The directive allows for reduced VAT in several areas including water, food, audio books, restaurant service, gardening, nappies and energy itself - but not energy-saving products.
Whispersync for Voice is a new service that syncs audio books with e-books.
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These were one of the many questions answered and topics discussed in a 2-days workshop entitled "Digital Archiving of Audio Visual Content in Public Service Broadcastings" recently in Metro Manila, Philippines.
In this audio section, BBC World Service environment specialist Richard Black explains the so-called greenhouse effect, global warming, the implications for the human race and the significance of the Kyoto summit.
Bollywood stars like Kareena Kapoor and Aamir Khan have embraced the service and can leave audio updates for their followers in India.
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The service, which streamed audio and video (both live and recorded clips) to mobile devices, was specifically designed to run on a frequency separate from the one used for calls and data.
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AskForCents exists because of the Turk, as does CastingWords, a service that transcribes spoken audio files using people who have computer access and some time to kill housewives, night-shift security guards and so on.
But as it happens, XM had already been working on ways to incorporate Command Audio's technology into its service, and will probably end up paying IBiquity for the rights to use it going forward.
The recently launched service has lots of new audio features like Scan and Match technology and licensing deals with a number of labels.
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"A lot of incidents just can't be picked up by video only systems, " said Chris Mitchell, Audio Analytic's boss, on BBC World Service's Digital Planet.
The Android 4.1 device's ports include Micro HDMI, TOSLink Optical audio, Ethernet, micro AB USB (for service and support only, Google says), and banana jack speaker outputs.
The unique music service features fast downloads and high-quality audio for listening to your favorite music on your no-contract smartphone.
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Indy Audio Labs will also assume full responsibility for the ongoing service and support of existing Aragon and Acurus products.
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And you can send audio from any application, such as a streaming music service or video-on-demand services like Hulu or Netflix.
That includes a quick way for consumers to buy a song they hear, potentially boosting download sales from iTunes, as well as a revenue share of new audio ads Apple is planning to add to the free service, according to sources.
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You can offer a conference call number but the service works best when users just listen to the audio through their headsets connected to their computer.
Roku was nice enough to upgrade our player for Amazon Video on Demand a little early, and we're basically impressed -- although we're not in love with SD video and stereo audio, it's hard to complain about a free service update.
So, for instance, Ukrainian listeners can hook up to World Service news by phoning in on their mobiles and listening to audio bulletins.
Another, similar service is X10's MP3 Anywhere, which lets you route audio from a single PC to your stereo, through a transmitter.
The 90-store chain plans to open a new online service this summer that lets consumers create their own podcasts--audio and video shows designed to be downloaded onto a computer or portable media player--using a catalog of some 6, 000 songs, which Tower will provide free of charge.
Through the Aha service, for example, HondaLink users can listen to Facebook and Twitter audio newsfeeds, podcasts from NPR, location-based personalized restaurant listings from Yelp!
Effective May 18, when people call the Aragon tech support line at (866) 781-7284 or the Aragon service line at (914) 693-8008, they will automatically be forwarded to Indy Audio Labs.
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The latest BMW Approved Apps include Audible (downloadable audio books and other spoken-word content), Glympse (location sharing), Rhapsody (subscription music service) and TuneIn (Internet radio).
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Doll also created DakotaCast, an Internet broadcast service that is on par with SDPB's TV and radio broadcast groups, to oversee online audio and video programming and Webcams.
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