, which means it’s probably a good time to check in and see how the technology has been coming along. Fortunately, a new report into the Digital Radio industry has plenty of information on how the tech’s progressing, including some very interesting stats.

Entertainment

Virgin Mobile Offering Radio (For) Free Online

Gizmodo AU

Given the fact I’m becoming an old man have little time for the pop music of today (an industry that celebrates Justin Bieber is not an industry I care for), I will almost definitely never, ever listen to the new internet radio station launched by Virgin Mobile and dmg Radio.

March 16, 2011
Software

Stereolizer For iPad

I don’t hate iTunes as much as a lot of people I know, but I will admit that it’s pretty damn ugly. Audio equipment used to be beautiful, but where there were once chunky knobs and mesmerising VU-needles now all we have is a dense block text and tiny, cursor-sized playback buttons. Stereolizer brings the pretty back.

March 10, 2011
News

It’s Time For NPR To Get Off The Government Payroll

NPR gets about 2 per cent of its direct funding from the US government, through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For NPR’s member stations, CPB funding is about 10 per cent of their total, with other federal, state and local government sources kicking in another 6 per cent.

March 9, 2011
Entertainment

Are The People Who Call Radio Shows Actually Paid Actors?

Tablet Magazine recently published a revealing report exposing the “real people” that call into radio shows. According to Tablet, those real people aren’t real at all. Instead, they’re paid actors. Hired guns. Fake. I knew those amazing stories that spur great conversation and make for awesome programming was too good to be true.

February 11, 2011
Software

5-0 App Turns Your iPhone Into An Australian Police Radio Scanner

If you’ve ever dropped in on police radio before, you know how oddly fascinating it can be. 5-0 Police Scanner Radio is a $2.49 app that lets you check out feeds for police, firefighters, transit authorities and more – and gives you a guide to police codes so you can figure out what the hell they’re talking about. [iTunes]

February 8, 2011
Science

How Far In Space Can Radio Broadcasts Reach?

Apparently our radio broadcasts can be listened to in a “space bubble” 200 light years in diameter. That’s huge! But when you compare it to the rest of the Milky Way, um, not really. So just know when you’re hoping an E.T. will find you through your radio broadcasts, he has to be within that bubble to hear you. God, we’re so insignificant. [jacakadamblog via Geekosystem]

Gadgets

Why Ham Radio Endures In A World Of Tweets

Somehow it makes little sense that amateur “ham” radio continues to thrive in the age of Twitter, Facebook and iPhones. Yet the century-old communications technology – which demands such commitment that you must generally pass an exam to receive a licence – currently attracts around 350,000 practitioners in Europe, and a further 700,000 in the United States, some 60 per cent more than 30 years ago.

December 11, 2010
Software

App Of The Day: TuneIn Radio For iPhone And iPad

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In an era of instant MP3 gratification, it can be nice to just kick back and let the radio DJs take the wheel. TuneIn Radio, with stations and features galore, is pretty much the ultimate iOS radio app.

November 27, 2010
Software

"Live" Orgasm Radio Escapes Through Apple’s Anti-Nudity App Store Claws

Apple doesn’t like nudity, but LIVE ORGASM RADIO is seemingly fine. The $US2 app promises “Screams and Intense Pleasure from the hottest girls in the business.” I’m not sure how “live” their “live” orgasms are, if I’m honest. [iTunesviaRecombu]

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