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Singapore streaming music app Orastream goes live

Who says Singapore technologies don’t go far? One such technology, which streams music smoothly to your phone by adapting to network quality, finally got released this week as a promising mobile app. Orastream is able to detect how good your connection is and deliver the best quality music that it can support. For example, if you are using Wi-Fi or have a good 4G connection, the app will deliver music with a high bit-rate, retaining most of the detail in a track. If you are at the basement of a shopping centre and can only get a 2G connection, it will stream a lower quality track, but keep the music playing without any disruptions. The technology for this adaptive streaming was first developed in Singapore’s A*Star labs several years ago. The creators later spun off a company called MP4SLS to further develop the technology and market it . A couple of weeks ago, the company...

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