Apple today announced that people have downloaded more than 1 million copies of Safari for Windows in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on Monday. Safari has generated a tremendous amount of interest, in part because of people questioning Apple’s speed claims for the browser and because of publicity […]

Simon & Schuster has turned to YouTube to promote its new books, with a series of videos showcasing their authors and sneak-previews of new releases. The videos will be featured on a Simon & Schuster-branded YouTube platform and on Bookvideos.tv, a new online video channel dedicated to books and author personalities. The latest videos will […]

The BBC has published an interesting story featuring blogging and podcasting pioneer Dave Winer. In the article, one of the topics that Winer touches on is his vision for a better portable media player for listening to podcasts: In order to really work for podcasting, I think a new kind of player needs to have […]

Apple sent an email today to people that have expressed interest in getting an iPhone. The email offers information about the new mobile device and tips on how to get ready for it. (!) The biggest news in the message is that Apple says that “To set up your iPhone, you’ll need an account with […]

Apple is trying to work out deals with Hollywood studios to let it rent movies as digital video downloads that could be viewed on iPods, computers or Apple TV. But, while Apple may want to become a digital alternative to Blockbuster, Hollywood execs are less than thrilled by the idea. According to a Fox News […]

Microsoft Zune, meet your biggest fan. mszunefan, the self-described King of Zunes, has a new tat to show off. Whether or not you think it’s Zunetastic or Zunetarded probably depends a lot on what you think of Microsoft’s not-so-warmly-received portable media player. In case the above picture isn’t enough to let you make up your […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote speech is being called the worst keynote ever. Maybe it was the Leopard update. While Leopard looks like it will feature nice refinements to OS X, enhancements don’t wow, especially enhancements that most people won’t see for months. Maybe it was the announcement that Apple’s solution for opening the […]

Media search technology company PodZinger has announced they will re-brand as EveryZing to reflect in its name that its future business operations which will go beyond podcasting. The company also announced a major expansion plan into all forms of online multimedia content. PodZinger’s speech-to-text technology extracts text from audio and video files, offering additional information […]

The Amergence Group announced today that it acquiring SonicMountain, the parent company of podcasting community Odeo.com. Under the terms of the agreement, SonicMountain will become a wholly owned subsidiary of The Amergence Group. According to the Amergence Group: Now, SonicMountain will have the resources to revolutionize Odeo’s environment and add exciting new features to its […]

Cortex has released a new iPod DJ mixer, the dMIX-300 Digital Music Control Station. The dMix-300 is a compact all-in-one iPod mixing solution for Digital DJing. The mixer includes a 2-channel audio mixer and a built-in iPod Dock (suitable for all iPod models), and lets you search, cue, play, pitch, mix and even scratch digital […]