All Things Digital

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The print edition of Wall Street Journal yesterday has an annex in
celebration  of "All Things Digital," a conference in the eighth year (thus
the shorthand "D8").
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/technology-all-things-d-060810.html

The following two are especially good--and will be interesting to geeks and
shoppers alike.

(1) Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, The iPad: Past, Present, Future; Apple's
Steve Jobs on where the PC is heading. Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704764404575286192766121172.html

(2) Kara Swisher, Why Online Won't Kill the Radio Star; Vivian Schiller of
NPR on how public radio can thrive in the digital age.
Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2010.


Quote:

"In the next five to 10 years, Internet radio will take [the broadcast tower
's] place, and there's no reason why we should be fearful about it. In fact
we should embrace it, especially on mobile. Mobile is the second coming of
radio. It has been a godsend for us, because mobile devices are so easy to
take with you, and you can listen to any stream you want.

"We are agnostic about whether somebody listens over broadcast or listens to
the exact same radio stream on the Internet. * * * For the listener's ear,
whether they're listening via an Internet stream or broadcast, it's
identical. So why do we care? I imagine that people would be listening the
same way they listen now, but it will be over the Internet. So 40% of our
weekday listening is in the car. So once there's Internet in the car, people
will be listening ideally to the same stations in the car

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