This is just what the world needs. Another Podcast application. This one may help spread Podcasts up to yet another level. Russell Brandon on Shortwave.
An experimental unit within Google has been quietly developing a new app for discovering and playing podcasts. Called Shortwave, the new app was revealed by a trademark filing
It seems more difficult than ever to develop a product completely in secret.
Google:
One of the many projects that we’re working on within Area 120 is Shortwave, which helps users discover and consume spoken-word audio in new ways… Like other projects within Area 120, it’s a very early experiment so there aren’t many details to share right now.
Fair enough. Area 120? Why not Area 51?