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Townsquare Interactive Hosting Website Workshop Next Week in Lufkin

Andree Valentine — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:39:50 +0000

When was the last time you used a phone book? How about the last time you “googled” something to find a specific business address, hours or phone number on the Internet? Raise your hand if your computer keyboard won – new research shows that 75% of people no longer use phone books. In today’s [...]

Apple Unveils the New iPad — What Will It Do?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:55:59 +0000

While Wednesday’s roll-out of the new generation of Apple’s iPad didn’t have quite the fanfare of prior events helmed by the company’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, that doesn’t mean people weren’t paying attention. Here’s a quick rundown of the announcement. The device, simply called “the new iPad,” will be released March 16 (pre-orders are going [...]

Can a T-Shirt Charge Your Cell Phone Battery? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:31:39 +0000

Being out and about and having your cell phone battery die has to be one of the most irritating first-world problems in existence.

What if you could avoid it simply by wearing the right shirt? That’s what UK mobile phone company Orange is striving for.

radioPup – Listen To Q107 On Our New Mobile App

Andree Valentine — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:54:31 +0000

Great news, Q107.7 fans --- there’s a revolution happening in radio and you're a part of it. No longer do you need a radio to listen to the radio. With our brand new radioPup app you can listen to us all day, anytime, anywhere, for free --- directly on your smart phone.

The free radioPup app is now available on iPhone and iPod Touch. Click over to our mobile app page to download the app now or sign up to be notified when our Android app is released.

Watch Steve Vai's Guinness World Record Attempt [VIDEO]

Andree Valentine — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:26:21 +0000

Check out Steve Vai's free hour-long online guitar lesson via livestream. He attempted to set the Guinness World Record on Thursday for the largest online guitar lesson. Though the final numbers and the world record haven't officially been set, Andy Alt of Guitar International estimated at least 7,000 participants joined in online for the lesson from all over the world. Congratulations Steve Vai!

There's an App For…Tax Returns?!

Jen Austin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:14:43 +0000

Did you see this coming? The IRS is getting high tech. The IRS announced this week there IS an app for that. It’s a free app to check the status of your tax return. You’ve got to enter your social security number, but they promise it’s heavily encrypted and safe. It’s for iPhones and Droids [...]

Beer Robot? I Want One! [VIDEO]

Chris Cobb — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:57:26 +0000

You know how it can be a pain sometimes to get up and go ALLLLL the way to the fridge to get yourself another frosty barley pop? Well, why not do what this guy did and invent your own beer robot! He took his old college refrigerator, hooked it up to an air cannon, connected [...]

No Smart Phone for Keith Richards

Jen Austin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:26:24 +0000

There are so many ways to communicate these days, so what’s Keith Richards’ favorite? The guitarist’s Rolling Stones bandmate, Ronnie Wood, told England’s Absolute Radio that it’s a fax machine. In fact, according to Ronnie, Keith only uses the fax and since Wood doesn’t have a fax machine, he doesn’t hear much from Keith. Read [...]