Booredatwork» Slacker Radio

At CTIA 2011, we got a nice hands-on demo from Slackers VP of Marketing Jonathan Sasses on Slackers new Premium services or On-demand service. Which is actually pretty cool. In a couple of weeks Slacker will be releasing a new version of their app as well as a redefined site that will allow Slacker premium users to find new artist, create specific playlist, and stream that playlist of choice. The Slacker On-demand service will cost $10 a month, will be out mid April and available for, Android phones, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry

Some Slacker On-demand Specifics

Same app for everyone, Different functionality per subscription package

Can Create a station that is solely dedicated to an individual artist

You can skip back on Songs in the Radio stations

You can go back and replay song s in the radio history

You can Cache your playlist, stations as a premium user

Slacker Radio Announces iPhone iOS 4 Personal Radio Application

Thunder E — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:33:28 +0000

New slacker app is out and available for iPhone iOS 4. So go download it all you Slacker fans

Press Release

Slacker Radio Announces iPhone iOS 4 Personal Radio Application

Slacker Radio With Support for iOS 4 Offers Multitasking, Background Control Support and Station Caching for Listening to Music Without a Mobile or Wi-Fi Connection
SAN DIEGO, CA – June 23, 2010 – Slacker, Inc. today announced the availability of Slacker Radio with support for iOS 4 for iPhone and iPod touch*. The new application supports multitasking for listening to Slacker Radio in the background and offers convenient controls for accessing the app while performing other device functions. Slacker Radio with support for iOS 4 can be immediately downloaded for free at the iTunes App Store or by visiting www.Slacker.com from the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad web browser.

Multitasking, which is supported by Apple’s iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3rd generation can be utilized by clicking the device’s “home” button while listening to Slacker Radio. The Slacker Radio app will then minimize, allowing listeners to access other iPhone and iPod functions such as email and news readers. To control the Slacker app running in the background, listeners can double click the iPhone or iPod touch “home” button and swipe the toolbar from left to right to access convenient controls to pause and skip songs.
With access to a song library that is nearly four times the size of the leading competitor, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners can use Slacker Radio to create their own Personal Radio stations or listen to and personalize over 120 expert-programmed genre stations. Slacker Radio gives access to artist biographies, album reviews and station fine-tuning, allowing listeners to choose between hearing newer vs. classic tracks, popular vs. fringe and more or less of their favorite songs. In addition to marking songs as favorites, listeners can also ban songs and artists to create truly personalized radio stations.

“Whether you want to create your own perfect radio station from favorite artists and songs or listen to one of our hand-crafted genre stations, Slacker Radio offers more music and more features such as station caching for an unparalleled listening experience wherever you go,” said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. “Our new app provides full support for the advanced features offered in Apple’s iOS 4, including the ability to run in the background as well as control of the app while utilizing other features on the device.”
With Slacker Radio for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad and a Slacker Radio Plus subscription, music lovers can select specific stations to cache while they are listening by simply tapping “Cache This Station” from any station page. Once stations have been selected, individual songs for the stations are automatically downloaded by selecting “Refresh Stations” from the Cached Stations link in the home screen view. During a station refresh the application will store up to thousands of songs on the device for off-line playback, allowing stations to be accessed on planes, subways and everywhere in between – with no interruptions and greatly reduced battery use. Along with the ability to store stations to the device, Slacker Radio Plus features ad-free listening, complete song lyrics, “peek ahead” artist and album previews, unlimited song skipping, unlimited song requests and more.
Free Slacker Basic Radio listeners can cache stations for up to 14 days, providing the opportunity to try the feature on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, risk-free.

