LibSyn‘s stat problems continue to plague users of this popular podcast hosting service.  Here’s their latest update on the issue: Latest episodes not showing up in stats We have temporarily stopped the stats engines- meaning no new updates of any files will occur for the time being. We are working on a plan to recover […]

The iPhone is rapidly increasing Apple’s share of the browser market, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. About 1 in 400 browsers on the Internet are now using Safari on the iPhone or iPod touch. Apple increased its share of the Internet browser market in the US by 64% between December and March, according […]

Over at TidBITS, Glenn Fleishman reports that Apple is not supporting the use of hard drives attached to the AirPort Extreme as a Time Machine backup device: Apple confirmed for me last week that a feature for using hard drives attached via USB to an AirPort Extreme Base Station is an unsupported feature. The company […]

Coutant.org, the site of Professor S.O. Coutant, features a wide rang eof information about the types of microphones used in broadcasting and recording studios. It’s very comprehensive, with detailed information on the most commonly used mics in broadcasting, bios of communication pioneers and information on celebrities and the mics they used. The site doesn’t give […]

Earlier in the year, we noted that bad advertising is holding back online TV, citing the poorly targeted, overlong and disruptive ads on Hulu as an example. Anyone that thinks that you are going to sit through traditional television advertising when you’re watching online videos is out of touch, at best. This view is starting […]

YouTube and C-SPAN have partnered to launch a program to allow voters the opportunity to voice their views on the issues most important to them in the 2008 election. YouTube Voter Video on C-SPAN is encourages voters to respond to the question “What issue in this election is most important to you, and why?” From […]

  The Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California is expanding its reach, using YouTube to bring things like the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest (above) to the world.  “The purpose of a fair is to celebrate and showcase the community. Fairs are social events and social media is perfect for fairs because of this. We’re inviting folks to […]

The Rolling Stones have launched a new channel on YouTube, Living Legends. Visitors can upload video questions for the band, and the best questions will be answered by the Stones. It’s an interesting use of the site, but I’d like to see them experimenting with letting fans make creative use of Stones music or music […]

YouTube Doubler lets you watch two YouTube videos at the same time, so you can watch David Hasselhoff vs Elmo, Blue Man Group vs The Who or River Dance vs Robot Dance

The SFGate has a profile of podcasting novelist Scott Sigler that looks at how he’s used free podcasts to promoting his writing career: Before Sigler revealed podcasting as a new frontier for book promotion, the San Francisco author was rebuffed hundreds of times by major publishers. Sigler’s science fiction-horror thrillers attracted little attention. That changed […]