This Friday, I will be presenting a 60 minute webinar titled, "The Technological Evolution of Today's Hearing Aids," on the continuing education site, AudiologyOnline. While it's a presentation intended for hearing care professionals, it's free to sign up for and can be attended by anyone. This presentation will ultimately be a culmination of everything I've… Continue reading Upcoming Webinar On AudiologyOnline (Future Ear Daily Update 10-30-19)
Category: Aural Attention Economy
Spotify’s Google Mini Giveaway (Future Ear Daily Update 10-23-19)
Yesterday, Spotify announced a promotion for new or existing premium subscribers, where Spotify will send each subscriber a Google Home Mini, simply by linking their Spotify and Google accounts. In a matter of a few clicks, Spotify subscribers can login, choose one of the four Google Home Mini, and within about 10 days receive their… Continue reading Spotify’s Google Mini Giveaway (Future Ear Daily Update 10-23-19)
The Many Hearable Form Factors (Future Ear Daily Update 10-9-19)
One of the reoccurring thoughts that's been running through my head these past few years is that we'll eventually have a wide variety of form factors when it comes to hearables. I believe there will be a large range of hearables-based applications spanning consumer, business, medical and industrial-focused verticals, and some of those applications might… Continue reading The Many Hearable Form Factors (Future Ear Daily Update 10-9-19)
NPR’s Booming Podcast Business (Future Ear Daily Update 9-17-19)
A report from Current surfaced last week that NPR is projecting its podcast revenue to surpass its radio broadcast revenue for the first time next year. The information in the report comes from NPR's membership meeting that was held on September 5th, where NPR CFO, Deborah Cowan, announced that corporate sponsorships for podcasts would grow to… Continue reading NPR’s Booming Podcast Business (Future Ear Daily Update 9-17-19)
The NPR Mini Assistant (Future Ear Daily Update 9-5-19)
I came across a Medium post yesterday that was very intriguing from Nara Kasbergen, the technical lead for voice and emerging platforms at NPR. In the post, Nara details the process behind creating the ability for Alexa users to stream NPR's Morning Edition through their Alexa-enabled devices. For today's update, I'm covering the challenges that… Continue reading The NPR Mini Assistant (Future Ear Daily Update 9-5-19)
Media as a Main Driver of Voice Technology Adoption (Future Ear Daily Update 9-3-19)
One of the my favorite voice technology podcasts, This Week in Voice, returned this week to kick off season four. Bradley Metrock, host of the podcast, welcomed Voicebot creator and CEO, Bret Kinsella, on to discuss the state of voice technology and what to expect heading into the fall of 2019. As two of the… Continue reading Media as a Main Driver of Voice Technology Adoption (Future Ear Daily Update 9-3-19)
Webinar: Podcasting in the Age of Voice (Future Ear Daily Update 8-20-19)
Today, I will be joining a group of podcasters and micro-casters to present a webinar titled, "Podcasting in the Age of Voice." The premise of this webinar is to shed a light on how voice assistants and the hardware they're housed in add a new dynamic to audio content creation and consumption. Smart speakers and… Continue reading Webinar: Podcasting in the Age of Voice (Future Ear Daily Update 8-20-19)
Podcasting + Search (Future Ear Daily Update 8-9-19)
A few months ago, I wrote a two-piece article for Voicebot titled, "The Cambrian Explosion of Audio Content."(part 1, 2) In the articles, I laid out the development of all the necessary "ingredients" required to be combined to create this explosion. We're seeing significant movement in the financial markets around podcasting, largely fueled by Spotify's… Continue reading Podcasting + Search (Future Ear Daily Update 8-9-19)
New Voicebot Post (Future Ear Daily Update 8-2-19)
Today I published an article on Voicebot.ai around some key takeaways from Spotify and Apple's earnings reports that pertain to all things Future Ear. "Apple and Spotify each reported earnings on Tuesday and there were a few key points in each company’s earnings report that pertain to the world of audio, voice, and hearables. In… Continue reading New Voicebot Post (Future Ear Daily Update 8-2-19)
Podcast Previews (Future Ear Daily Update 7-9-19)
Something that I've been thinking about a lot lately is podcast discovery. The reason I'm so keen on podcasting right now is that I see it as a killer use case for both hearables (passive content consumption as a reason to wear the devices longer and more frequently) and smart assistants (control, curate and mediate… Continue reading Podcast Previews (Future Ear Daily Update 7-9-19)