Slacker Radio 2.1 with support for iOS 4:
• Support for multitasking
• Convenient background play controls
• Music library featuring millions of songs
• No monthly listening limits
• Over 120 professionally programmed genre stations
• Create custom stations based on artists or songs
• Fine tune stations on-the-fly to play more of the music you like
• View artist biographies and photos
• View album art and reviews
• Pause and skip songs
• Rate songs as favorites
• Ban the songs and artists you don’t like

Slacker Radio Plus
• Cache stations to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch**
• Enjoy Slacker radio stations even without a wireless network
• Unlimited song skipping
• Ad-free listening
• Complete song lyrics†
• Unlimited song requests for creating stations
• “Peek Ahead” artist and album preview

Pricing and Availability
Slacker Radio for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is available for free in the iTunes app store or by visiting www.Slacker.com from the web browser. Slacker Radio Plus is available for as low as $3.99 per month and can be purchased atwww.Slacker.com or within the app by selecting the “Upgrade” button. Please visit www.Slacker.com/iphone on the web for more details. iPad users can install and use Slacker Radio 2.1 in compatibility mode, which includes station caching for off-line listening as well as all other features of the 2.1 application.
About Slacker, Inc.
Slacker is the world’s first Personal Radio company offering “Your Radio Everywhere.” Slacker enables music lovers to play highly personalized music online at the Slacker web site or on the go with Slacker Personal Radio players and mobile phones. Slacker mobile applications are currently available for Android, iPhone, Palm webOS, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones.

For more information visit http://www.Slacker.com/everywhere.
For regular Slacker updates follow us at www.Twitter.com/SlackerRadio, become a Fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/SlackerRadio or visit www.Slacker.com.

Booredatwork Contest Last day for Entry

Thunder E — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:26:00 +0000

The Booredatwork Viewer Appreciation Contest is still on. There are still lots of cool prizes to win from Klipsch, Slacker Radio, Verbatim, Jelfin and more. its easy to enter to win.

BREAK DOWN OF CONTEST

HOW TO PLAY: The contest is in two parts.

(Part 1) YouTube Videos

Contestants need to subscribe to Booredatwork YouTube Page (http://www.youtube.com/user/booredatwork) and post a constructive comment on one of the following videos

: Verbatim TUFF ‘N’ TINY Review ( Prizes (3) 4GB Tuff’N’ Tiny Flash drives)

: Jelfin Gel Review ( Prizes: (3) Jelfin Gel Mice)

: Slacker Interview with Jonathan Sasse Part 1 & Part2 ( 2 One Year & Two 3 month Slacker Plus Subscriptions)

: Klipsch Image S4i Review ( A pair of Klipsch Black Image S4i Headphones)

Once comment is posted you are entered to win. Multiple entries are allowed, but players can only win once, per video category.

ODDS OF WINNING: Winners will be chosen at random from posted comments of each video on YouTube.

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Part 2) Booredatwork.com

Contestants have to register at Booredatwork.com.

First have to watch and read the CCB Network Interview with: COl. Adebola Ibrahim Ogukwu of Singala: Contestants have identify the two cartoon characters that flash within the video . You must give the exact names of the characters and what cartoons are they from.

The Second Video to watch is the Iron man 2 Review. Post a comment on this video and you are entered to win.

ODDS OF WINNING: Winner must have correctly answered to the right characters and cartoons that flash within the CCB Network Interview with: COl. Adebola Ibrahim Ogukwu of Singala of the CCB

Winner of the Iron man 2 Review will be selected at Random during the Live Ustream drawings

WINNER NOTIFICATIONS: Winners will be selected during the set drawing date broadcasted live via Ustream available right on the website (booredatwork). Winning players will be provided a short form to provide name and shipping address for delivery of the prize. Prizes will be shipped via UPS Ground.

