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The new Slacker 2.0 app for Android is out and it looks amazing.  The 2.0 version has added caching of stations to allow Slacker Plus users to play their music, even if no signal is present.  Typically, music streaming sites, like Slacker and Pandora, require a data signal to stream. … Continue Reading »

Last week, (courtesy of Slacker) we were able to run a contest and give away a handful of Slacker Radio Plus subscriptions. That giveaway/contest ended yesterday and here are the winners. Below are the winners of the 1-year subscriptions: Tuzzymuzzy Meredith A big congrats to the winners, thanks for entering… Continue Reading »

Slacker Radio has been around for a while now, offering a great music streaming service online as well as for mobile devices including Android, BlackBerry, the iPhone and most recently webOS. With Slacker you can choose to listen using a free account, or step up to a Radio Plus account… Continue Reading »

Warner Music Group, one of the world’s largest music conglomerates, has said it will stop licensing songs to free music streaming services. Warner executive Edgar Bronfman, Jr. made the following statement to BBC News: “Free streaming services are clearly not net positive for the industry and as far as Warner… Continue Reading »

Slacker had originally announced that a webOS version was in the works, and some had even seen a demo during this past CES. Well, in a little bit of good news for those sporting a webOS handset—that app is now available. The app, which became available earlier today is currently… Continue Reading »

This latest release by Slacker seems to be following in the path of their recent decision to phase out of the hardware business—the good news is that there is now a Slacker app available in the Android Market. The Android app, similar to the one for the iPhone and BlackBerry… Continue Reading »

This news hardly comes as surprising, but according to Jim Cady who is the current president of Slacker, the G2 will be phased out sometime during the second half of 2010. According to the details given, the hardware player does not “fit with the company’s long-term strategy” which is shifting… Continue Reading »

RIM’s BlackBerry is about to get a lot more unproductive.  Welcome to the BlackBerry App World, which will help get RIM’s super-duper business machine to compete against the iPhone and its App Store.  To get to the BlackBerry App World, you have to download it.  You can download it from… Continue Reading »

It has been a big year for Slacker.  First, we saw the release of a mobile radio player for other BlackBerry models, then the iPhone and now availability has come to the BlackBerry Storm as well.  The mobile player for the Storm is similar to the other BlackBerry models in… Continue Reading »

Acoustic Research has just announced two new Internet radios that will have plenty of unique features without the hassle of a PC tether.  The two models, the AR Infinite Radio 200 and 600i will both have Wi-Fi connectivity, AM/FM radio stations, and 512MB storage memory. Without the need to directly… Continue Reading »