Watch CNET's 'The British Are Coming' panel at CES
I've been going to CES for over a decade now, but there's one country's tech I almost never see reported on at the show -- my own. I've always wondered why that is. Continue reading...
Android apps delayed by Adobe and fragmentation, says BBC
SoftwareToday the BBC launched iPlayer Radio, a central online location for streaming its radio stations live and on-demand. An accompanying iOS app is already live, but the Android equivalent is still in production.
Does the BBC not care about Google's adorable robot and its legions of its adoring fans? I sat down with Daniel Danker, the BBC's general manager of programmes and on-demand, to ask why Android fans are forced to wait. Continue reading...
BBC iPlayer Radio out today, iOS and Android apps in tow 
Digital RadioThe BBC is sprucing up its online radio service, launching a central iPlayer for radio that collects all of Auntie's channels onto a single site.
From today, you'll see a dedicated home for the BBC's radio offering, with homepages for each station firing catch-up, live playback and featured bits and pieces directly into your ears. Continue reading...
Pure Music unveiled, with 15m songs
Digital RadioPure has unveiled Pure Music, and while we're straining to avoid lazy Spotify comparisons… it is a bit like Spotify.
The service offers over 15 million songs, most of which you can stream straight to your connected radio, PC, or smart phone, reports Music Ally. The selection includes tracks from Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Elvis Presley, and even Swede Mason's Masterchef Synesthesia mash-up from YouTube. Continue reading...
Revo K2 radio streams music, resembles tower block
Digital RadioIf you thought Vita Audio's DABs were the last word in radio design, Revo has something it'd like you to see. Because while this monolithic, aluminium and rubber structure may look like the kind of block of flats where Robocop would live, the K2 is actually a radio. Over engineered? Not when you consider what else it can do.
As well as FM, DAB and DAB+ broadcasts (when the latter comes to the UK), the mountainous K2 will play Internet radio (Kazakh hip-hop ahoy!), dock your iPod, iPhone or iPad, stream music from Last.fm as well as any music files stored on your computer. Even if it didn't look this good, we'd be impressed. Continue reading...
We7 free music Android app tested, streams too much Katy Perry
Mobile PhonesThe headline act of We7's new free Android app is that it lets you download up to 5 hours of audio from your custom-built radio station, to keep you going when you're offline. It's a bit like Last.fm, in that you can't choose the exact tracks you want, only an artist or genre, but the downloading is an impressive feature, which no one else offers on a free service.
Radio streaming playback is supported by adverts, although we didn't hear any during our test this morning. Android users can download the app now, and get listening. iPhone users will need to be patient and wait until April to get their free radio. Continue reading...
Philips CEM2000B and CEM3000B deliver cheap in-car DAB radio
Car TechPhilips is all set to drag car stereos kicking and screaming into the 21st century with its CEM2000B and CEM3000B digital radios.
The firm, which played a part in creating the DAB format, says both devices are designed to fit the single-DIN stereo slots in most ordinary cars, so a straight swap with your existing stereo should be a breeze. Continue reading...
Altec Lansing Octiv 450 gets your iPad all turned around
Digital RadioCrave's dear old mum once warned us not to spend too much time hanging out by the docks, but we don't think she'd mind the Altec Lansing Octiv 450. It's an audio dock that lets you use your Apple iPad any which-way up.
The Octiv 450 allows the iPad to be viewed in both portrait and landscape positions, by docking the tablet on a flexible arm. It can rotate to landscape view to watch films and video, and give you the more roomy versions of apps like your email and calendar. Continue reading...
Pure Twilight eases you from the dark of the night to the radio morning light
Digital RadioMorning is broken with the Pure Twilight, a digital radio that simulates the soft caress of natural morning light, easing you from the land of nod back to life, ready to face the day.
Nothing to do with pasty emo vampires, the Twilight is a radio alarm clock with a big light-up dome on the top. There are assorted choices for how you want to be woken, from FM and digital radio to alarm sounds and natural sounds such as wind chimes or birdsong. The energy-saving LED light accompanies these, fading into life to simulate the rising sun. Continue reading...
Alan Partridge is back and you can watch him here
Digital Radio...And that was Bruce Hornsby and the Range, with the classic That's Just the Way It Is... "some things will never change". Speaking of things that never change, tune into North Norfolk Digital radio for new show Mid-Morning Matters, presented by broadcasting legend Alan Partridge. Alan's living up to his catchphrase, "Back of the net" -- the Inter-net that is!
The man who made the chat show respectable with Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge has returned -- like James Bond -- to host a lively blend of chat, phone-ins, hilarious banter, and chat, right here on North Norfolk's largest digital radio station. Continue reading...
BBC launches HD radio, DAB has desperate thoughts
Digital RadioWe've had a pop at DAB in the past. Do we feel bad about that? No, not really, because DAB is failing the 'CD-quality' standard we were promised at launch and falls short compared to both FM and Internet radio. But now the BBC is introducing a new, HD radio system that could show up both DAB and FM.
HD radio will utilise bit rates of up to 320kbps, and will use a far more modern compression scheme than DAB's MP2 system. This will enable stations such as Radio 3 to do justice to a very wide range of music, displaying a huge range of tonal subtlety. Continue reading...
Naim UnitiQute: Play your digital music on your high-end Hi-Fi 
Digital RadioThe world of the audiophile is different to the one us regular folk tread. That's not a bad thing, because it means that someone, somewhere, is making sure we don't get stuck with low-quality MP3s and rubbish-sounding DAB. Audiophiles want music to be as close to the original as possible, and so does Naim, which is where the UnitiQute comes in.
