Apple has confirmed reports that the iPhone will be released in the United States in June. The company sent an email Tuesday to people who had signed up at the Apple site to receive information about the innovative mobile device: “Talk to you soon. Thanks for signing up. You’ll be the first to hear the […]

New options for Apple TV appear to be in the works. Blogger Eirik Solheim noticed that the Apple Store now shows a “Select your Apple TV” option, though only one option is available. The “Select” option is displayed when you can select from several Apple products. We haven’t seen any announcement from Apple about this, […]

Microsoft’s Zune system will eventually get DRM-free music, according to Zune marketing director Jason Reindorp, but the company has no time frame for offering songs without copy-protection. In February of this year, Reindorp called Steve Jobs’ push for the music industry to drop DRM ‚Äúirresponsible, or at the very least na√Øve.‚Äù ‚ÄúIt‚Äôs like he‚Äôs on […]

The 2007 iPod Film Fest is now online. This year, the festival features 25 films from seven countries. The films are competing in three categories: Student Films: These film were created as part of a class or for credit at any high-school or college. Indie Films: This category covers any film or music video made […]

BusinessWeek is telling podcasters “Don’t Quit Your Day Job“, painting a bleak picture of current prospects for professional indie podcasting. They cite a lack of advertising support and modest growth in listeners. They also take a look at what it takes for podcasters to turn podcasting into a career: In the absence of consistent advertising […]

The Philadelphia Orchestra has launched Podchestra, a trial series of orchestral podcasts. The Orchestra‚Äôs first podcast features: interviews with young artists who perform with the Orchestra in April, the ‚ÄúMonth of Rising Stars‚Äù; stories about memorable Orchestra debuts; and a look into the lives of the Orchestra‚Äôs musicians. You can preview the podcast below, or […]

Podcamp, a free unconference about podcasting, is coming to New York this weekend. The New York PodCamp Conference will be held April 7th at the New Yorker Hotel, at 481 8th Avenue at 34th St. The event is organized by attendees, and will focus on topics like the future of podcasting and video podcasting. Organizers […]

YuMe Networks, a dedicated advertising network for broadband video, today announced it will launch an ad campaign that lets a marketer insert dynamically served video advertising into downloadable content. “Today we are launching a game-changing capability that will take online video advertising to another level,” said Jayant Kadambi, CEO and co-founder of YuMe Networks. “We […]

Napster today announced that it now has 830,000 paid subscribers and anticipates reporting more than $28 million in revenue for Q1 2007. “Napster concludes our fiscal year 2007 with over 830,000 paid subscribers, which we believe makes us the largest on demand music subscription service in the industry, with a paid subscriber base that is […]

A new Web poll survey, conducted by rock radio consultants Jacobs Media, has found that, among rock radio listeners, an FM radio tuner is the most desired new feature for portable media players. The survey also found more people than ever are interested in getting portable media players. The study asked about the most important […]