Tag Archives: Sound

Bebo.com disappears off the web without a sound

One of the “one of the worst deals ever made in the dotcom era” disappeared off the internet today, making no noise and giving no warning that it was going. It appears it’s permanent. Read more… Neowin.net

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What does HD Voice sound like on a mobile VoIP call?

Here in the U.S., we may be ahead on LTE subscribers, but when it comes to voice quality on our mobile phones, we’re still lagging behind. Network operators in other countries have adopted HD Voice and wideband audio codecs to … Continue reading

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Kickstarter finds: Pressure-sensitive iPad stylus, a case that pops, and super simple sound

Kickstarter isn’t slowing down in 2012, but it has a high bar to reach in terms of matching its amazing 2011. Luckily, there are already some amazing new products that prove innovation isn’t in short supply at the crowd-funding site … Continue reading

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Media Capture API: Helping Web developers directly import image, video, and sound data into Web apps

Last March, we released a prototype implementation of the audio portion of a working draft of the W3C Media Capture API on HTML5 Labs. This prototype publicized some proposed API enhancements described in section 6.1 of Microsoft’s HTML Speech XG … Continue reading

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Cool: Wi-Fi breaks the sound barrier

Want a challenge? Try building a Wi-Fi network for a car designed to break the speed of sound. Thanks to Steven Crowley, who dug through the FCC’s experimental radio applications, I got a chance to see what may be the … Continue reading

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