Panasonic is testing Japan’s reaction to its first delivery robots National strategy The trials are based on Japan’sgrowth strategy action plan, published in July 2020, which called for robot delivery pilots to inform policymaking for a wider roll-out. Panasonic is taking part in a public-private council for the promotion of deliveries by autonomous robots which is sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. Part of the company’s R&D and field test activities are also being supported by a government technology development project to accelerate the deployment of autonomous delivery technologies....

PandaBar, by maha::software, is a tiny app that sits in your Mac OS X menu bar and acts as a client for Pandora. It gives you all the controls that you get on its Web interface and allows you to access all your stations. And it adds keyboard shortcuts to the mix too, to round up the offering. The app weighs in at under half a megabyte andcan be purchased from the Mac App Store....

Pandora today announced the addition of 12workoutand exercise stations to its content lineup of streaming music. The music selections address a broad range of musical tastes, and are meant to promote an active lifestyle. Once users select a workout station, they’ll be able to further customize it to their tastes using the thumbs up, thumbs down buttons which power Pandora’s recommendation engine. The station types, and sample artists for the new workout network can be found below:...

Please see the bottom of the post for updates. In a widely anticipated move, Pandora, the online musical giant, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. Once on the fringe of bankruptcy, Pandora has had a massive comeback. Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan are managing the offering. The size of the offering is not currently know, nor is its potential time frame. [Update: $100 million dollars is thereported total....

America’s darling music streaming service filed its intention for an Initial Public Offering in February of this year, which was priced in the $100 million ballpark. 4 months later,Pandorahas just priced its IPO and its financial advisers have settled on $16 per share to the public, for about 14.7 million ordinary shares. The online radio’s notional income will be approximately $235 million, doubling its original estimate 4 months ago.Fast Company reportsthat about 6 million shares will be offered by Pandora itself, and 8....