After a year of dithering, controversy and retro-thinking government meddling, the FCC has finally begun the process of enabling new whitespace broadband Wi-Fi devices. Good news. But if it makes you scratch your head, then let us ...READ»
ESPN announced today that it is partnering with a Wharton School initiative to find solutions to the growing list of challenges presented by digital media. (Below, the Wharton campus.) The Wharton group, which is called the ...READ»
Interesting question noted on redorbit blog about Apple's decision to build ipods with FM radio.The question asked if Apple were going back in time - FM radio is being replaced with DAB in the UK but not it seems in the USHow dim ...READ»
iTunes 9 is the most bloated version yet: The app alone is 160MB, even bigger than iMovie. And while the it is pretty slick, and Genius can now make you the personal mixtape you always wanted, iTunes 9 also tries hard to woo you into ...READ»
NPR's always been a kind of hybrid animal existing alongside conventional radio stations in the U.S. But the rise of the Internet has threatened public radio's future just as much as its commercial brethren. So, like all good wild ...READ»
Solar-powered cell phone prototypes and rumors abound, but Nokia has a battery-less alternative power source for our cell phones lined up: radio waves. The company told MIT's Technology Review that it is working on technology ...READ»
A new radio chip mimics the human inner ear--but detects signals at frequencies of about a million times higher--could enable universal wireless devices that are able to pick up almost any electrical signal in the air.READ»
The most successful hybrid of old and new media comes from the last place you'd expect. How NPR's digital smarts, nonprofit structure, and good old-fashioned shoe leather just might save the news.READ»
While many of us struggle to tear ourselves away from computers and cell phones, communities in rural Africa deal with a different problem: lack of communication.
Orange Guinea Conakry and Ericcson announced last week a plan ...READ»
Last week I wrote that if Sirius XM [SIRI] died, no one would miss it. Some readers said they agreed that a better product would rise from XM's ashes, and others said they liked satellite radio just the way it is. Well, the latter ...READ»
Sirius XM [SIRI] is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday, due to a $175 million debt maturing this weekend that the company can't pay. If satellite radio as we knew it disappeared, would it really matter?
Granted, ...READ»
Now that Sirius and XM are one enormous, satellite-blasting entity [SIRI], they've started to revamp their subscription plans to reflect the union. First there was the $4 per month "Best of Sirius and XM" expansion plan, ...READ»
Last week saw the announcement of a cool Sony [SNE] boombox that inahles your iPod as if it were one of its own organs. Now there's word that there are several more iPod dock boomboxes on the way from Sony, though the next few are ...READ»
You know full well friends that no one in their right minds would suggest to challenge, as I am, the media, the whole media, and more…..forsake us if we don’t….Civic ResponsibilityDoes this exist at all?By whom do we as a ...READ»
You know full well friends that no one in their right minds would suggest to challenge, as I am, the media, the whole media, and more…..forsake us if we don’t….Civic ResponsibilityDoes this exist at all?By whom do we as a ...READ»
First, a bit of an introduction. As the president and founder of the Business of Sports Network, I have been working as a sports busness analyst for about a decade now. The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Basketball, The Biz of Hockey, ...READ»
