Blue Microphones, a leading microphone technology vendor, has introduced two new Applets for their Snowball USB Microphone which adds further flexibility to its dual-capsule design by giving users more control over the input gain. The Snowball has been popular with podcasters because it is a relativley inexpensive USB microphone. Two new free firmware applets for […]

Webwag.com, a personalizable start page service that launched in September, lets users design their own start page as a” universal mash-up”, with news and blogs feeds of their choice, the ability to check several emails accounts, listen to podcasts with an iPod-styled player, show local weather forecast and other services. ‚ÄúWebwag helps users to personalize […]

Pamela Gay, a physics professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is the co-host of Astronomy Cast, a new podcast that takes a “weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.” “I’ve always been interested in popularizing astronomy and how to get more people interested in what I do,” said Gay, of Edwardsville. She is joined by Fraser […]

Google announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently “to preserve its successful brand and passionate community.” The acquisition is likely to lead to rapid changes at YouTube. Google’s announcement places emphasis on the legal distribution of professionally produced content. […]

Dick Schiferli of Pamela Systems has announced that the company’s flagship software for Skype, Pamela Pro, will be available for free to every seminar attendee during the International Podcasting Expo, October 20-22, 2006. Paige Eissinger of 2 Smart Chix will also offer training on the Pamela Pro software. The Podcasting Expo is a virtual event, […]

Great American Group, a leading retail liquidation firm, announced today that it will be liquidating Tower Records and all of the company‚Äôs assets. The sale, which also includes various leases and properties, was given final approval today by a Federal bankruptcy judge. Liquidated will be all of the merchandise and equipment at Tower Records‚Äô 89 […]

Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Google today announced plans to make Sony music videos available for online streaming at no cost to users. They also announced plans to let Web publishers embed Sony music videos on their sites and share in advertising revenue. Starting this month, users can watch thousands of Sony music videos on […]

HitWise, a company that specializes in competitive Web intelligence, has charted the rise of YouTube against Google Video: YouTube’s market share, shown in red, surpassed Google Video, shown in light blue, around the first of the year. By last month, YouTube had a market share 4 times greater than Google Video. Google added a Video […]

Michael Robertson, formerly of MP3.com and now of MP3tunes, is predicting that the Microsoft Zune will be the biggest technology flop of 2007, that Microsoft will pump $100 million or more into promoting it, and that it will sell 50,000 units or less. We’ve previously noted Five Reasons the Zune is a Disappointment, that Zune […]

GreedTube is a new video-sharing site that doesn’t look like it will be long for this world, unless it makes a few changes. It’s a very YouTube-like site, with a very YouTube-like name and a very YouTube-like logo that lets you post videos and share in the ad revenue.