This morning, the Slacker Radio team released a major update for their Android app to version 4.0. Inside, you won’t find too many new features, but what you will find is a complete user interface redesign. It’s full of whites and blue, which is much different than the dark UI it was previously. If you ask me, it gives off a Windows phone vibe with the tiles that we see on the homepage. 

Either way, it’s still a solid app, but I’m hoping we see a dark theme come out for it soon. Go grab it in Google Play and bang your head to some tunes this morning.

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Cheers JBartCAPS!

Slacker Radio Receives Update to Version 4.0, Complete UI Overhaul in the House is a post from: Droid Life

Slacker Radio announced this morning that they will broadcast all 67 NCAA basketball tournament games over the next month. So for those of you that can’t part from work or find a TV during the greatest sports month of the year, you can at least tune in and listen to the play-by-play broadcast of each game from anywhere.

All you need to do is download the app or update to the latest version and Madness will ensue. Oh, and be sure to join our NCAA Tourney Challenge for a chance to win a limited edition DL hoodie and $100.

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Won’t be Near a TV Come NCAA Tourney Time? Slacker Radio Will Broadcast All 67 Games is a post from: Droid Life

The Sonos Controller app for Android found itself a much needed update this morning, bringing it to version 3.6. Included in the update is support for more tablets like the Kindle Fire, more Spotify features (new releases and top tracks), and the addition of Slacker Radio to its music services.

If you own any of their HiFi speaker systems, be sure to update the software on all of your portable devices, but on your PC and Macs as well.

Our Sonos review.  

SONOS ADDS MORE CONTROL AND MORE MUSIC TO WIRELESS HiFi SYSTEM

Sonos Now Offering Android Tablet Support, Slacker Radio in US and Canada, and New Spotify Features

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – November 30, 2011 – Sonos, Inc., the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, today announced Sonos System Software 3.6, an innovative update that adds more control and more music to the Sonos Wireless HiFi experience. This free software is available to all Sonos customers via a one button update to their system.

“Today’s feature update reaffirms our commitment to persistently innovate so that Sonos users have the ultimate music experience in every room of the home,” said John MacFarlane, founder and CEO, Sonos, Inc. “Endless music and effortless control are what will keep us as the gold standard for listening out loud in the home.”

The free Sonos Controller for Android now supports Android® tablets as well as smartphones, letting you control Sonos from any Android device.  With Sonos, you can stream all the music on earth wirelessly in every room, and now control it wirelessly on a larger screen with any Android tablet running 2.2 or higher, including the Kindle Fire, HTC Flyer™, Motorola Xoom™, Samsung Galaxy Tab™, Sony Tablet S™, and many others.  Plus, Sonos Controller for Android includes new enhancements such as alarms, music library management and Twitter support for Android smartphones and tablets alike.  Download it from Android Market.

Slacker® Radio is now available as a free music service on Sonos in the United States and Canada.  With Slacker on Sonos you can tune in for free to over 150 expert-programmed stations and create unlimited custom stations from a library of millions of songs. You can even read artist biographies as you listen in every room. Upgrade to Slacker Radio Plus for an ad-free experience or Slacker Premium Radio for even more features like on-demand access to millions of songs, albums and artists and the ability to create custom playlists. Subscribers can also fully personalize their ESPN Radio stations with their favorite shows, plus team and sports updates.  To register or learn more about Slacker on Sonos, please visit slacker.com/Sonos.

With Sonos 3.6 software, Sonos is also introducing Sonos Labs, a new Beta environment where customers will be able to test out music services before they’re officially launched on Sonos.  New music services will be added to Sonos Labs on an ongoing basis.  Media and music service developers can learn more about becoming a Sonos Labs music partner at http://musicpartners.sonos.com.
Sonos 3.6 also includes improved Spotify® integration on Sonos, giving Spotify fans on Sonos access to their Spotify Inbox and ability to play music from Spotify’s new releases and top tracks.

Other features of Sonos 3.6 include:
•        AAC+ codec support
•        More local language support with Danish and Norwegian

Full details of Sonos 3.6 software can be found here: http://www.sonos.com/support/software_updates/.

The Sonos Wireless HiFi System makes it extremely simple to bring a world of music to any room of any home. Forbes recently said “it really is the best way I’ve ever found to play music.”  The Boston Herald recently claimed “If you’re ready to completely make the switch to digital music, the new Sonos PLAY:3 may be the answer for a home stereo system in the age of streaming.”  For more information about Sonos or to demo it at an authorized Sonos dealer near you, please visit sonos.com/storelocator or call 877.80.SONOS.

