Rest of the Day: SoundCloud Gets Streaming Stations
SoundCloud comes into the passive listening game by adding stations you can listen to in a radio style. Meanwhile, in real life, Amazon is obviously planning to open hundreds of real bookstores – just like in the old days.
- SoundCloud has a new radio feature on iOS and Android . As with Pandora, you can listen to stations based on searches or a specific song and just sit back instead of searching for each song. [9to5Mac]
- Poncho, a service that sends text and email weather alerts from an adorable cat, now has an app . It’s half alarm, part weather forecast, so you can wake up for the weather – which, by chance, gets its name: Wake Up Weather . [TechCrunch]
- Amazon is set to open hundreds of bookstores in the real world , CNBC reports via the Wall Street Journal. Life is a mocking ouroboros and I’m going to hang out at the mall’s food court. [CNBC]
- Today, Yahoo is cutting its costs as they lay off 15% of their employees, while the company is essentially looking to sell some or all of its property as part of a strategic restructuring. [Yahoo]
- Google OnHub routers gain the ability to configure guest networks – a feature that was clearly missing at startup. The new firmware must be available through the Google On app. [Android Central]
It’s all. I need a drink, but I lost my corkscrew .