Results tagged “ipod”

Local Tech News in a compact, digital format.

Houstonist still likes its classics, though. From the 90's, we have southern-flavored rock from Southern Culture On the Skids and a favorite from Ben Folds Five's album Whatever and Ever, Amen. Our sole 80's entry comes from L.A. new wave band The Sparks. Finally, one of our contributors has spent a little too much time in his 1975 Camaro: he suggested Led Zeppelin and Foreigner.

This looks to be the last big release week of the year, and 2007 is going out with a bang. We'll see you in '08!

Now that Halloween is over, you’ll start hearing Christmas music everywhere you turn – on the radio, while shopping, and from that annoying singing Santa doll on your cubicle neighbor’s desk. Well, we have a sanctuary for you from Michael Bolton singing “Silent Night”: the "Houstonist iMix. Our picks for November include a track from excellent new CD from now Austin-based Sam Beam, otherwise known as Iron & Wine. The latest from Seattle’s indie-pop Band...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Keyboard Reviews Dwight Silverman over at The Chronicle has reviewed a couple of keyboards. One from Microsoft and another from Logitech. Check out his article for the lowdown on this new hardware. Raawwr! Leopard Unleashed The latest OS from Mac, Leopard 10.5 is on the loose. JKOnTheRun, Dwight Silverman and Dr. Mac have all recently run articles on this revolutionary new operating system from Apple. Metro...

Our picks for the month include a few new artists, including Illinois, White Rabbits and Coconut Records (which is actually a new moniker for Rushmore actor and Phantom Planet leader Jason Schwartzman); and tunes off the latest Go! Team, Son Volt and Over The Rhine records. We also threw in some earlier favorites from Andrew Bird, Ray LaMontagne, and Neko Case (plus, we threw in her band The New Pornographers – yes, we have a thing for Neko). We figured that it’d be best to throw in a classic, too (Van Morrison). To wrap up the iMix, we included some whoopee-making music, courtesy of one of our favorite cable shows/bands, Flight of the Conchords.

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Snapstream Ships Beyond TV 4.7 Houstonist loves TV, we also love our iPods and iPhones. We just love technology. So we couldn't be more excited to bring you this bit of news from local software giants Snapstream. It's the release of Beyond TV 4.7 software with automatic iPod and iPhone syncing! What is this you ask? Let us break it down for you. It's PVR software...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. AIR Houston Names Richard Yoo Chairman From our friends at abc13.com comes this story about local bazillionaire, Richard Yoo, founder of Rackspace and Hush Labs being named chairman of AIR Houston. AIR Houston is The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) which hosts a one-day competition in which web professionals team up with non-profit organizations to help design websites for users with disabilities. We know AIR Houston will...

Alright, we know it is almost the middle of September and we are only just now releasing our September iMix, but what can we say, we were getting ready for our wildly successful photo show...besides this month's iMix is worth the wait. There is some great new music from Josh Ritter and one of Houstonist's favorites Lyle Lovett. Other tunes from Camera Obscura, The Magic Numbers, and Brazilian Girls give this iMix some international...

We told you and told you: if you got your iPhone earlier this summer, you were going to rue the day they marked it down (not to mention the day the site for hacking it went live). That day, ladies and gents is...now. The cheaper-iPhone announcement, however, pales in comparison to other things Apple's got for us, just in time for months of drooling before we all write up our lists and mail them to...

A new radio station is born this morning. Houston will get its own “Jack” format, a format that has succeeded in other major markets for years. What is “Jack” you say? The idea behind the format is (as radio programmers say) your iPod on shuffle mode. That is, if you iPod only included popular mainstream songs from the 1960’s to present time. The switch will be happening on 103.7 FM at 10:37 a.m. this morning...

Good morning, Houston. Seems like everyone's listening to iPods these days, eh? And even if you don't have one of the near-ubiquitous mp3 players, all might not be peace and quiet: As the AP notes, iPod-related noise pollution is a growing problem. It can happen in several ways, including people who turn their iPods up to top volume and others who sing along with the music in their heads. Bbut there are ways to...

