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Bluetooth 4.0: Innovations Take Tech Far Beyond Hands-Free Douchery

Bluetooth 4.0 is helping distinguish the iPhone 4S from existing peer devices because it's the first smartphone to have it.READ»

WIRE WARS   |  Comment

Tangled, Too: Why A Wireless World Will Never Exist

Forget Wi-Fi, forget Bluetooth, forget NFC and even wireless charging--that rat's nest of wires behind your computer desk is going nowhere fast. No matter what a recent Apple patent portends. READ»

NPR Hearts Urban Outfitters, But The Feeling's Not Mutual

In a sweeping tale of brand confusion, our penniless hero NPR and rich merchant Urban Outfitters collude to sell a T-Shirt bearing NPR's logo. But the saga has a dark twist: Urban Outfitter's actions could financially kneecap NPR. READ»

The Crowd Is The DJ

"You're on the air" takes on a whole new meaning with Jelli radio, which is creating traditional radio stations in Las Vegas that are entirely sourced from the social web. READ»

EGYPT   |  Comment

BBC Cutting Arabic Services During Egyptian Unrest

In polls, Egyptians stated they trust the BBC more than Al Jazeera. So why has the BBC announced plans to cut evening Arabic-language radio broadcasts just as Egypt undergoes a revolution and the Middle East enters an era of widespread unrest?READ»

RADIO   |  Comment

The Groupon of Radio? Triton, Deal Current to Bring Daily Deals to Listeners

As radio's revenue shrinks, daily deals and other online services become a new important income stream.READ»

BBC   |  Comment

BBC Adapts to Pakistan Crisis With "Lifeline Programming" as Emergency Aid

The BBC's foundation arm delivers information as emergency aid by programming in Pashto and Urdu to between 60 and 80 million people.READ»

Apple Hires Wireless Payment Guru, Prepare for iPhone Credit Cards

Apple's new executive team hire means one thing: How you pay for things is going to change forever. READ»

IPHONE 4   |  Comment

What Will Apple Do or Say at Tomorrow's iPhone 4 Briefing?

Apple's called a press event for a select group of reporters on Friday July 16th, in all likelihood to address the furor over its antenna flaw.READ»

Steve Jobs on the iPhone 4 Antenna Woes: "Relax ... It Is Just a Phone" [Update: Probably Fake] [Update: Maybe not]

Apple's woes over what may be an issue with the design of the iPhone 4's antennas continue: But Steve Jobs is maintaining calm, and is emailing troubled customers on the matter. The to-and-fro conversation between Apple CEO Jobs and a ...READ»

The $0.001 DIY iPhone 4 Antenna Fix

There's a huge media fuss about a potential failing of the iPhone 4's clever antenna design, with folks concerned it spells radio-drop-out call doom for the phone. We remain to be convinced. But here's a $0.001 DIY fix anyway. READ»

Does Poor iPhone 4 Design Cause Dropped Calls?

 One of the featured tricks of the new iPhone 4 is that its metal frame actually forms the antenna system for calls and wireless connections. It's clever, but there are reports that holding the phone actually blocks the signals. ...READ»

Apple ATM? Patent Suggests Reinvented Cash Machines With iPhone Marriage

Apple's patent applications have got a bit single-minded of late, with lots to do with near-field communications radio--including this one, which has a cool twist: Apple, with its iPhone, wants to reinvent the ATM. We mentioned a ...READ»

RADIO   |  Comment

"This American Life" Doubled Number of Donations Using Haiti Model of Mobile Giving

Radio show This American Life managed to double their number of donations thanks to mobile donations, proving once and for all that we're unbelievably lazy even in our charitable pursuits.READ»

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Daniel Granger: International Justice Mission (IJM)

I am a proud supporter of the International Justice Mission, a human rights agency that works to promote justice for victims of violent oppression, including slavery and sexual exploitation. IJM combines the work of lawyers, ...READ»

WI-FI   |  Comment

Microrings: The Tech to Make Everything Work Wirelessly?

Most things gadgety are seemingly wirelessly enabled in one way or another, and it's pretty clear that soon everything will be. Now physicists have worked out a way to make it all happen: Microrings, which are tiny radio systems. ...READ»

Radio Rackspace

Have you ever thought about having your employees run their own radio station? Well, Rackspace has one and listen in to Matt Van Winkle, part time DJ (his day job is Intensive Support Team Lead) who gives you the inside scoop on ...READ»

LEO LAPORTE   |  Comment

Part I: King of Tech Talk, Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte is on radio shows across the nation, most notably on KFI in Los Angeles and KGO in San Francisco, two of the most listened to radio stations in the world. His This Week in Tech show has the largest tech ...READ»

LEO LAPORTE   |  Comment

Part II: King of Tech Talk, Leo Laporte

Part II: Leo Laporte is on radio shows across the nation, most notably on KFI in Los Angeles and KGO in San Francisco, two of the most listened to radio stations in the world. His This Week in Tech show has the largest tech podcast ...READ»

KSCO   |  Comment

Tour one of the last independently-owned radio stations in US

Michael Zwerling is one of a dying breed: independent owner of a radio station in the United States. He owns 10, 000 watt KSCO, AM 1080 in Santa Cruz, California, and here he gives me a tour of the station and its transmission ...READ»