VERBATIM ( 3 Tuff ‘N’ Tiny USB FLASH Drives)

JELFIN

KLIPSCH ( Image S4i Headphones)

SLACKER Plus Radio Subscription ( 2 one year and 2 3month Subscriptions)

KODAK M340 Camera

Segate 500GB HDD & $25 Gamestop Gift Card

SuperBAD v1.2.3 Android 2.1 rom Preview

Thunder E — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:26:14 +0000

This is a quick Preview of the Superbad v1.2.3 Android 2.1 Rom from HTCClay. Its a very good Android 2.1 rom. One of the more stable builds. Enjoy the video

Also enter to win prizes from Klipsch, Slacker Radio, Verbatim Jelfin & much more in the B@Work
Contest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ2M1CWrlKg

Booredatworks Viewer Appreciation Contest is live

Thunder E — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:40:47 +0000

We Want to Say Thank you to all our fans an supporters for making Booredatwork what it is today. To show our appreciation, are hold a contest to give back to everyone, with the help and support of companies like Jelfin, Klipsch, Verbatim & Slack Radio. Who all have graciously donated prizes towards the contest. So watch the video get the rules enter to win and enjoy. Thank you

CONTEST ENTRY

STARTS: Thursday May14th at 12:00am

ENDS: Thursday May 27th at 11:59pm

Drawing Date: Friday May 28th at 3:00pm

BREAK DOWN OF CONTEST

HOW TO PLAY: The contest is in two parts.

(Part 1) YouTube Videos

Contestants need to subscribe to Booredatwork YouTube Page (http://www.youtube.com/user/booredatwork) and post a constructive comment on one of the following videos

: Verbatim TUFF ‘N’ TINY Review ( Prizes (3) 4GB Tuff’N’ Tiny Flash drives)

: Jelfin Gel Review ( Prizes: (3) Jelfin Gel Mice)

: Slacker Interview with Jonathan Sasse Part 1 & Part2 ( 2 One Year & Two 3 month Slacker Plus Subscriptions)

: Klipsch Image S4i Review ( A pair of Klipsch Black Image S4i Headphones)

Once comment is posted you are entered to win. Multiple entries are allowed, but players can only win once, per video category.

ODDS OF WINNING: Winners will be chosen at random from posted comments of each video on YouTube.

(Part 2) Booredatwork.com

Contestants have to register at Booredatwork.com.

First have to watch and read the CCB Network Interview with: COl. Adebola Ibrahim Ogukwu of Singala: Contestants have identify the two cartoon characters that flash within the video . You must give the exact names of the characters and what cartoons are they from.

The Second Video to watch is the Iron man 2 Review. Post a comment on this video and you are entered to win.

ODDS OF WINNING: Winner must have correctly answered to the right characters and cartoons that flash within the CCB Network Interview with: COl. Adebola Ibrahim Ogukwu of Singala of the CCB

Winner of the Iron man 2 Review will be selected at Random during the Live Ustream drawings

WINNER NOTIFICATIONS: Winners will be selected during the set drawing date broadcasted live via Ustream available right on the website (booredatwork). Winning players will be provided a short form to provide name and shipping address for delivery of the prize. Prizes will be shipped via UPS Ground.

Thank you for all your support. Enter to win and enjoy the contest. Entry starts Thursday May 14th at 12.00am and ends Thursday May 27th at 11.59pm.

Booredatwork Contest: Details Coming……….

Thunder E — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:27:25 +0000

Slacker Radio Showcases International Expansion, Station Caching for Smartphones and New Branded Stations

Thunder E — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:12:00 +0000

SAN DIEGO, CA – March 23, 2010 – In the first quarter of 2010, Slacker, Inc. launched its personal radio service in Canada, expanded mobile app access to the Palm WebOS and Android smartphones, launched Slacker 3.0 for BlackBerry smartphones and teamed up with Hello Music to provide unsigned artists with a new platform to play their music. From a new music perspective, Slacker debuted Artist Showcase stations with Radio AFI, programmed by the band themselves, teamed up with The Source for a new hip-hop station and created a fresh Indie station with FILTER Magazine in celebration of SXSW.

“By expanding internationally and onto new mobile platforms Slacker provides a broad range of listeners with an engaging and seamless listening experience, no matter where they go,” said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. “The new FILTER, The Source and Radio AFI stations and our partnership with Hello Music highlight our commitment to bringing listeners all the music they love from sources they trust.”

