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RadioGlobe: Spin This Globe to Listen to 2,000+ World Radio Stations

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The brainchild of product design engineer and traveler Jude Pullen, The RadioGlobe is an internet-connected globe that plays a radio station from the area highlighted on the surface through its circular reticule. Just give the globe a spin to listen to the world. Well, provided you don’t land over an ocean.

Along with software designer Don Robson and a group of engineers, the team has released an Instructable detailing how to make your own RadioGlobe, which consists of 75 steps, every single one of which could be described as ‘out of my wheelhouse’ and ‘over my head.’ If they ever make it a purchasable product though, I will buy one and start learning foreign languages.

What a clever idea. Especially considering my fear of traveling any further than the grocery store, this would be perfect for me to take virtual vacations around the world. Plus I can call in to try to win all their radio contests.

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Apple Music’s Beats 1 station will broadcast from hosts’ homes

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Office workers aren't the only ones who can work from home during the coronavirus pandemic -- radio DJs can do so, too. Show hosts on Beats 1, Apple Music's internet radio station, will be broadcasting from the safety of their homes starting today. A...

SiriusXM’s student plan only costs $4 per month

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SiriusXM thinks it has a simple way to get the back-to-school crowd listening to radio: offer it at an extremely steep discount. The satellite radio pioneer has introduced a Student Premier subscription that offers all the 200-plus music channels (pl...

Vintage Internet Radio Made with Raspberry Pi: Poser

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Sorry hipsters, but this radio is only authentic on the outside. Imgur member mxmln23 found two units of an old radio model on eBay and used them to make an Internet-connected music player. Mxmln23 was able to pull off the mod with the help of a Raspberry Pi and a free Linux-based software called Pi MusicBox.

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Made by Wouter van Wijk, Pi MusicBox turns the Raspberry Pi into a music streaming device. All you need is a way to pump out the audio. Pi MusicBox supports Spotify, Soundcloud, Google Music, AirPlay, DLNA and more. You can also load music through your local network, an SD card or a USB drive. You can control a Raspberry Pi running Pi MusicBox via a webapp or a Music Player Daemon client.

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You can download Pi MusicBox for free from Wouter’s website. Check out mxmln23′s Imgur gallery for more images of his mod.

[via Make: via Hacked Gadgets]

Chromecast Hack Enables Streaming Online Audio to Home Stereo Systems

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HDMI to VGA Adapter - Chromecast Hack

Streaming online radios to a home audio system can be done in several ways. One option is to spend $250 on a Sonos system that streams music wirelessly over Wi-Fi, while the other option implies a Chromecast and a $10 adapter.

When Google launched Chromecast back in July, it opened the doors for new ways of streaming audio and video to TVs. Basically, what this little HDMI dongle did was make dumb TVs smarter. Mainly, it mirrored content from smartphones and tablets and thus allowed entire families to enjoy online music and videos on a much larger screen. Among the sources of the streamed content, there are Netflix, YouTube, Google Play and the Chrome browser. There is a tiny tiny problem, though. Listening to online radio requires turning on the TV, or it did require that until now. Janko Roettgers from GigaOM used a $10 HDMI to VGA adapter to turn Google’s dongle into a networked audio adapter.

The secret is to find an HDMI to VGA adapter that also has an audio port for 3.5mm jacks. It is known that the HDMI standard enables transport of audio and video over a single cable, hence the need for an audio port. After purchasing such an adapter, things get a lot easier. All you need to do is plug the Chromecast dongle and an audio cable into the adapter, and connect the VGA plug to a notebook or computer running the Chrome browser with the Chromecast plugin. Alternatively, you can connect to the Chromecast wirelessly from an Android or iOS smartphone or tablet or a notebook with the Google Chrome browser and Chromecast plugin.

Next, you need to find a compatible Internet radio app such as Pandora, Rdio, or Songza, and hit Play on the Chromecast icon. The best thing about all this is that you don’t need to keep a TV on to listen to online music. On top of that, you can switch off the device from which Chromecast is streaming music. It goes without saying that you can switch stations or jump to the next song, but this differs from one Internet radio app to the other. Overall, this is a nice hack that enables you to stream online music to your home stereo system with a minimum investment.

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NYT: Rdio to offer free streaming by year’s end, strikes deal with traditional radio company

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Having a hard time making it in the internet radio space? Maybe you should take a feather from the cap of a firm that still rides the airwaves. That seems to be Rdio's approach -- according to the New York Times, the company is partnering with Cumulus Media (a company that owns for-real radio stations) to create a free version of its audio streaming service. Rdio will also trade a stake in its parent company, Pulser Media, for chunks of Cumulus programming and promotion on the traditional airwaves. Cumulus will sell ads for Rdio's impending free service, as well as compile playlists from its catalog of syndicated programming. This could buffer Rdio's music library with news and talk shows, which will hopefully give the service a competitive advantage over services like Spotify, Pandora and iTunes Radio. Although the deal doesn't involve a cash exchange, the Times reports the value of Cumulus' services at over $100 million. As for that free Rdio overhaul? It's predicted to be out sometime before the end of the year. The deal will be officially announced on Monday, until then, check out the NYT report at the source link below.

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This is the Modem World: Internet radio is inhuman

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Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.

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I gripped the handset, twirling the coiled wire around my wrist, listening for a ring tone. Instead, a busy signal triggered an autonomous twitch reaction in my teenage hand: hang up, wait for dial tone, hit redial, listen for ring tone. Again. Again.

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SiriusXM internet radio coming to Ford’s SYNC AppLink, complete with in-dash controls

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SiriusXM internet radio coming to Ford's SYNC AppLink, complete with indash controls

Ford said a while back that it wanted more applications with support for voice control inside its vehicles, and slowly but surely the company's getting what it wished for. Just as Spotify did a few months ago, SiriusXM is now introducing its own app for the SYNC AppLink ecosystem, giving drivers access to the internet radio service right from their Ford's in-dash system. This also includes features like voice commands and steering wheel controls, as well as access to SiriusXM On Demand and MySXM. As part of the deal with the Satellite Radio company, the American car maker announced that customers purchasing one of those SYNC AppLink-ready autos will get a six-month subscription to the All Access Package -- which is usually $199 per year and has more than 160 channels to choose from.

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The Daily Roundup for 06.18.2013

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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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