Internet Radio Archive

  • Pioneer’s Elite A/V Receivers Give Home Theater a Brain Transplant

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announced its new line of six Elite A/V receivers that do the thinking for the home theater, by offering connectivity features to streamline entertainment and deliver top notch sound in the home. For the first time, Pioneer is adding two models, VSX-30 and VSX-31, to the line at more affordable $550 and $650 price points. Key new features include enhanced iPhone and iPod touch control and functionality, Bluetooth connectiv

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  • Ford adds GPS-enhanced 911 location awareness to its Sync system

    Ford adds GPS-enhanced 911 location awareness to its Sync system

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Ford's Sync system is a fantastic application suite capable of a seemingly endless amount of functions. The system currently provides navigation, traffic info, voice commands, Internet radio, and a 911 Assist mode that automatically dials 911 in case of an accident and provides emergency dispatchers with an approximate location from the connected phone's GPS or through signal triangulation. That's the old 911 Assist, though. Most of the 2011 Ford and Lincoln models take safety up level. The new and improved 911 Assist mode improves the accuracy thanks to a dedicated onboard GPS module. Even with the new capabilities, the whole Sync system remains subscription free. You just need to provide the Bluetooth cell phone.

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  • Pioneer bringing Pandora to the dashboard with new iPhone app

    Pioneer bringing Pandora to the dashboard with new iPhone app

    Posted on May 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Pioneer is taking a big step in bridging the two landmasses of Internet radio and vehicle entertainment. By utilizing a free iPhone app, Pandora Link, the company is bringing Pandora to two of its latest systems, the Pioneer AVIC-Z120BT and AVIC-X920BT navigation systems. Simply run the app and connect the iPhone to head unit with the USB cable; the in-dash radio system will then displays all of Pandora's trademark functions like thumbs up and thumbs down formatted in Pioneer's great-looking interface.

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  • PURE announces the release of three new internet radios

    PURE announces the release of three new internet radios

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s been a while since we’ve written about PURE’s Evoke-1S internet radio, but just recently the company announced that three of its newest products will be available for purchase in North America on July 1st. These internet radios were three out of the five that PURE announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show a few months ago. Using their WiFi connection, these devices allow users to listen not only to the usual FM stations but also to internet radio, podcasts, and music streamed from your computer.

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  • Allegro Portable Wireless Radio & Streamer lets you take internet radio away from the computer

    Allegro Portable Wireless Radio & Streamer lets you take internet radio away from the computer

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Grace Digital Audio announced their latest creation today, the Allegro Portable Wireless Radio & Streamer. The Allegro is portable unit, designed to allow you to take your internet radio choice with you when you step away from the computer.

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  • Allegro portable internet radio features smart battery recharging

    Allegro portable internet radio features smart battery recharging

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    The Grace Allegro Wi-Fi internet radio costs $170 and supports streaming of over 16,000 radio stations, Pandora, Sirius, Live365, and MP3tunes. It can run for around eight hours on six AA batteries and the device can detect whether standard batteries or rechargeable NiMH batteries have been inserted and then recharge as needed.

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  • Study: Internet radio reaching 32% of households, e-readers are hot

    Study: Internet radio reaching 32% of households, e-readers are hot

    Posted on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
    L.E.K.’s Media Consumption Survey polled over 2,000 consumers, asking them about their general media “diet,” from ereaders to online video. The results? Ereaders are big, older folks are into the Internet, and online radio is finally reaching the mainstream. Most of this isn’t huge news but the statistics are pretty striking. For example: 32% of users listen [...]

