The week in radio: BBC Sounds app; End of Days; Beyond Today – review
by Miranda Sawyer from Technology | The Guardian on (#42680)
The corporation's new do-it-all audio app for younger listeners is smart but needs more content
BBC Sounds
End of Days (Radio 5 Live) | bbc.co.uk
Beyond Today (Radio 4) | bbc.co.uk
I went to the launch of a new app the other day. (Just writing that makes my knees creak.) It was a celeb-packed, wine-and-nibbles party at the Tanks at Tate Modern, and Mabel and Craig David and Chic all performed. In between songs, Claudia Winkleman, Greg James and Dotty made some jokes. General party vibe? Congenial, chatty, quite staid. But that seems about right when you remember that it was a shindig to celebrate a new virtual button on your smartphone.
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