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Pandora boasts 52 million active users

Shane McGlaun, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Online music streaming company Pandora recently announced its financial results for Q1 fiscal 2013. The company generated total revenue of $80.8 million, which is a gain of 58% year-over-year. The bulk of that revenue came from advertising with $70.6 million generated there. The remainder came from subscriptions at $10.2 million generated. Read The Full Story

Comcast X1 cable box steps up the cable game

Mark Raby, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

So the way the living room market exists now, if you're on the leading edge of electronics, you have a cable or satellite box which you use to watch live TV. But if you want to stream a movie, check in with what's up on your friend's wall, tune into Internet radio, or find out what the weather's like, you have to change your TV to some sort of Internet-connected device like a game console or third-party set-top box. Sound familiar? Comcast wants that to be a thing of the past. Read The Full Story

iHeartRadio hits 10mm users faster than Spotify and Pandora

Chris Burns, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at iHeartRadio have announced that they've reached 10 million registered users in just 8 months, that quicker than Facebook, Pandora, Spotify, Twitter, and Instagram. This explosive growth has the radio station application hitting 10 million only in registered users, unregistered users growing even quicker still. Clear Channel Media and Entertainment reports that 98 percent of their overall listening comes from the iHeartRadio app, the app also pulling in "more than 45 million monthly digital uniques" in the month of April. Read The Full Story

Spotify readying direct rival to Pandora

Ben Kersey, Apr 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Spotify is said to be developing an internet radio service that will rival the likes of Pandora. It would differ from the existing service, which holds a vast collection of music titles so users can create playlists, and function more like a customized radio station. Currently with Pandora, you plug in an artist or genre and the service will play similar music. You can skip tracks, but have no control over what specific music gets selected after your initial choice. Read The Full Story

DISH adds Pandora to Hopper DVR system

Ben Kersey, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Spotify isn’t the only music streaming company making headlines today. DISH has announced that it’s taking Pandora, the personalized radio service, and bringing it to the DISH Hopper HD DVR system. Pandora integration will mean that customers will be able to search and access Pandora from their Hopper DVRs across the house. Read The Full Story

D-Link MovieNite 1080p streamer available now for $59.99

Ben Kersey, Apr 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Does the world need yet another 1080p media streamer? D-Link seem to think so, today announcing the MovieNite DSM-310. As you would expect, it streams video and audio from various internet services, and it's relatively cheap to boot. Read The Full Story

iLike social music service is officially dead

Mark Raby, Feb 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apparently not enough people liked iLike. The service that was once seen as a potential revolution to the online music industry has shut its doors and is now officially finished with its operations. The service was acquired by Myspace in 2009. Perhaps that was a sign that it wasn't exactly destined for greatness. Nevertheless, it came onto the scene as a powerful new player and now remains as an example of how dynamic this social online landscape is. Read The Full Story

Roku adds dedicated Pandora button to remote [Update: Netflix & Crackle too!]

Chris Davies, Nov 3rd 2011 Discuss [6]

Roku is adding a dedicated Pandora button to the remote controls for its streaming media set-top boxes, allowing for one-touch access to the internet radio service. The Roku 2 XD and Roku LT models will both get the new remote sometime this month, adding another option alongside the existing homescreen shortcut. According to Roku, Pandora remains the most popular music channel the STBs offer. Read The Full Story

Buick adds support for Pandora radio as standard feature

Shane McGlaun, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

I think many people are like me and since the mid to late 80's have thought about Buick as the sort of car that grandparents would own. I haven't seen anything that Buick makes that was appealing to me since the 1987 Grand National. Buick is trying to work its way out of the idea in younger people's minds that it makes cars for old people. One of the ways it is doing that is by making cars that look and perform better. Read The Full Story

Halloween theme stations hit Pandora

Shane McGlaun, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

I used to work with a woman that had to have music for whatever the season was playing in her office constantly. During Halloween, it was stuff like the Monster Mash constantly. I also live in a neighborhood where some of the people go all out for decorating on the holidays with smoke, flames, and spooky music. If you are the all out sort, there isn't any need to buy a CD this year if you are on Pandora. Read The Full Story

Pandora gets HTML5 makeover: Faster and no listen limits

Chris Davies, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [1]

Pandora has been given an HTML5 revamp, speeding the online streaming radio site's interface and improving social sharing of personalized stations. Among the changes are a new shuffle button, which can juggle multiple stations to keep your musical style fresh, but perhaps most important to users is the removal of the listening cap. No longer are users limited to just 40hrs of play each month. Read The Full Story

Pandora Launches Comedy Genome Project With 10,000 Comedy Clips

Rue Liu, May 4th 2011 Discuss [2]

The popular internet radio service Pandora has been helping folks discover new music based on their preferences. The service revealed back in February during their IPO filing that it has plans to go beyond music and just celebrated a big milestone earlier this week. Today, however, it has taken its first leap into new territory and it turns out to be comedy. Read The Full Story