About Sonos, Inc.
Founded in 2002, Sonos is the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, With Sonos you can stream all the music on earth, wirelessly, in any room and control it with your Android® smartphone or tablet, iPhone®, or iPad®. In addition to playing your personal digital music collection, The Sonos Wireless HiFi System gives you access to millions of songs and thousands of radio stations by partnering with AUPEO!, Deezer™, iheartradio™, JUKE, Last.fm™, MOG, Pandora®, Rdio®, Rhapsody®, SiriusXM® Internet Radio, Slacker® Radio, Spotify®, Stitcher SmartRadio™, TuneIn®, Wolfgang’s Vault®, and more. The award-winning system is available at more than 11,000 retailers in over 65 countries worldwide; or direct from Sonos at www.sonos.com.  Sonos is a privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands, Beijing and Shenzen, China, and Penang, Malaysia.

Sonos Controller For Android Receives Update: Better Tablet Support, More Spotify Features, and Slacker Radio Included is a post from: Droid Life

Thanks to Slacker, we have three subscriptions their premium service to giveaway to the DL community.  Slacker Radio, as you may know, is a great way for Android users to listen to great music, wherever they are.  You can make custom radio stations, find tons of artists, and just simply enjoy the music that you love.  The features are endless.  Having a subscription to Slacker Radio allows for users to have on-demand access, which empowers you to find and listen to any song, at any time.  Subscriptions are $10 a month and we’re here to give away three 3-month passes.  Sweet, right? 

Winners: Thanks to all of those that entered. We had almost 250 entries and from that we have -

Phillip Grose – “Favorite Band- hmmmm probably Metallica”

soc13kid – “Clearly of all time it’s The Beatles!”

Letz_Shake – “The correct answer is Wu-Tang Clan. Straight from the slums of Shaolin.”

The three of you will receive emails shortly from Slacker.  Thanks again to everyone who entered.

Instructions to enter:

1. Comment down below with your favorite musical artist/band.
2. Make sure to comment with a valid email address so we can contact the winner.

Easy as that.  No Twitter.  No Facebook.  Just comment down below.  We will choose our 3 winners by the end of the day at 3PM PST.  Good luck!

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Giveaway: Win One of Three 3-Month Subscriptions to Slacker Premium Radio – *Updated With Winners* is a post from: Droid Life

It’s Friday afternoon which means it’s time to announce the three winners to our Slacker Radio subscription contest!  To recap, we’re giving away three 3-month subscriptions to their Plus service and have chosen 2 winners who entered on Twitter and 1 who “liked” our Facebook page.

Twitter winners:  @mplacido9 and @Jben13

Facebook winner:  Jeffrey L.

Congrats everyone!  Winners have been notified.  And a big “Thanks!” needs to go out to Slacker for putting up three great prizes!  Be sure to check out their free app and regular internet radio service which is available as an app in the market.

And the Slacker Radio Plus Subscription Winners are… is a post from: Droid Life

The kind folks at Slacker reached out to see if we would be interested in hooking up readers with a few 3-month subscriptions to their Plus service, and you know we never turn down an opportunity to feed you guys some free stuff.  For those of you not familiar with Slacker Radio, I highly suggest you check out their site and Android app because it’s one of, if not the best internet radio services on the planet.  You can customize stations using your favorite artists or listen to pre-sets, but most importantly, you can access it all from anywhere including your mobile device and computer.  And with the “Plus” subscription you get even more goodies like:  unlimited song skipping and song requests, access to song lyrics and no audio or banner ads.  Good stuff for sure.

So here is the deal!

1.  We are giving away three 3-month subscriptions to Slacker Radio Plus.
2.  To enter, you have to follow us on Twitter and tweet the following message:

Win a 3-month subscription to Slacker Radio Plus from @droid_life – Details here – http://goo.gl/xGBIx #android #contest

3.  For those that hate Twitter, you can “like” us on Facebook to enter.
4.  We’ll pick the 3 winners on Friday  2/25:  2 from Twitter and 1 from Facebook.
5.  We’ll inform the winners that same day!

Good luck everyone!

Contest: Win a 3-month Slacker Radio Plus Subscription! is a post from: Droid Life