The US Portable Music Device Forecast, a new report from Jupiter Research, predicts that over 100 million portable MP3 players will be in use by 2011 in the US alone. According to Jupiter, the iPod will keep its position as the most popular MP3 player. “Despite the coming of Zune, the return of closed-loop digital […]

Wizzard Software announced today that it has agreed to acquire Libsyn, the world‚Äôs largest podcasting network. Wizzard is on a spending spree; recently it announced several other podcast-related acquisitions. ‚ÄúLibsyn is on a mission to empower the content creator in this new age of independent media by creating unique opportunities to share advertising revenues with […]

Evan Williams has announced that he has created a new startup, Obvious Corp, and purchased the assets of the podcasting community he helped found, Odeo. Odeo has struggled to meet William’s expectations; though it’s a relatively popular podcasting community, the field is dominated by Apple. “I screwed up several things, which hindered that quick success,” […]

Veeker announced today the Beta launch of a mobile-to-Internet service that lets U.S. consumers publish video content from their mobile phones. According to the company, it is “positioning itself to help these and other consumers evolve their mobile communication habits from audio and text to video.” Mobile videos sent to Veeker are viewable within seconds […]

Robert Scoble has posted an interview with, Matt Jubelirer, the product manager for Microsoft’s iPod competitor, the Zune.

Apple today announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor, delivering performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation, according to the company. All MacBook Pro models now offer double the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation, as […]

A dialog about podcast statistics between vlogging gurus Ze Frank and Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron appears to have quickly descended into a bragging match about size and penetration. “Ze Frank has laid into me because he doesn’t believe how he could only have a fraction of the audience size of Rocketboom,” writes Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron. Baron’s […]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced a new educational program to raise awareness about the value of copyrights among the over 52,000 Boy Scouts in the greater Los Angeles area. The MPAA worked with the Los Angeles Area Boy Scouts to form a curriculum that met the approval of troop leaders. The […]

Jack Black, international sensation, has created a special infomercial on the subject of music piracy. “Look, super mega rock and roll gods and superstars are just regular dudes like you guys. We punch the clock, we put on the pants and we then we blow people’s minds,” according to Black. “And then these pirates come, […]

The University of Washington has published UW Podcasting: Evaluation of Year One (PDF), a report on the University’s experiences with educational podcasting. The report found that both students and instructors find podcasts to be a useful educational tool and think that podcasting use should be expanded, especially for courses with large class sizes. Key Findings: […]