RadioTail, a podcasting ad network, has announced plans to provide a free metrics and dynamic ad insertion system to all podcasters. RadioTail has opened its platform up to all podcast producers for free through its new RadioTail Ripple service. RadioTail Ripple lets audio and video podcasters track the usage of their media files and build […]

A 56-year-old Japanese national allegedly attacked a 20-year-old jockey from Louisville on Tuesday while traveling on American Airlines Flight 918. The attack resulted in both men being detained by the FBI. According to FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela, the older man had a strange disposition throughout the flight. He lay down in the aisle and also […]

Microsoft announced that the Zune digital media player and online service will be available to consumers in the U.S. on Nov. 14, 2006. The “Zune device” will retail for $249.99 U.S. Here’s what Microsoft is offering for the price: 30GB digital media player will come equipped with wireless functionality for Zune-to-Zune sharing of music, pictures […]

Kansas State University announced today plans to create the largest eduational podcast library in the world. K-State, located in Manhattan, KS, plans to have all 6,000 class podcasts available to its students this year, making it by far the education realm’s largest podcasting implementation worldwide. The university is using Tegrity Campus 2.0, a content-management system […]

Wizzard Software announced today the acquisition of a second podcasting company, Blast Podcast, an podcast advertising and hosting service provider. Previously, Wizzard announced an agreement to purchase Switchpod.com, a podcast hosting service. Wizzard plans to combine its experience in the area of speech recognition technology into Blast Podcast’s business plans. Wizzard will incorporate its server-based […]

iTunes 7 appears to have extensive support for phones built into it, beyond what is used by current compatible phones, which are some are interpreting as more signs of an upcoming Apple-branded iTunes phone. A large variety of messages for mobile phone users are found in iTunes’ Localizable.strings (below).

Akamai, the leading Web content delivery network, today announced that Kiptronic, an ad marketplace for the podcasting industry, will use the Akamai global EdgePlatform to accelerate its customer’s distribution of audio and video podcasts over the Internet. Kiptronic’s multimedia ad insertion technology lets audio and video podcast publishers select targeted advertisements and sponsorships to run […]

Does the world still need podcasters? That’s the question raised by the latest announcement from MagneticTime, a text-to-speech software developer. The company announced today that MT-Podcast, an application that can automatically convert scripts to podcasts, is now available for free to hobbyist bloggers. ‚ÄúThe blogging community is growing and vibrant ‚Äì and one which can […]

At the recent Apple Expo in Paris, twin designers Lauren and Paulina Bibi introduced a new line of cute monster iPod covers. The Bibi’s don’t have a site yet, but there are lots of photos at the Gearlog site.

Sony has released specs for its Portable Reader System PRS-500. According to Sony, the Reader features a screen with technology that rivals the readability of text on paper. While Sony’s focus appears to be on selling electronic books, the system offers support for newsfeeds and even audio files, which could make it a potent device […]