Slacker Radio Available in Canada – Slacker Radio is the first personal radio experience to service Canada

Slacker Radio Mobile App for Palm webOS Smartphones – Slacker Radio on PalmPre, Palm Pre Plus, Palm Pixi, and Palm Pixi Plus

Slacker Radio 2.0 for Android Phones – Android users can wirelessly cache their favorite Slacker stations right to their phones to listen without a data connection

Slacker Radio 3.0 for BlackBerry Smartphones – new version with wireless station caching for personalized radio on-the-go without a data connection

Hello Music and Slacker Integration – Slacker and Hello Music partnered to offer unsigned bands a chance to upload their music and create their own dedicated radio stations on the service providing them with a new avenue to promote themselves and get their music into the hands of fans

Radio AFI Debuts on Slacker – Slacker launched the new Artist Showcase programming with Radio AFI, a diverse collection of music programmed by the band themselves

The Source Digital Radio – The Source Magazine teamed up with Slacker to create a free hip-hop station programmed by the industry gurus offering a range of Hip-Hop hits from classics to up-and-comers

Slacker and FILTER Magazine – A new customized Indie station, Austin 2010 Radio, with songs programmed by the team at FILTER Magazine launched at SXSW

Whether listening on the web, webOS smartphones, BlackBerry smartphones, iPhone and iPod touch, Android-powered smartphones, a Slacker-enabled TV or Blu-ray player, Slacker Personal Radio^*enables listeners to create their own Personal Radio stations based on any artist or mix of artists, or listen to and personalize over 120 expert-programmed genre stations ranging from Alternative Rock to Comedy and everything in between. Personalization options include rating songs or artists and listeners have instant access to artist profiles, album reviews and album cover art.

About Slacker, Inc.

Slacker is the world’s first Personal Radio company offering “Your Radio Everywhere.” Slacker enables music lovers to play highly personalized music online at the Slacker web site or on the go with Slacker Personal Radio players and mobile phones. Slacker mobile applications are currently available for Palm webOS, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. For more information visit http://www.Slacker.com/everywhere.

For regular Slacker updates follow us at www.Twitter.com/SlackerRadio, become a Fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/SlackerRadio or visit www.Slacker.com.

Slacker and The Source launch The Source Digital Radio

Thunder E — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Press Release

TheSource.com and Slacker Radio Launch The Source Digital Radio
Slacker Radio and The Source Magazine Partner to Provide Music Fans with the Latest in Hip-Hop Music for Free
SAN DIEGO – March 4, 2010 – Slacker, Inc. (www.slacker.com) and The Source Magazine (www.thesource.com) today announced The Source Digital Radio, a free Hip-Hop station programmed by the tastemakers at The Source and powered by Slacker Personal Radio available on The Source’s new website. The Source Digital Radio offers a definitive Hip-Hop collection ranging from industry icons to groundbreaking newcomers and is available today on mobile phones, in-home devices and on the web through Slacker Radio.
The Source Digital Radio consists of handpicked songs representing two decades of influential Hip-Hop music as well as current breaking tracks. The new station is a musical counterpart to The Source’s print magazine and online presence. It plays music from classic artists such as Run-D.M.C., today’s hit makers including Lil’ Wayne and Jay-Z, as well music from “Unsigned Hype,” a roundup from The Source editors of the best unsigned artists.

The Source Digital Radio can be accessed at TheSource.com, in the Slacker Spotlight section from the Slacker mobile application or on the web at www.Slacker.com/TheSource. To get the Slacker mobile application, direct your mobile web browser to Slacker.com.
“As the trusted authority in Hip-Hop for two decades, we are excited to be partnering with Slacker Radio to provide our audience with an industry first and showcase our creative music experience,” said L. Londell McMillan, publisher of The Source. “The Source Digital Radio station opens up a new opportunity to provide our audience with a 360 media approach and drive viewers to our newly designed site.”
Whether listening on the web, webOS smartphones, BlackBerry smartphones, iPhone and iPod touch, Android-powered smartphones, a Slacker-enabled TV or Blu-ray player, The Source Digital Radio listeners have instant access to the station along with artist profiles, album reviews and album cover art. Listeners also have the ability to personalize the station, fine tuning to their own tastes in Hip-Hop music.

