ZDNet’s David Berlind has published an interesting article on the Twitterization of traditional media. While the focus of the article is on how Twitter will affect big media, Berlind also does a great job of summarizing the challenges facing corporate media as it is forced to compete with bloggers, podcasters and video podcasters: Although it […]

The ongoing outage of the popular voice over IP application Skype highlights the risk of building a utility service like voice communication on a proprietary identity system. By creating a single point of failure, Skype effectively designed into their system an outage that is now affecting hundreds of millions of people. Skype apologizes for the […]

The winners of the People‚Äôs Choice Podcast Awards have been announced: Best Video Podcast – Ask a Ninja Best Mobile Phone Formatted Podcast – Praystation Portable Business – Manager Tools Comedy – Nobody Likes Onions Cultural / Arts – This American Life Education – Grammar Girl Entertainment – The Lost Podcast Food and Drink – […]

Podcasting startup PodTech, which has been struggling with its finances, questionable content development choices and its image, today announced that it had ended its external search for a CEO and had instead promoted Chief Operating Officer James McCormick to CEO. Founder and current CEO John Furrier will continue to serve on the board of directors […]

Blue Note, a record label known for its classic jazz recordings, has released a series of podcasts. The new shows focus on current releases by Blue Note artists, including Floratone, Norah Jones, Amos Lee, Ron Carter and Suzanne Vega. Here are the podcast details…..

If you think you might run out of bizarre ways to play your MP3s, check out the Thermo Sport Fridge/Cooler. Not only does it have tiny speakers built-in, but it refrigerates 16 cans of your favorite beverage. Here’s what SkyMall has to say about this frankenplayer: Keep your drinks & food nice & cold! Say […]

Six Apart’s Anil Dash has announced the release of Movable Type 4.0 (MT), the latest version of the pioneering blogging platform. While the publishing platform has lost a lot of ground to WordPress in the last few years, MT is fighting back by open-sourcing much of its code, offering a free version, and bringing its […]

Energizer announced today the introduction of the Energi To Go Portable Power for iPod. This battery-powered device will be available at retail nationwide this fall. The Energi To Go is powered by two Lithium AA batteries. The device features a control chip that maximizes power transfer to the iPod. In testing with Energizer e2 Lithium […]

AT&T & LG Electronics have announced a new phone, the trax, that gives users access to subscription music services such as Napster and eMusic. The phone offers an alternative to the computer-centric approach championed by Apple with its iPhone/iTunes offering. The trax is a multipurpose clamshell-shaped phone that connects to AT&T’s 3G UMTS/HSDPA network. Besides […]

Apple announced today the debut of the John Lennon solo catalog on the iTunes Store. Sixteen of Lennon’s solo works from EMI Music are available on iTunes starting today, with the ‚ÄúLennon Legend‚Äù and ‚ÄúAcoustic‚Äù collections making their worldwide digital debuts. For a limited period of 30 days, exclusive video content will be included with […]