- iOS 11 comes with native playback support for the Opus audio codec inside the CAF container. To generate files, use the afconvert tool on High Sierra. afconvert input.wav -f caff -d opus -b 32000 output.caf In Beta 1,…
- As discussed before, everyone loses with zero-rating offers: the provider, the network operator, and the customer. Here’s an alternative where everyone wins and net neutrality is preserved: Add an option to…
- Thomas Lohninger gave a speech at today’s annual general meeting that I agree with 100%. In addition to the reasons against StreamOn already mentioned here, there’s another one: in the end, Telekom is only hurting…
- What’s happened over the last few days? Several publications have covered the story, especially after consumer advocates strongly recommended banning StreamOn. Spiegel: Consumer advocates call for a ban on Telekom’s…
- A clip from the latest Bits und so, ironically available as a YouTube video that’s friendly to StreamOn. youtu.be/JXIDCeti1y8 Previously discussed here: “Finally” StreamOn
- We’ve discussed Telekom’s zero-rating offer StreamOn several times on the show: first the US version, BingeOn, and now the German equivalent, which was recently introduced at a rather embarrassing event . This is about…
- Our listener Andreas pointed me to this one-hour behind-the-scenes special about German children’s programme “Die Sendung mit der Maus”: How do they make “Die Sendung mit der Maus”? The programme has a special place in…
- You can be this guy. I previously praised Blackmagic Design for their ability to democratize video production on the hardware end, enabling live broadcast production at a cutthroat price. Now they’re promising to do the…
- In 2006, Steve Jobs presented the progress of iPod integration in the car industry: “70 percent of the new cars sold in the US offer iPod connectivity as an option.” Since then, car makers have had more than ten years…
- I hope this saves someone from unnecessary rounds of App Store Review rejections. I needed three rounds to satisfy this new requirement. I think their language is, as observed previously, a little too unspecific, when…
- This video is from late May 2007, a month before the launch of the iPhone. Buried in the Q&A section, there is this interesting statement about what would become the App Store. Starts at 49:50. Question: Brian Dear from…
- We talked about digital video in detail on the special episode Bits und so #503 (A Tape a Day) . In about three hours, the show surveys software and hardware for digital video production, and covers some of the…
- Pro tip: don’t ask your relatives what they pay for their mobile contracts. 😱 — Timo Hetzel, December 26, 2016 Over the holidays, someone told me this story. Here’s the short version: Mr. S. lost his smartphone in early…
- My former training radio station, M94.5, where I learned the craft and spent many years, is at risk of losing its 94.5 MHz FM frequency. The BLM, which assigns frequencies, apparently wants to give it to Rock Antenne, a…
- Telekom has published its own account of the outage : Myth of the open interface: what really happened Not a myth. The port was open. If it hadn’t been open, nothing would have happened. The ACS asked the end device to…
- One detail about yesterday’s widespread outage among Telekom DSL customers is often missing from mainstream coverage. Heise : Everything suggests this was a variation of the TR-069 vulnerability disclosed by Check Point…
- From the Q&A at WSJD Live, November 2014. Starts at 28:45 in the video. Q: [Why did you kill the iPod Classic 160GB?] Tim Cook: “Because we couldn’t get the parts anymore. Not even anywhere, they’re not made anymore.…
- Amazon launched its free Dash IoT button in Germany a few days ago. After ordering razor blades once, you can repurpose it for more useful smart-home actions. The process is extensively documented online for the first…
- Paydirekt is a mess , made in Germany. Back to the drawing board: let’s design ZASTER (quickly paying at online shops instead of a terrible advance transfer). The goal is to connect online shops to online banking at low…
- Paydirekt customer in “tiger leggings”. Image: Sparkasse Ask Paydirekt—or its marketing-heavy champion, Sparkasse—what this is all about and you get this answer: @nickoffff paydirekt follows German security and…