“The Source has been the leading international voice for Hip-Hop music, culture and politics for over 21 years,” said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. “We are honored to be working with The Source editors to offer the millions of Slacker listeners a personal radio experience that is representative of the legacy and future of The Source magazine.”

About TheSource.com
Thesource.com is the first overall marketing tool being utilized in the Source’s re-branding initiatives for 2010. The new site features The Source Digital Radio, a free Hip-Hop station programmed by the tastemakers at The Source and powered by Slacker Personal Radio; The Source Archives, the web’s largest collection of content [i.e. cover stories, unsigned hype articles, original photos, hard to find first-ever record reviews] from the pages of Hip-Hop’s only historical reference tool; The Buyers Guide, the ultimate product destination highlighting the latest in fashion, cars, dvds, lifestyle items and technology; and The Source TV, exclusive video content dedicated to music and entertainment.

About Slacker, Inc.
Slacker is the world’s first Personal Radio company offering “Your Radio Everywhere.” Slacker enables music lovers to play highly personalized music online at the Slacker web site or on the go with Slacker Personal Radio players and mobile phones. Slacker mobile applications are currently available for Palm webOS, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. For more information visithttp://www.Slacker.com/everywhere.
For regular Slacker updates follow us at www.Twitter.com/SlackerRadio, become a Fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/SlackerRadio or visit www.Slacker.com.
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Slacker and Slacker.com are registered trademarks of Slacker, Inc. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective companies.

Interview with SVP of Marketing Johnathan Sasse on vision of Slacker Radio

Thunder E — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:30:00 +0000

This is a two part interview we had at CES 2010 with SVP of Marketing of Slacker Radio Johnathan Sasse. He talks about Slacker’s approach to internet radio. What makes Slacker different form its competitors like Lastfm & Pandora. What makes Slacker technology unique and their blend of personal playlist with a live DJ experience

Part 1

Part 2

Update Slacker 2.0 for Android is Available now

Thunder E — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:02:00 +0000

CES 2010: Slacker Radio Mobile Apps Update (BlackBerry, Palm Web OS, Android, iPhone, iPod touch)

Thunder E — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000

At CES 2010 we had the pleasant opportunity of sitting down with Slacker SVP of Marketing Jonathan Sasse, as he gave us a complete run through of Slacker radio Apps on mobile devices such as Blackberry, Android OS, iPhone, iPod Touch and Palm Web OS. The software apps demoed were all in beta forms, but represented an update to the current versions on the Blackberry, Android, iPhone & iPod touch. Though the Palm Web OS version is Slackers first irritation on the device.

Some of the cool new features Slacker showed, which I personally like was the ability to cache you a station or several station onto your SD Card or internal memory (iPhone). A user can easily tag a station to be cached, so you get continuous station play if you are on a plane or just in a no signal area Though this feature isn’t currently present in the Palm Web OS version of the app.. Twitter integration has also been included in the new app build, so you can twitter away your new favorite station or song. Slacker has also partnered with ABC to have news updated streamed to your station on the hour every hour, like a regular station, though the featured can be turned on or off.

Another cool feature ported fro the Slacker web services to the updated build is the Ban feature. No-more dealing with songs you don’t like or an artist you lost favor with. You can simple send that song or artist into exile. Though bring back the artist or song has to be done on the Slacker website and not the mobile app. The new features added bring slacker out as a true alternative to radio, with the ability to customize you music experience by building and creating your custom station, that can be automatically be refreshed and updated. Allowing the user to have a PMP experience with a radio station feel, which I think Slacker aims to achieve. The updated version should be out in a few weeks ( I say around Feb 14th That’s when Palm Pre & Pixie come out on Verizon). Enough of me yapping, take a look at Slacker BlackBerry ver 3.0, Android iPhone & iPod touch ver 2.0 and Palm Pre & pixie ver.

