[Internetradio] Reciva changes direction and future of internet radios unclear

2011-05-05 Thread Rob de Santos
Reciva has announced that it is moving away from development based on dedicated hardware for internet radios to a software based, web site based approach. http://corporate.reciva.com/pages/160 It seems to be that absent any information to the contrary, radios such as the Grace and CCrane

Re: [Internetradio] Reciva changes direction and future of internet radios unclear

2011-05-05 Thread Richard Cuff
Not a real surprise when you stop think about how how computing technology is moving to an always-connected state. This shift, as they state, decouples their work from the gizmos themselves -- if a device can interact with the application-programming interface (the API) then the device can use

Re: [Internetradio] Reciva changes direction and future of internet radios unclear

2011-05-05 Thread Rob de Santos
Excellent observations, Rich. There were hints the past few months that something was up. Development on beta versions all but stopped; the user forums were at least partially closed; and rumors were that large numbers of staff were laid off. Well before that though, Reciva has suffered from

[Internetradio] American Atheist on CBC Current vs Camping

2011-05-05 Thread Glenn Hauser
DAVE SILVERMAN ON CBC FRIDAY -- RAPTURE, BILLBOARDS MORE Dave Silverman, President of American Atheists will be interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. tomorrow (Friday, May 6, 2011) beginning at approximately 7:38 AM ET. Tune in to CBC Radio One for The Current, an public affairs

Re: [Internetradio] Reciva changes direction and future of internet radios unclear

2011-05-05 Thread Paul Webster
Reciva have announced a deal with Rotel - where they have licensed the firmware source to them with the intention that Rotel will eventually take over support for other devices (not sure that many other manufacturers will want to be reliant on a potential competitor). They have also licensed