Think of this as the Rolls Royce of streaming audio, where Sonos is the Jaguar. Both do similar things, but one is aimed at people who like cars, while the other is aimed at people who like cars so much they spend more than the price of a house on one. The Naim UnitiQute promises the best possible build quality -- it's designed and built in the UK -- and a wealth of features, although, unlike the Rolls, it has no walnut trim. Continue reading...
Monitor Audio AirStream 10 kitchen radio matches your overpriced kettle
Digital RadioYou've spent £60 on a kettle, £160 on a toaster and now you need a digital radio for the kitchen too. You can't just pop to Argos and hope for the best -- you need a designer radio to go with the rest of your ludicrously overpriced kitchen equipment. Enter the Monitor Audio AirStream 10, which really looks the part, and should slot into any room, not just a designer kitchen.
It's not just retro looking -- it has some retro features too, such as an FM radio and pull-out antenna. For more futuristic sorts, there's also a DAB receiver, Internet radio and streaming from your home computer's music library. Continue reading...
Revo AXiS Internet radio connects to Last.fm, your finger
Digital RadioThe Revo AXiS speaker system from Advanced MP3 Players is packing enough connections to link to almost any device you can throw at it -- though plugging it in is usually better than throwing. Unusually, it even offers Last.fm, the bespoke music-streaming service.
As such, it comes with a dock for your iPod or iPhone -- what speakers don't these days? -- and Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi can connect to your home network to stream songs from your hard-drive and access Internet radio with the choice of over 13,000 stations. It still supports DAB and FM radio -- because you can't teach an old luddite new tricks. Continue reading...
Twitter saves BBC 6 Music for the nation
Digital RadioBBC 6 Music has been saved from the threat of closure by the BBC Trust, but its sister station the Asian Network has been granted only a stay of execution. 6 Music received huge support on Twitter and Facebook -- resulting in many more listeners -- after the digital radio station was marked for death in a BBC strategy review in February.
"The Trust concludes that, as things stand, the case has not been made for the closure of 6 Music," the Trust said in a press release announcing the review's initial conclusions. Continue reading...
NaimUniti early review: Expensively incredible audio system
Home CinemaTwo thousand pounds might sound a mindboggling amount of money to spend on an audio device, but when you tot up what goes into a NaimUniti, it starts to make a wee bit more sense. There's nothing quite like this on the market anywhere, at any price. First and foremost, the Uniti will take your audio, amplify it and pump it out of some speakers -- which you have to provide too.
It also grabs hold of radio from virtually any source, be it FM, DAB or even Internet radio stations. Radio stations that have a listen again feature, such as those from Absolute Radio and the BBC, can simply be selected from the audio menu, meaning you no longer have to actually hear shows live to enjoy them. While this isn't a brand-new feature, it's still fabulous to have access to all that content at any time and trust us -- it will change the way you use radio. Continue reading...
BBC to axe 6 Music, Asian Network and half of Web site, claims report
Digital RadioThe BBC is reportedly looking to make major cutbacks, with digital radio stations 6 Music and the Asian Network top of the hitlist. The Times also reports that Auntie's Web site will be reduced by half, with a 25 per cent drop in staff. Spending on foreign imports such as Mad Men and Heroes will be reduced, and a cap placed on bids for sporting events.
The drastic cuts have been leaked from a detailed strategic review of the corporation, due next month. Recent rumours of a threat to 6 Music prompted a Facebook group, 'Save BBC 6Music', which currently has nearly 58,000 members. The top trend on Twitter this morning, fuelled by the Times report, is the #savebbc6music hashtag. Continue reading...
Revo Domino D3, D2 and D1 unite DAB radio, Web and Last.fm
Digital RadioWe still believe in the spirit of radio. Invisible airwaves crackle with life, and all that. The Revo Domino D1, Domino D2 and Domino D3 bring together DAB radio, Web streaming and Last.fm for that timeless wavelength, bearing a gift beyond price...
Alright, that's enough about Rush. The D3 is a slick white or black box with a rubberised coating and joystick-based control system. It boasts a nifty OLED display. Each of the three models sport iPod docks, which also support iPhones. Continue reading...
UK invented mobile phones in 1978, according to Tomorrow's World archive
Mobile PhonesLet's make no bones about it - we love the BBC. No other company has produced as much terrific content over the years. Now, in a bid to make us even more lovestruck, the BBC has put a whole bunch of old Tomorrow's World clips on the internet. If you're a geek who grew up in the UK, it's almost certain that Tomorrow's World played a huge part in your childhood (and maybe adulthood too). But we weren't expecting to discover that British boffins were ahead of the game when it came to mobile telecommunications.
In 1979 the Japanese launched the first city-wide mobile phone network, but earlier in the year Michael Rodd made several 'radio' phone calls on an experimental British designed system. It's pretty clear from the archive video that the BBC has just released that this is basically just a walkie-talkie which communicates with a traditional phone exchange. It even uses pulse dialling, which most people under 25 probably won't even remember. Continue reading...
Photos: iRiver B30 MP3 player hands-on
MP3 PlayersMeet our hands: they're all over iRiver's latest DAB-ready MP3 and video player, the B30 -- a glossy 16GB player with digital radio built in.
It's a good-looking player, probably meaty enough to crush a medium to large insect. But be warned: it looks like a touchscreen player, but it isn't. Instead, it has touch-sensitive buttons. Epic meh.
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