Part 1 BlackBerry Ver. 3.0

Part 2 Android, , iPhone, iPod Touch Ver 2.0 & Palm Web OS Ver 1.0

PRESS RELEASE

Slacker Radio Showcases Mobile Breakthroughs and New Mobile Music Apps

Slacker Reveals Station Caching for iPhone and iPod touch, Android and BlackBerry Smartphones and Demos Slacker on Palm Pre and Palm Pixi

LAS VEGAS – January 8, 2010 – During CES 2010, Slacker, Inc. demonstrated new mobile capabilities including station caching for a range of popular devices that will enable listeners to enjoy the Slacker experience without a network connection. Slacker also showed a new Slacker app for the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi in addition to announcing plans to integrate ABC News into the Slacker Personal Radio offering.

The new wireless station caching capability will enable iPhone, iPod touch, Android and BlackBerry smartphone users to save their favorite Slacker stations, storing the music directly on the device or SD memory Card, to listen anywhere – whether they are connected to a wireless network or not.

Slacker Radio 2.0 for iPhone and iPod touch – Greater performance with wireless station caching for listening to music without a network connection

Slacker Radio 2.0 for Android – Enhanced functionality, including wireless station caching

Slacker Radio 3.0 for BlackBerry smartphones – Streamlined interface and improved performance with integrated wireless station caching

Slacker Radio for Palm webOS – New free Slacker Radio mobile app for Palm Pre and Palm Pixi smartphones

ABC Headline News – Addition of ABC News to Slacker Radio providing up-to-the minute breaking stories and reports

“Station caching has been a very popular feature with our listeners using BlackBerry smartphones and we are pleased to not only offer wireless caching for those users, but to present this capability for the first time to the iPhone, iPod touch and Android in the coming weeks,” said Jonathan Sasse, senior vice president of marketing at Slacker. “With the upcoming addition of ABC News and a Slacker mobile app for the Palm webOS, we’re excited to provide listeners with an engaging and seamless listening experience wherever they go.”

With access to a song library that is nearly four times the size of the leading competitor,

Slacker Personal Radio, available online at www.Slacker.com, enables listeners to create their own Personal Radio stations based on any artist or mix of artists, or listen to and personalize over 120 expert-programmed genre stations ranging from Alternative Rock to Comedy and everything in between. Personalization options include rating songs or artists, playing more popular vs. more eclectic music and listening to newer vs. classic songs.

Whether listening on the web, BlackBerry smartphones, iPhone and iPod touch, Android-powered smartphones or a Slacker-enabled TV or Blu-ray player, Slacker listeners have instant access to their favorite music along with artist profiles, album reviews and album cover art.

Booredatwork’s CES 2010 Wrap-up

Thunder E — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:10:00 +0000

CES 2010 has come and gone, Booredatwork was at the show, covered lots of products, had some great sit down interviews and hands-on. In this video I go over what I covered at the show, what made the biggest impression, what out of my Top 5 techs of the year made it big at CES and also thanking all the companies for the time spent demo and detailing what the had at the show.

Companies Booredatwork visited at the Show

Kodak

Nokia

Samsung

Sony

LG

Panasonic

Slacker

Klipsch

Cydel

CLO Systems

Interead

CyberClean

Dolby

Motorola

Powermat

Vizio

ELSE

Alereon

Razer

D-link Boxee

Tritton

Ford Sync

Que

Encore

enTourage

Bookeen

Liquid Image

Jelfin

Slacker Radio Android app Video Review

Thunder E — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:21:03 +0000

This review covers the basic functionality of the base /free Slacker Radio app in the Android market place. The app is a very fluid internet radio app that allows for a lot of customization to a users’ needs. Enjoy