Thanks to bloggers everywhere for making Podcasting News the #1 site for iCrap. We’ll figure out how to monetize that real soon….. In the meantime, here’s something that’s even more useless than an dog jacket that transforms your pooch into a doggie boombox – an iPod gramophone. Through passive amplification alone, the Phonofone II “transform […]

There are tons of digital photo picture frames on the market and none have them have really wowed me. Mustek has come up with something original, though, with the PF-i700, a 7-inch color digital photo frame with an integrated Apple iPod docking station. In addition to doing the usual digital picture frame duties, it can […]

Canada’s CBC is looking for proposals for original online content. This is an open call, so you don‚Äôt have to work at the CBC to submit a proposal. Here are some of the factors consider when putting together your pitch: Potential impact – There is much competition for limited resources and success in the new […]

Jeremy Allaire and Adam Berrey from the Internet television startup brightcove have posted an interesting take on the state of Internet video. They take a look back at what happened in 2007, but also offer their vision for what will happen in 2008. Here are the highlights: Branded Destinations – Media companies with established brands […]

The Sex:Tech Conference wants you to create a video that answers the question “Why is sex so interesting and sex ed so boring?” They want you to make a video on one of these ideas: Theme 1. Share your sex ed experience so far. Show us how and why it sucked or rocked. Theme 2. […]

So-called iPod killers are not just failing to compete with Apple’s popular media players, they’re failing to hold onto what market share thy have. Sales of portable music players, besides the iPod, declined during the first three weeks of the holiday shopping season, according to the NPD Group.¬† Manufacturers face a market in which there […]

New media advertising in virtual worlds like Second Life appears to be dead in the water. Virtual world technology firm The Electric Sheep Company let go nearly a third of its employees yesterday. The company laid off 22 employees, is scaling back its events staff and cancelling several projects, including the creation of an ad […]

Apple has quietly released updates to several of its podcasting-related applications: GarageBand 4 has been updated to 4.1.1. The update incorporates changes in the September 4.1 update, includes exporting to the iPhone, as well as overall stability fixes. QuickTime and QuickTime Broadcaster have also been updated. The latest version of QuickTime, 7.3.1, is a minor […]

Pew Internet released an interesting report earlier this week that looks at Teens and Social Media. According to Pew, more teenagers than ever are creating content online. Here are the highlights: 64% of online teenagers ages 12 to 17 engaging in at least one type of content creation, up from 57% of online teens in […]

Portable media player manufactuer Neuros Technology has created the Unlocked Media brand to create a consumer friendly trademark out of the abstract idea of ‚ÄúDRM Free‚Äù media. The concept behind the Unlocked Media trademark is that it be made available for free to any entity that uses media using open standard technology which is available […]