I was always a big fan of the rather laggy but famous carrier-pigeon IP implementation (IPoAC). It’s a great demonstration of the true flexibility achieved by the layering of the OSI model which has been key to the Internet’s success. This time it’s been done in real style with xylophones, LEDs, Arduinos – and people. [...]

The long awaited iPad incarnation of Spotify has finally landed and it’s pretty damn great. Like the previous iPhone version it’s only available to premium members but considering huge catalog they have available this seems like a no brainer. Check out Spotify for iPad

This is a intriguingly novel presentation of streaming audio controls using the # segment of a URL.  This allows you to easily deep-link to any seek-point in a song. http://jaipandya.github.com/beatbar/ Beware: it totally pummels your browser history! Ps. “media contrURLler” – see what I did there?

Jay Z has is launching a Facebook game to educate fans of his past. “EMPIRE” takes you on a journey from the streets of Marcy Housing in Brooklyn to the hotspots of the rich and famous: from hustler, to entrepreneur, to business mogul. But, don’t forget friends and family, or your karma will suffer. Make [...]

Hot on the heels of the impending Australian launch of Spotify, Mog &Telstra have announced a 320kb music streaming offer that won’t eat into your data allowance. It looks to be a similar strategy to the Spotify/Three business model that worked very well in the UK. Having met with the guys from Spotify Australia last week, I expect big [...]

“I just called a press conference to announce that I am, indeed, the happiest and most fulfilled human being ever .. ”  Farni