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The BBC’s “royal microphone” from the 1930s
BBC writes: Anyone who has seen the film, The King’s Speech, will know that the microphones used for broadcasting by the Royal Family in the 1930s didn’t look anything like those used by ordinary mortals. That’s because the BBC designed special “royal microphones”, in ornate art deco cabinets.
Continue reading...Report: Apple developing in-house radio app for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Funny how things work. For years, Apple resisted the notionof adding an FM radio to the iPod, having finally relented with the latest version of the iPod Nano. And now comes a report courtesy of 9to5Macwhich has Apple working to develop an in-house radio app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that would operate much like the iPod […]
Continue reading...Public Radio on the iPhone gets an upgrade
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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ArsTechnica writes of one place where public radio is actually thriving – on the iPhone. Public radio’s existing iPhone app was already cool—it allowed listeners to hear public radio stations from across the country on their phones, live. But the new version of the Public Radio Player, released this weekend, adds an incredible new set […]
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
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