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Podcasting Featured In Apple Mac OS X Leopard Server Update

Jun 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware, Podcasting Software, Video Podcasts

While updates to Apple’s OS X, iPhone app development and Safari for Windows may be the most talked-about introductions from Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote address, updates to Mac OS X Leopard Server include significant features for podcasters. According to Apple, Leopard Server is the most significant improvement to the server operating system since Mac OS […]



Apple Unveils Latest Beta Of Mac OS X Leopard To Developers

Jun 11th, 2007 | By | Category: General

Apple today unveiled a near final version of Mac OS X Leopard, the sixth major release of the Mac operating system. Scheduled to ship in October, Leopard introduces over 300 new features, including: a new Desktop and Dock with Stacks, an intuitive new way to organize files; an updated Finder featuring Cover Flow and a […]



iPhone to Support Third-Party “Web 2.0” Applications

Jun 11th, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Mobile Podcasting

Apple today announced that the iPhone will run applications created with “Web 2.0” Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29. Developers can create applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone‚Äôs services, including making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a […]



Apple Introduces Safari for Windows

Jun 11th, 2007 | By | Category: General

Completely out of left field, Apple today introduced Safari 3 for Windows PCs and Macs. According to Apple, Safari is the fastest browser running on Windows, based on the industry standard iBench tests, rendering web pages up to twice as fast as IE 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari joins […]



Apple TV To Get Digital Movie Rentals

Jun 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Movie Store, Digital Video Downloads, Video

If Steve Jobs gets his way, iTunes and Apple TV may soon become the digital version of Blockbuster or Netflix. Apple is working with Hollywood studios to make movies available for rental via iTunes, according to a story today in the Wall Street Journal. The rental service is being pitched aggressively by Apple, with titles […]



Filmmakers Release Their Movie On YouTube; Want You To Help Pay Off Their Credit Card Debt

Jun 10th, 2007 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, Podcast Distribution, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Filmmakers Arin Crumley & Susan Buice have released their film, Four Eyed Monster, in full on YouTube. The movie’s creation was documented as the Four Eyed Monster video podcast,and the movie is said to be the first full-length film officially released on YouTube. Crumley & Buice’s work is notable for the ways that they have […]



Podcast Audience Continues To Grow

Jun 9th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics

The Diffusion Group reports that, based on their latest research, 11% of adult broadband users (some 12 million US consumers) listen to podcasts at least once per month. They also predict that the podcast audience will more than double in the next five years, to 24% of broadband users (38.5 million Americans) by 2012. While […]



US Government Orders TorrentSpy To Spy On Torrent Users

Jun 9th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, General, Strange

TorrentSpy, one of the most popular sites for .torrent sharing, has been ordered by US federal judge Jacqueline Chooljian in the Central District of California that, despite the site‚Äôs privacy policy, which states they will never monitor their visitors without consent, they must start creating logs detailing their user‚Äôs activities. This information could then be […]



Podcasters Across Borders Coming June 22-24

Jun 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Corporate Podcasts, How to Podcast, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

Podcasters Across Borders 2007, a podcasting event scheduled for June 22-24 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, will feature sessions, panels, an audio production workshop, two major concerts and even a boat cruise. “We are approaching a second consecutive sellout,” said Mark Blevis, one of the show organizers. “We’ve attracted people from across Canada (including Whitehorse which […]



Nokia Media Transfer Puts iTunes Music, Podcasts On Your Phone

Jun 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players, Mobile Podcasting

It looks like the mobile phone industry is starting to face the music – they’re introducing new features to try and close the gap between their offerings and those of Apple’s iPhone. Nokia has released its Nokia Media Transfer 1.0 beta, which lets you transfer pictures, videos, podcasts, music, and other files between your Nokia […]