Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, a special correspondent for the Alive In Baghdad video podcast, was killed on December 14th, 2007. Here’s the news from the AIB site: On Friday the 14th at 11:30pm Baghdad time, Iraqi National Guard forces raided the street where Ali‚Äôs house is, one of the neighbors heard a gun firing after 15 […]

We thought that our 2007 Holiday Guide to iCrap was pretty comprehensive, what with the iPod Tooth Whitener and all. Well, looks like we were wrong: The iPond is a tiny fish tank that doubles as a music speaker. Unfortunately, it’s a tiny fish tank that is about 15 times smaller than the recommended tank […]

Apple quietly introduced an update to Garageband that adds a cool new feature: iPhone ringtone creation. Anything you’ve got in Garageband, you can turn into a ringtone. For some people, that may mean the end of getting double-charged for ringtones at iTunes. If you’re a musician or if you’ve got a podcast, though, you might […]

The holidays are upon us, and you know what that means; it’s time for the second annual Podcasting News Guide to iCrap. There are a lot of great iPod accessories you can buy. You can get iPod cases, audio recorders, FM transmitters and all sorts of other useful iPod gear to help you make the […]

Today, Helio announced a new mobilecasting service that they are calling “the most comprehensive YouTube experience currently offered on mobile!” They could have thrown a “massive” or “global” into that, but the service is exactly the type of thing we’ve been pushing for for years: mobile devices that are sophisticated two-way Web publishing platforms. Available […]

Google has announced that its Picasa photo sharing service now explicitly supports the iPhone: “After you go to Picasa on your iPhone and log in, you can quickly see all your albums that you’ve uploaded to Picasa Web. If you click on any of the albums, you can get a full view of your picture […]

Paramount Pictures’ Jackass movie franchise is moving to the Web, with what they are calling the first studio-backed film to premiere online: On Dec. 19, the studio will make Jackass 2.5 available in connection with Blockbuster‚Äôs Movielink service. The hour-plus film has original material and previously unseen outtakes from the second Jackass movie in 2006. […]

Earlier in the day, we reported that popular tech analyst Robert Scoble was planning to leave podcasting startup PodTech. Since then, Scoble has confirmed his decision on his blog: My last day there will be January 14th. I am working on a number of PodTech initiatives, including the CES BlogHaus as well as a Blogger […]

Apple has updated the iTunes store with a directory of their top podcasts of 2007. Lots of the usual suspects, including Sesame Street, NPR’s Fresh Air, Ask a Ninja, Grammar Gril Diggnation, Boing Boing TV & Tiki Bar TV. It’s a great starting point, though, for people new to podcasting. Another demonstration of the fact […]

Movable Type’s Anil Dash today announced that the popular blogging platform is being GPL’d, as Movable Type Open Source. It’s now open source and free for any use. The change makes sense for MT. WordPress was threatening to marginalize the Movable Type platform.¬† WordPress’s openness has been attracting the attention of developers and it’s become […]