January 2012
54 posts
Solid Steel Radio Shows
The Solid Steel radio show started in 1988 on London’s pirate KISS FM radio station. Matt Black and Jonathan More, having started with separate shows, joined forces to present Solid Steel a few years before the station finally went legal. In the early 90’s they were joined on a regular basis by PC, shortly followed by Strictly Kev, for the two hour mix marathons. DK jumped on board in 1997, quickly rising to become producer and in 2000 the show enjoyed a spell on BBC London. In 2004 J Mountain joined the ranks and in 2009, we welcomed on board Boom Monk Ben, DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot and Ruckus Roboticus, who had already heavily contributed to the show and winning the ‘Guest mix of the Year’ competitions. The show continues airing a diverse selection of guest mixes alongside the regular team, along with the occasional special interview. Solid Steel has spread it’s wings and is broadcast in over 30 stations around the world and has reached over 3 million podcast downloads. You can catch up with all the latest shows, plus video mixes, photos and all the news at the Solid Steel website.
Android Keeps On "Winning" →
zdnet.com
AT&T says that 7.6 million iPhones were activated last quarter, and 9.4 million smartphones overall were sold. Impressive numbers, but be careful.
As Eric Slivka of MacRumor notes, this doesn’t necessarily mean that 7.6 million of the 9.4 million smartphones sold were iPhones because “activated” can include older devices given away or sold through a third-party.
Still, AT&T says the “majority” of iPhone activations were of the iPhone 4S (which was new). And it’s probably safe to assume that overall, the vast majority of the activations were sales. If that is indeed the case, that means the iPhone outsold all Android phones combined on AT&T’s network.
AT&T does say that they set a sales record for Android devices (as they did with iPhone). But they only give the vague, Amazon-like: “more than twice as many Android smartphones were sold versus the fourth quarter a year ago”.
AT&T’s statement reads a lot like, “we love you too Android, we just love iPhone more”.
Sobre cultura y financiación →
filmfestivalrotterdam.com
Leía esta entrevista con el director del Festival de Cine de Rotterdam -Rutger Wolfson- en la web del IFFR. Me ha gustado esto: ”About thirty percent of our funding comes from the state”. Me vienen a la cabeza varios países en los que eso es imposible y luego pasan cosas que a nadie le gustan.
