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New iConnect Puts iPod Doc On Your Keyboard

Jun 15th, 2009 | By | Category: iPod Accessories

iHome has introduced iConnect, a new USB keyboard that features a built-in iPod dock. Features: Illuminated touch sensitive media keys let you shuffle your playlist and control your media. 2 rotating USB 2.0 ports offer quick and easy access for connecting digital cameras, printers, thumb drives, mice and more. One touch functions keys allow you […]



Boxee Taking Lead As Internet TV Platform

Jun 15th, 2009 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

Your living room television is the next new platform for developers. And, while Apple is squandering its Apple TV lead by treating Internet television as a “hobby”, Boxee is opening the platform up to developers, offering an API and kicking off a developer challenge. Boxee’s move is resulting in an explosion of content on the […]



WordPress 2.8 Released

Jun 11th, 2009 | By | Category: General, Podcasting Software

https://videopress.com/v/Pu3T4X8l WordPress has announced that a new release of its popular blogging and podcasting platform, WordPress 2.8. 2.8 is more of an incremental update than 2.7. Here are the highlights: New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors Browse the theme directory and […]



Trent Reznor Gives Up On Twitter, Blames It On “Unattractive Plump Females”

Jun 11th, 2009 | By | Category: Commentary, General, Microblogging

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor has been doing some amazing things over the last few years, experimenting with new media and doing more than any other major musician to forge a new model for using the Internet to interact directly with his fans. Here’s a few examples: Reznor has released several albums as free downloads, […]



The Craigslist Conundrum

Jun 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Commentary

paidContent and The New York Times today have interesting articles looking at Craigslist’s growing revenue. According to the Times: The Internet classified ads company, which promotes its “relatively noncommercial nature” and “service mission” on its site, is projected to bring in more than $100 million in revenue this year, according to a new study from […]



Apple Intros Podcast Producer 2

Jun 8th, 2009 | By | Category: Podcasting Software

Apple today introduced Podcast Producer 2, part of Snow Leopard Server. Podcast Producer 2 is designed to be an end-to-end solution for encoding, publishing, and distributing podcasts. Snow Leopard Server adds two new video capture features: dual-source capture, enabling you to create picture-in-picture podcasts using Apple-designed templates or your own layout; and web capture, which […]



Nine Inch Nails Reinvents The Concert Video

Jun 7th, 2009 | By | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

New media and cheap technology is making it easy for anyone to podcast, video podcast and create all types of media for the Web. It’s a mistake, though, to think that this revolution is limited to low-budget indies. Check out this concert video for Nine Inch Nails‘ performance of Survivalism, live in Atlanta, GA, May […]



Ridley Scott Working On Purefold – A Web Series Inspired By Blade Runner!

Jun 5th, 2009 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Video

Independent studio Ag8 has announced Purefold – a series of linked 5- to 10-minute web videos inspired by Blade Runner. Purefold won’t be a sequel or prequel to Blade Runner, but is a new set of stories set in the same world. “It’s…..based on the same themes as Blade Runner,” says Ag8’s David Bausola. “It’s […]



SanDisk CEO: The iPod Wars Are Over

Jun 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

The iPod Wars are over, and if anybody should know, it’s SanDisk CEO Eli Harari. The founder and CEO of SanDisk admits what just about everyone else has known for a long time: the iPod wars are over, and Apple won. “You can’t out-iPod the iPod,” says Harari. Harari’s facing the facts. In April, Piper […]



Podcast Network Plans To Promote, Distribute iPhone Applications

Jun 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: General, Podcasting

Podcasting network Wizzard Media today announced plans to distribute iPhone applications, starting with six apps: Blue Attack, OmNomNom, Sudoku Unlimited, TouchScan, Blue Defense and Sudoku Classic. The move seems like a strange one, at first glance. But Wizzard plans to use its podcast network as an advertising platform to promote the iPhone applications: Based on […]