Daily Archives: December 1, 2015

Look Who Pushed World No. 19 Economy Taiwan Into Recession

Posted on by

Taiwan’s economy, ranked world No. 19 by the World Bank, officially went into recession in the July-September quarter. Not just wage-wary workers and price-picky exporters on the industrialized island of 23 million people should pay attention to the 0.3% decline in the third quarter following a 1.14% slip in the second. Taiwan fell into recession – based on two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth – partly because of hesitant consumer spending in parts of the world and a fall in oil prices (bad if your factory pre-purchased crude at the old higher rates). But the recession story has an eerier, longer-term moral that will threaten Taiwan later even if the half-trillion-dollar economy bounces back next year. That lesson applies not only to Taiwan. Any country dependent on exports, from shoes to smartphones, can learn from it.

from Forbes – Tech http://ift.tt/1HFkibl
via IFTTT

T-Mobile adds eleven more music services to its Music Freedom Revolution

Posted on by

The following eleven music services have been added to T-Mobile’s “approved” list of content providers that won’t count against your monthly data allotment:

Aud.io High-fidelity internet radio
Dash Radio DJ-driven radio, zero commercials, 24/7
DatPiff Mixtapes, hip hop music, videos and underground
Jango Internet radio that plays music you’ll love
KCRW Music discovery, NPR news, cultural exploration and informed public affairs
Noon Pacific A weekly mixtape of the best songs hand-picked from the best music blogs
Radio Danz The world’s pure dance channel
SomaFM Ambient, downtempo and chill beats from well-known and unknown artists
Spinrilla Hip-hop mixtape downloads and streams with no downloading limits
StreamOn Streaming music services powered by StreamOn. Next-level streaming products for the next era of radio
TuneIn Premium 100,000 radio stations, 5.7 million podcasts, language learning and more

The addition of these 11 services brings ol’ Magenta’s Music Freedom to a total of 44 streaming services you are free to jam to without worrying about using up any data.

T-Mobile is dedicated to bringing customers more Music Freedom services. Its website even tells you to tweet @TMobile with the hashtag #MusicFreedom if you wish to suggest any music services that aren’t part of Music Freedom.

T-Mobile was also notably mentioned for launching its Binge On™ campaign in November which offered a similar freedom for video streaming services that don’t count against your data…

from GSMArena.com – Latest articles http://ift.tt/1OvkhrG
via IFTTT