A prescient email by a senior Microsoft executive shows that there were concerns in 2003 about Microsoft-based portable media players “sucking”, to the point that partnering with Apple was considered. Microsoft’s Jim Allchin was so distraught by his user experience with partner digital music devices on the market in 2003 that he considered calling Steve […]

Massachusetts‚Äô Governor Deval Patrick is joining the ranks of political podcasters. Patrick is planning to launch his podcast at the end of the week. The governor will record three-to-five minutes of remarks, then making them available for downloading from Mass-dot-gov, the state’s official Web site. Although the details are still being finalized, Patrick says he […]

Warner, Sony, Melodeo and Access China Media Solutions today announced they are working together to develop and distribute world-class solutions for delivering mobile music and multimedia entertainment to wireless customers throughout China and other Asia Pacific marketplaces and beyond. Melodeo is known to many in the world of podcasting for its mobile podcasting offerings. Access […]

RM has introduced Podium, a podcasting tool designed for educational institutions. Podium is designed to allow students and teachers to communicate by creating enhanced podcasts, which incorporate audio, text and images. The tool, available for Windows-based systems, provides simple input fields for podcast and episode names, as well as credits. Images can be added to […]

The Washington Post has an interesting take on the growing importance of podcasting, video podcasting and other Internet media in the world of politics. Not long ago, an anonymous video on the Internet would have elicited little more than amusement from the candidate under attack. But the 2006 campaign, in which then-Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) […]

NexTune, a Redmond WA. based music software company, has announced the release of its new desktop music player, online music recognition service, and Music Store. According to the company, NexTune’s digital music software is the first desktop application capable of playing multiple digital music formats, including songs purchased from Apple’s iTunes Music Store and from […]

According to reports in Forbes and elsewhere, German and French consumer groups have joined a Nordic-led drive to force Apple to make its iTunes online store compatible with digital music players made by rival companies. Currently, song purchased and downloaded through iTunes will only work with iPods and iTunes. Likewise, iPods generally can’t play copy-protected […]

The major music labels agreed to support a new music service, Ruckus Network, that will offer free music downloads, with some substantial restrictions, to any college student. Though it offers free music, the service has struggled to generate interest with students and to find a way to pay for the service because the free songs […]

At the 2007 Winter NAMM show, Alesis introduced their USB Mic Podcasting Kit. According to the company, the USB Mic Podcasting Kit allows even the most inexperienced users to quickly record audio into the computer and have their podcast heard on the Internet. Just plug the USB microphone into your computer – the microphone is […]

The guys from the Inside Home Recording, Paul Garay and Derek K. Miller, are at the Winter NAMM show and podcasting their take on the most interesting gear introductions of the year. The Winter NAMM show is a huge trade show, held annually in Annaheim, California, that covers recording technology and music gear.