NPR has released the source code for its Android app. For now, that won’t mean much to most users. The free app still lets you listen to reports from NPR programs and fine live streams from local NPR member stations. But NPR is hoping that by opening up the source code to the public, the app can grow in new and interesting ways.
What I didn’t realize was that a single NPR fan at Google was almost single-handedly responsible for building the original NPR Android app. Read the rest of this entry »