As you get ready to head out for your July 4th holiday, we thought you might like to have some tunes to play on the way. Houstonist contributors have put together a collection of songs that are currently on the most played list on our iPod. There is a variety, so you should find something you like (and if you're open-minded musically, you'll probably like them all). This month, we have a couple of Houston...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Houstonians + iPods From the iPod News Blog comes a story about Houstonians and their iPods. This in depth article shows how a UTMB student, a musician for the symphony and many others use their technology. Geek Mascot Lineup Barrett over at GeekSpeak quizzes us on Geek Mascots. Can you match up the mascot and it's parent company? Start here and then if you're stumped you...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Overpaid Teachers Saga Remember last week when we mentioned that HISD overpaid some employees because of a computer glitch? Well, we also found out that HISD is now asking for that money back and the head of the local teachers union is saying no way. Are You Experienced? New Cingular Retail Outlet Amidst crosstown traffic, AT&T has unveiled a new face in the wireless storefront community....

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante.

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. SFist saw their beloved mayor enter rehab, and they loved the...

The shot from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor deneyterrio.

If you're hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients - although we imagine IMs "so are you nakie" to be included in cop shows, just for realism. If only the cops were busting the Hummer-driving jerk who made a poor...

So, say you want to participate in the rampant consumerism associated with Black Friday. We love that term by the way. It carries with it an appropriate sense of foreboding. What's that? You don't want to stand outside in the cold (predictions are it will be in the 40s Friday morning) with a gaggle of grumpy strangers? Well, your sister needs an iPod, so shut your pie hole and take our advice. This year's...

OK, here's the situation: It's the Friday before Halloween you still ain't got no costume. Houstonist doesn't either. Defaulting to the standard the pimps-and-hookers costume theme of many parties is tempting us this late in the game. But, sometimes it's fun to take a break from your normal club attire and wear something original. Fortunately, Houstonist kicks ass at beer pong recovering from procrastination. We've been combing the InterWeb for about two minutes now. Here...

Have you ever needed — and we use that term loosely, because we know how easily "need" turns to "want" — something from the Apple store, but you didn't want to deal with Galleria traffic? Well, soon you'll have the opportunity to deal with Katy Freeway traffic insead: Apple is opening a new store at Memorial City this weekend. The grand opening is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, just in time to pick something up...

It's summer and Houstonians are flaming the fires of love. Just check out this week's Craigslist Missed Connections: 24 Hr Fitness on Westheimer & Chimney Rock Ummm, where to start? I've never done this before! I see you like everyday at the gym after work around 5:30 and you're SO cute! We're on the treadmill at the same time everytime but never beside each other...kinda sucks! I'd like to say hi but there's never...

The weeks starts out right when a sucker punch on the field lands Chicagoist in the middle of a Sox/Cubs throwdown and the fists continue to fly in the comments. Despite suburban resident Ms. Pinney's best little try no books will be banned anytime soon and the El is really really gross. Houstonist is there to start compiling the punditry when when the guilty, guilty Enron verdict comes down. This guy seems to be able...

The songs at Apple's iTunes Music Store will stay 99 cents each thanks to an extended distribution deal between Apple and record labels. In a typical case of money grabbing, the record companies had been trying to force Apple to charge more for songs or to implement variable pricing — more for songs by established artists, less for unknowns.

talking about clogged toilets. The news was released yesterday, National Plumber's Day (today is National Zucchini Bread Day, but no one's released information on that, oddly enough).

Earlier this week kissy couples were wading through roses and red tissue paper deeper than an east coast snow dump and singles shook a tiny, lonely fist (no ring!) at it all. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Valentine's season is in the can, finally. Austinist is already pulsing with SX energy and posting on the People's Choice Award nominees and the short films that will be playing while the...

Attention hipsters: You can now use your iPod to drown out that annoying road noise while cruising around Montrose on your Vespa. From Engadget comes news of a do-it-yourself Vespa stereo system with an iPod dock. The system, which puts an amp and two 4-inch Alpine speakers in the glovebox space, fits Vespa Stella and P-series models. Up top is a dock for your iPod (or non-iPod audio player).

Houstonist understands first-hand how one becomes attached to their iPod. Some parents of Jewell Simpson Houston Academy in northeast Houston don’t seem to take it as seriously and are complaining to officials about the pat-down search their kids went through when a sixth grade teacher’s MP3 player was missing:

Arbitron has just released the latest ratings for Houston radio stations. Since their method of collecting data (written diaries by the few people who actually agree to take the time completing them) is ancient, the ratings reflect the listenership for Fall 2005. Here’s the top ten (based on listeners over the age of 12):