While the Associated Press and newspapers around the US debate to compete against online news sources, they may be missing an even bigger threat: you and your iPhone. The New York Times reports that Fwix – a local news aggregator – plans to enlist mobile social media creators to generate realtime local news coverage: Fwix, […]

The TV industry has as little as two years to get their online act together. Otherwise, it’s going to face face an “iTunes moment” and cede its online future to Apple, according to Microsoft’s Ashley Highfield. “The industry has about two to three years to adapt or face its iTunes moment,” said Highfield, the managing […]

With the launch of the Zune HD coming up September 15th, podcasters may be thinking about revisiting the Zune platform. Microsoft podcasting guru Rob Greenlee offers these tips on how to get more Zune podcast listeners: Here are a few things that you should do as a podcast content creator to reach as many Zune […]

Google has announced plans to AdSense-up one-off viral video hits on YouTube: Today we’re excited to announce that we’re extending the YouTube Partnership Program to include individual popular videos on our site. Now, when you upload a video to YouTube that accumulates lots of views, we may invite you to monetize that video and start […]

Podcasting novelist, New York Times best-selling author and “failed pimp” Scott Sigler has announced the formation of Dark Overlord Media, a publishing house created to produce books and other properties for established online personalities. “Entertainers are using the internet to establish their own audiences,” Sigler said. “You no longer need a big publisher or a […]

Awaiting Inspiration has published an article that describes how to create a DIY iphone call recorder: I’ve wanted a way to record phone calls to and from my iPhone since I’ve had it but hadn’t really looked into solutions until a couple of weeks ago. What I really wanted was a native iPhone app that […]

PodCamp Pittsburgh, being held Oct 10-11, is looking for volunteers. PodCamp Pittsburgh is a FREE community UnConference, run by and for people who create, enjoy, or are interested in learning more about social media. Volunteer positions are as follows: October 9, 2009 Meet N Greet set up and clean up Meet N Greet Greeters 1-2 […]

Google has quietly launched Listen, a free new app that brings podcasts to Android phones: Listen from Google Labs brings podcasts and web audio to your Android-powered device. It lets you search, subscribe, download and stream. By subscribing to programs and search terms it will create a personalized audio-magazine loaded with fresh shows and news […]

A new Department Of Education report on online education (pdf) reached a controversial conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” According to the report summary: Researchers have previously found that students that listen to lectures as podcasts do better than students that actually attend the lectures. This […]

Kodak has released the Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera, a $179 HD handicam which features – finally – an external mic jack. There are a lot of cheap portable video cameras, but almost all of them suffer from horrible sound and no support for better mics. Let’s hope that other companies will follow Kodak’s lead […]