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Vloggercon Video Archive Up

Jun 27th, 2006 | By | Category: Podcasting Events, Vlogs

Vloggercon has published the Video Archive of events at the recent video blogging conference.



TED Conference Intros Podcasts

Jun 27th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Educational Podcasts, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

Once a year, 1000 people are invited to the acclaimed TED Conference in Monterey, California, to share ideas.Now the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference has introduced TED audio podcast and a TED video podcast series of the best talks delivered at the conference. The talks, which feature Al Gore, Bono, and more than 30 other […]



Are Podcasts a Waste of Time?

Jun 26th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Commentary

Peter Davis, via Scoble, asks “Why listen to a podcast when you can get ten times the content when you read?” Davis questions the growing popularity of podcasts. “This is an inefficient means of receiving information. In the time I can listen to an average podcast, I could have caught up on my 50 favorite […]



Use Apple Laptops Anywhere…Except Your Lap

Jun 26th, 2006 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Strange

It looks like Apple is giving its MacBook pages an update….to remove the word “laptop”.There have been reports of Apple notebooks burning users’ skin, and even Apple laptops bursting into flames. Apple is apparently concerned enough to warn users not to put MacBooks in their lap, and has removed some references to laptop use from […]



Sprint Wants to School You on Cell Phone Etiquette

Jun 26th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Educational Podcasts, Strange

Etiquette alert! In recognition of National Cell Phone Courtesy Month in July, Sprint is releasing a wireless etiquette podcast (MP3), encouraging cell phone users to tune in and brush up on their manners. The podcast is an episode of Sprint’s The Communications Insider podcast. Sprint’s etiquette spokesperson, Jacqueline Whitmore, founder and director of The Protocol […]



Saint Louis Art Museum Usings iPods for Remote Viewing

Jun 26th, 2006 | By | Category: Educational Podcasts

The St. Louis Art Museum is using iPods to enhance visitor’s experience of Remote Viewing, an exhibit that looks at how contemporary art can transform the chaos and information overload of our daily lives into invented worlds that exist somewhere between abstraction and representation.The museum is distributing iPods, along with a 40-minute multimedia tour. (The […]



New Podcast Site, Pluggd, in Beta

Jun 25th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcast Directory Sites

Pluggd is a new podcast directory that lets users to discover, listen to, and share podcasts. The site creators hope to make exploring podcasts easier to bring them to a broader audience. “We believe that podcasting has tremendous potential, but it is currently too difficult for average people to find podcasts they are interested in […]



Nielsen Trying to Adapt to New Media Formats

Jun 25th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Podcasting Statistics, Video Podcasts

Nielsen Media Research has announced ambitious plans to support electronic measurement of media use across all platforms, including MP3 players, cellphones, online video and out-of-home TV viewing. The “Anytime Anywhere Media Measurement” (A2/M2) initiative will be based on tracking via portable electronic measurement tools and its Nielsen/NetRatings software. Nielsen plans to start this summer installing […]



iPod Math Day: Record Player + CD Player + Dock + Wine Rack = The iPod Victrola

Jun 24th, 2006 | By | Category: iPod Accessories, Video

The CL Sound Machine, from Cucumber Lab, is a unique and unusual iPod accessory. If you’re looking for an iPod dock slash CD player slash turntable cum wine rack, styled as a post-modern Victrola, Cucumber Labs has you covered. The Sound Machine also features a 200-watt amplifier, built in speakers and even an 8-inch subwoofer.And […]



iPod Math Day #2: Lightning + iPod = Death

Jun 24th, 2006 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

Doctors in the UK are warning that using an cell phone, iPod or other portable electronic device in a thunderstorm could lead to lethal lighting shocks.According to a letter in the British Medical Journal, the effects of electrocution are likely to be more severe as the metallic components of phones and portable music players act […]