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  • Update: Downgrading to 2.4 is the best way to get back Boxee and XMBC back on your Apple TV

    Update: Downgrading to 2.4 is the best way to get back Boxee and XMBC back on your Apple TV

    Posted on October 31, 2009 | No Comments
    To repeat, do not upgrade your Apple TV to 3.0 if you're running hacked ATV plugins like XBox Media Center or Boxee. I'm sure this will be fixed in a matter of days - if not hours - but as of right now it means a ride on the Failboat to Sad Trombone Town. That's right: this update destroys the only thing that makes Apple TV usable and good. Also, as an added bonus, Apple TV firmware 3.0 is insignificant. It adds Internet radio to the package and improves the UI. It also adds Genius playlists. My cup, as they say, runneth over. UPDATE - Post has been update with instructions for downgrading to firmware 2.4.

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  • CrunchGear PSA: If you run XBMC or Boxee on your Apple TV, do not upgrade to 3.0

    CrunchGear PSA: If you run XBMC or Boxee on your Apple TV, do not upgrade to 3.0

    Posted on October 30, 2009 | No Comments
    To repeat, do not upgrade your Apple TV to 3.0 if you’re running hacked ATV plugins like XBox Media Center or Boxee. I’m sure this will be fixed in a matter of days – if not hours – but as of right now it means a ride on the Failboat to Sad Trombone Town. That’s [...]

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  • AppleTV firmware 3.0 just launched

    AppleTV firmware 3.0 just launched

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    The new Apple TV firmware just dropped with Genius Mixes, iTunes LP data, and iTunes Extras. As you see this is a quite a departure from the original firmware. I’ll stick it on and report back how it feels. Interestingly, since I hacked 2.x, I don’t really want to do this update. If you guys [...]

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  • The Pure Sensia touchscreen radio has built-in Facebook, Twitter widgets

    The Pure Sensia touchscreen radio has built-in Facebook, Twitter widgets

    Posted on September 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Now this is the type of radio a fancy gentleman would use. It's the latest PURE Sensia, a touchscreen European radio that supports FM, DAB (and DAB+), and Internet radio. There's also Wi-Fi and “widgets,” I guess, for sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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  • Sony outs the wireless, but overpriced, XBR10 BRAVIA LCD

    Sony outs the wireless, but overpriced, XBR10 BRAVIA LCD

    Posted on September 9, 2009 | No Comments
    We knew that when Sony announced the beautiful ZX5 in Europe a US model shouldn't be that far behind. And sure enough, Sony just announced the XBR10 which is pretty much a cloned version. It too rocks a wireless 1080p media receiver, edge-mounted LED backlighting, and 240Hz technology. We just wish that they weren't so damn expensive or at the very least made with localized dimming instead of edge-mounted LEDs.

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  • Bose SoundLink is like their iPod dock with out the dock part

    Bose SoundLink is like their iPod dock with out the dock part

    Posted on July 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Bose just launched a computer-based speaker system that plugs into the back of your PC and streams music wirelessly to a single SoundLink speaker. As a fan of their SoundDock I’d say it’s pretty cool but $549 for this thing is a bit much in anyone’s book. The SoundLink simply shows up as a USB speaker [...]

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  • Syabas unleashes the Popcorn C-200 settop box

    Syabas unleashes the Popcorn C-200 settop box

    Posted on June 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Yippee! Syabas’s newest Popcorn Hour was announced this morning, the Popcorn C-200. Building on the success of the Popcorn Hour A-110, the C-200 now supports Blu-ray playback, gigabit Ethernet and a more powerful and faster Sigma chip (SMP8643).

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  • I did my part to help out radio today

    I did my part to help out radio today

    Posted on June 4, 2009 | No Comments
    It's no secret that I think the radio business is doomed, and that “kids today” are more likely to listen to music via any number of online services—I'm part of Spotify's U.S. beta, and aside from an unacceptable lack of Sleater-Kinney, it's pretty great—than they are by tuning into some “local” radio station, where the program manager is a boob and the on-air talent is petrified of upsetting management. Anyway, sometime during the winter, I received a letter from Nielsen, the famous ratings company, that asked me to participate in a radio survey, helping them find out how many people listen to each radio station and whe

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