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iPhone Actually Lives Up To Its Hype

Jun 27th, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

The first iPhone reviews are in, and it looks like the innovative device may actually live up to its hype: The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg says “Expectations for the iPhone have been so high that it can’t possibly meet them all. It isn’t for the average person who just wants a cheap, small phone […]



Apple iPhone Activation Handled Through iTunes

Jun 26th, 2007 | By | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple and AT&T today announced that iPhone users will be able to activate their new phones using iTunes software running on a PC or Mac computer, without having to wait in a store. According to Apple, activating an iPhone takes only minutes as iTunes guides the user through simple steps to choose their service plan, […]



Apple Announces iPhone Plans Starting At About $60/Month

Jun 26th, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

AT&T Inc. and Apple today announced pricing for three service plans for the iPhone, starting at $59.99 per month. All three plans include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll-over minutes and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. iPhone customers can also choose from any of AT&T‚Äôs standard service plans. Here are the details: All iPhone […]



Celebrate The Internet Radio Day of Freedom From Phil Collins Day!

Jun 26th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Digital Music, General

Hundreds of U.S. commercial webcasters are going silent today, June 26, to protest to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten their ability to make money broadcasting mainstream music. Yahoo! is one of the Internet radio broadcasters that has announced that it is going silent: “Apologies to anyone who was hoping to listen to […]



Blinkx Launches Adhoc Contextual Video Advertising Platform

Jun 25th, 2007 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Services, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

blinkx today unveiled AdHoc, a contextually relevant video advertising platform,¬†aka¬†AdSense for Video, the latest in a stream of recent announcements from the company. According to blinkx,¬†”Just as Google‚Äôs AdSense transformed advertising on the Text Web, blinkx‚Äôs AdHoc platform will revolutionize video advertising by matching compelling, customized, TV-style ads to your audience on the Video Web.” […]



Japanese Internet Access 32 Times Faster Than In US

Jun 25th, 2007 | By | Category: General

We’ve advocates of an open, Internet-based media environment at Podcasting News. New statistics suggest, though, that Internet access speeds in the US could become a barrier to adoption of new media like podcasts and video podcasts, and could even be a barrier to US competitiveness. SpeedMatters.org has released a report on Internet access speed (pdf) […]



In Fight Between Blu-Ray And HD DVD, Is Internet TV The Winner?

Jun 25th, 2007 | By | Category: General

Businessweek takes a look today at the fight between Blu-Ray and HD DVD to become the dominant standard for high-definition video delivery: Time doesn’t appear to be on either side. With hard-drive capacity growing exponentially and prices coming down even more sharply, experts predict most broadband-enabled homes within 10 years will download much of their […]



French Maids Lose Their Clothes, Share Photos

Jun 25th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Tim Street, Creator and Executive Producer of French Maid TV, sends word that the maids are back at work, this time using their unique brand of softcore edutainment to help people understand how to share photos online with “Tubes“, a new service that lets you create “instant personal networks” for sharing things like music and […]



Twitter Meets Podcasting

Jun 25th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Software

Dave Winer, who developed one of the standards which podcasting is based on, is excited by the idea of combining audio files with Twitter messages. He calls the combination a “TwitterGram”: The other day I was thinking about other kinds of Twitters. The thing we like about Twitter is that you can’t post a book-length […]



Internet TV Startup Revision3 Raises $8 Million

Jun 24th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Revision3, the San Francisco startup behind the Internet TV shows Diggnation and XLR8RTV, has raised $8 million more from investors. Revision3 is one of several companies pioneering commercial video podcast networks. Their shows can be viewed online or downloaded for viewing on portable media players such as iPods or devices like the Apple TV. The […]