All Things Digital is reporting that Apple has bought mobile advertising platform company Quattro Wireless for $275 million. Why is Apple buying a mobile advertising company? Here are four possibilities: Free ad-supported iPhones – Steve Jobs recently applied for a patent for an ad-supported operating system. Combine that with the purchase of a mobile advertising […]

Nicholas Gramenos came to the Las Vegas Courthouse Monday morning to report for jury duty – but found himself witness to a shootout between court security and Johnny Lee Wicks, who is reported to have been upset over a reduction in his social security benefits. 65 year old Court Officer Stan Cooper was shot and […]

When it comes to podcasting as a medium, I’m a true believer.

No, it never exploded the way microblogging or social networks have, but the number of podcasts, the adoption of podcasting by mainstream media, and the number of listeners continues to grow incrementally, not to mention general public awareness of the medium.

Steve Rubel wants to know what’s up with all they hype about the rumored Apple iPad computer. He speculates that We’re Bored and Out of Shiny Objects: For the last several months there’s been a ton of interest in the mythical Apple tablet. Just how much? Since July Google searches for the words Apple and […]

Here is a lookback at social media in 2009, in cartoons GIF versions and lots more social media cartoons at Rob Cottingham’s site. via RRW

Apple has announced its picks (iTunes link) for the best podcasts of 2009, breaking them out into four categories: This Year’s Audio Podcasts – The Adam Carolla Podcast topped the list. Other noted include Robert Ashley’s A Live Well Wasted, WTF with Marc Maron, The Memory Palace and Norman Centuries. This Year’s Video Podcasts – […]

Harmonicdoc has released MultiTrack 1.1 (App Store link), a $14.99 application that turns your iPhone into a 16-track digital audio recorder. Features: Stereo Recording – up to 16 stereo or mono tracks Fader, pan, mute and solo for each track Metronome – never miss that beat again Time Signatures – various musical time signatures Ruler […]

Corporate social media use grew 14% in 2009, according to The Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Their latest study compares adoption of social media over three years (2007, 2008 and 2009) by the Inc. 500. Highlights of the report: Social networking continues to lead the way. The technology that continues […]

Radio industry news blog Radio Survivor is calling podcasting one of the most important radio trends of the last ten years: It’s fair to say that the emergence of podcasting revitalized online radio, and even audio programs in general In the same way that TiVo and PVRs breathed new life into television, podcasting suddenly gave […]

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has rejected claims that iPods pose an unreasonable risk of noise-induced hearing loss. According to a Reuters report: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirmed a 2008 district court ruling that the plaintiffs failed to show that use of the iPod poses an […]