Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
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The Christmas song for this Internet Age: Kristen Bell and Straight No Chaser's "Text Me Merry Christmas"

The Christmas song for this Internet Age: Kristen Bell and Straight No Chaser’s “Text Me Merry Christmas”

Continuing the slew of Christmas songs to usher in the holiday cheer, the adorable Kristen Bell – who you may know as Anna from Frozen, teen detective Veronica Mars and the voice of Gossip Girl – and the acapella group Straight No Chaser have teamed up for the song “Text Me Merry Christmas”. With references to smiley...Continue reading
Innovating Taiwan: Alcatel-Lucent's Johan Asplund on the Future of the Internet

Innovating Taiwan: Alcatel-Lucent’s Johan Asplund on the Future of the Internet

With the advent of 4G in Taiwan, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding mobile internet. To discuss what this means for Taiwan and what the future of on-the-go connectivity looks like, I spoke with Alcatel-Lucent Taiwan’s Chief Technology Officer Johan Asplund. Listen  Continue reading
ICRT Joins TuneIn Radio to Bring Mobile and Online Streaming

ICRT Joins TuneIn Radio to Bring Mobile and Online Streaming

International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT) has become the first radio station in Taiwan to officially team up with TuneIn to bring broadcasts to mobile devices around the world. “ICRT listeners are avid users of social media and new technology. They’ve been clamoring for an easy option to listen to ICRT on their cellphones and pads,...Continue reading
Innovating Taiwan: Microsoft's Roan Kang on the Future of Mobile and Cloud Computing

Innovating Taiwan: Microsoft’s Roan Kang on the Future of Mobile and Cloud Computing

For the first episode of my new podcast series Innovating Taiwan – a collaboration between ICRT and the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei – I had the pleasure of sitting down with Roan Kang, the General Manager of Marketing and Operations at Microsoft Taiwan, to chat about the future of technology. Listen The body...Continue reading
ICRT Ranks Second for Quality Among College Freshmen

ICRT Ranks Second for Quality Among College Freshmen

International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT) has ranked second in the category of “high-quality radio” by students majoring in communications from six local universities. In a survey on first-year college students’ media consumption habits conducted by Fo Guang University‘s Lan-Yang newspaper, ICRT received 17 percent of the votes for providing “high-quality radio”, second to Hit FM‘s 20.5...Continue reading