With competition on the rise, podcasters are finally getting Apple’s attention
Apple is having a serious conversation with podcast producers to figure out what the future of the industry looks like.
Between The Streams: Nobody knows if Jon Snow is dead, Capt. America, and more
Between the Streams, DT’s newest web show/podcast is your guide to all of the most important, and hottest new developments in streaming and entertainment
Energy Department launches podcast, and chances are you’ll enjoy it, learn something
Move over, NPR, the Energy Department is now creating audio shows on demand, and in all seriousness, this one is pretty good.
Trends with Benefits: The hoverboard is not a hoax, and VR gets its first world record
This week's tech roundtable looks at two Guinness Records, both of which have the potential to make your hurl -- the longest flight on a hoverboard, and the longest time spent in VR.
Trends with Benefits: Is the Flyboard Air hoverboard legit, or a big hoax?
Is the Flyboard a real life hoverboard, or a hoax? Plus other top tech.
You can now play podcasts from within Google search results on Android
Google's updated the Search for Android app to support podcast playback. It comes on the heels of a new Play Music app that features podcast management.
Your favorite podcasts are now streaming on Google Play Music
Google Play Music Podcasts has finally launched, and there's 20 titles sitting in the Top Charts. The update is rolling out on the Web and on Android today.
Just for the tech of it: Air pollution pigeons, plastic eating bacteria, and more
On this week's episode of Just For The Tech Of It, Drew gives us the lowdown on three big fights: How scientists are using machine learning to fight terrorism, how pigeons are fighting pollution in London, and how a new strain of bacteria could help us
fight plastic pollution
Trends with Benefits: CES in Las Vegas, it’s coming and we’re going
Vegas rule number 1: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. However, the exception to this rule occurs when hundreds of thousands of technophiles converge on ‘Sin City’ for CES. Our job as media is to see the cool stuff first and tell you about it. Totally
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Trends with Benefits: Wi-Fi Barbie, YouTube cuts ads while cable packs more in
Networks are trimming shows to add more commercials, YouTube is adding a subscription service, Facebook is developing VR apps, we ponder a Wi-Fi-enabled Barbie doll, and more in this edition of Trends with Benefits!
Trends with Benefits: Nintendo nostalgia, forcefields, zapping pain with sound
Nintendo has a new system, but we really just want its game on smartphones, Facebook wants to publish news, but we really just want it to link, and force fields protect from explosions, but we really just want them to protect from Nerf darts.
Trends with Benefits: In the future, we’ll watch Fuller House on a Tesla-powered wall
Google wants to be your mobile carrier and turn your home's walls into screens, Netflix wants to reboot Full House, and Tesla wants to power your home with a battery. Ain't the future grand?
Serial revisits season one for Adnan Syed’s new hearing
Serial is covering season 1 subject Adnan Syed's latest hearing with new short episodes that recap each day's events.
Serial switches up season 2 release schedule to add more material
A new episode release schedule has been announced for hit podcast Serial. Season 2 will air every other week, plus gain at least one episode.
For the first time, WNYC just uploaded a brand new podcast episode to Facebook
On Tuesday morning, for what the New York radio station believes is the first time ever, WNYC uploaded a brand new, full episode of the interview podcast Here’s The Thing to the show’s Facebook page.
Google Play Music brings back Google podcasts
Google Play Music will soon offer podcasts. The streaming service will help people find and listen to podcasts.
Serial inks deal with Pandora, becomes service's first podcast
Serial has inked an exclusive streaming deal with Pandora. Season One will hit Pandora on Nov. 24, 2015, with Season Two still to come.
Trends with Benefits: Microsoft’s hardware gamble, AI takeover, drones galore
It wasn't long ago that Microsoft was just a software company, so it's a bit weird to say that we're excited this week to unpack all of Microsoft's new hardware.
Life after ESPN: Bill Simmons to shake up the podcasting world this fall
A few short months after his falling out with ESPN, Bill Simmons has announced that he’ll be returning to the podcast world on Oct. 1, 2015.
Trends with Benefits: Augmented reality and terraforming the moon
The marketing appears to be towards "professionals," but will the new design be enough to overcome the bad publicity version 1.0 received?
Trends with Benefits: Emojis for your car, Apple Music, copious grape Crush
Listen in as our panel dives into the new Apple Music, among other tech topics. Just be warned that the entire panel is on a sugar high after pounding a bunch of Grape Crush.
President Obama will appear on Marc Maron’s Web podcast “WTF”
Taking place in a crowded garage on Friday morning, the President of the United States will be recording a lengthy interview with comedian Marc Maron for a podcast that's called WTF.
Deezer picks up podcast app Stitcher to bolster its streaming service
Deezer has yet to launch inside the US but continues to expand its streaming service nevertheless — the company has announced that it has acquired popular talk radio and podcast app Stitcher.
Twitter’s new Audio Card feature lets you stream music as you explore your timeline
Twitter is already popular with musicians and singers seeking to promote their work and connect with fans, so the microblogging site's new Audio Card feature, which lets you listen to music tracks while browsing your timeline, is likely to prove popular.
Instapaper’s creator aims to slice silence and fix poor audio in podcasts
Instapaper developer Marco Arment launched his latest piece of work Wednesday, a podcast player called Overcast. The iOS app has many of the features you'd expect with such a player, though a couple of stand-out features look set to win it plenty of fans.
Grace Digital’s Encore Wi-Fi sound system offers smartphone-free Internet radio access
With the Encore Stereo Wi-Fi Music System, you can access more than 50,000 free online radio stations and podcasts, without the usual smartphone conduit.
Apple hits one billion podcast subscriptions via iTunes store
Eight years after bringing podcasts to its iTunes store, Apple has reached one billion subscriptions. The company is marking the milestone by highlighting a number of classic podcasts, as well as a selection of current and up-and-coming offerings.
Wake up! A 3 a.m. phone call is your ticket into this nocturnal social network
Dreams usually leave your brain the moment you wake up in the morning. Call in the Night attempts to discuss and record your fantasies as they happen.
Hands on: Apple’s Podcasts app is finally usable!
Apple finally decided to give it's Podcasts app a much needed overhaul. It's finally functional and got a nice visual update, but is it too little too late?
Apple updates Podcasts app with new features and design changes
The reel-to-reel tape deck has gone! Apple has updated its much-critcized Podcasts app with new features and a new design which the Cupertino company hopes will set it on the path to receiving a little more love from users.
Diggnation to go off air in December
Long running web based show Diggnation will announce that will be going off the air in December.
5 BlackBerry PlayBook apps that deserve their own recalls
The 1,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks recalled from Staples may be the least of RIM's worries. We list five apps and problems with the PlayBook that RIM should really recall and fix.