Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora, updates us on the most recent developments in the struggle over Internet broadcaster royalties and the Internet Radio Equality Act. While it isn’t time to celebrate just yet, Tim explains how the pressure brought by members of the listener, internet broadcasting and web communities on the United States Congress has resulted in a more level playing field for negotiations on the issue. Tim encourages continued awareness of the situation in the event that additional grass-roots action is needed to achieve an equitable resolution.
MacVoices #782 – Tim Westergren of Pandora Updates The Internet Broadcast Royalty Situation and Why It Isn’t Time to Celebrate Just Yet
MacVoices #781 – Brian Dickman Profiles the Latest Updates to SonicFire Pro
Brian Dickman, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SmartSound, provides a look at the newest version of Sonicfire Pro, the utility that lets you control music for your projects to an unprecedented degree. Start with music created specifically for the program, then customize the length, composition and even the instruments in the piece. Brian explains how being, “…relentlessly committed to being the best” has driven the consistent improvement of Sonicfire Pro, evolving it into one of the most powerful and sophisticated audio utilities available.
MacNotables #748: Bryan Chaffin and Ted Landau on The iPhone Paradigm Shift
Bryan Chaffin and Ted Landau join host Chuck Joiner to discuss how, within two weeks of release, the iPhone has shifted the paradigm for mobile communications devices. The panel talk about how Apple is changing the entire phone industry, why the selection of analog controls compliment the sophisticated iPhone’s touch screen and what it may mean for future devices, and the implications of the iPhone pricing model now and later. Bryan discusses an iPhone issue he is currently researching and the panel cover the few, but important, shortcomings of the device that they hope will soon be fixed.
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MacNotables #747: Andy Ihnatko on the iPhone, the Macintosh and What They Have in Common
Andy Ihnatko went from being a star in the iPhone universe to falling about 200,000 people behind because of his TV appearance schedule during the iPhone launch. He’s back to re-estalish his position, explaining what the iPhone and the very first Macintosh have in common, some of the less-publicized features of the iPhone, his impressive speed test results with the virtual keyboard and more. Andy talks about why he wants better Bluetooth, a headphone jack fix and why and blames MacNotables host Chuck Joiner for crashing his iPhone.