MacVoices #782 – Tim Westergren of Pandora Updates The Internet Broadcast Royalty Situation and Why It Isn’t Time to Celebrate Just Yet

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Tim Westergren

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 #781 – Brian Dickman Profiles the Latest Updates to SonicFire Pro

Brian Dicman
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

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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.

Bryan Chaffin
Bryan Chaffin
Ted Landau
Ted Landau
Chuck Joiner
Chuck Joiner

MacVoices #780 – Joe Kissell Delivers the Latest on Running Windows on a Mac

Joe Kissell
One of the fastest-changing areas in the Macintosh world is the ability to run Windows programs. Joe Kissell, the author of Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac has just updated his Take Control eBook on the subject with the very latest information on Apple’s Boot Camp, Parallels, VMware Fusion and more. Joe talks about what’s new for each, initial information on a new open source entry, Virtual Box, and why another option, Que, seems to have stalled. Joe also explains the difference between emulators and virtualization and explains why some of his advice on this subject has changed since the book was first published.

MacNotables #747: Andy Ihnatko on the iPhone, the Macintosh and What They Have in Common

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Andy Inhatko
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.