Panopto has announced the availability of the latest version of its free lecture publishing platform, CourseCast 2.1, and several new features including live broadcasting and usage analytics. CourseCast is a client-server application designed to make it easy to capture and publish lectures and presentations as podcasts and streaming media. CourseCast 2.1 includes a simplified user […]

This is a video demo of the Mikiphone Pocket Phonograph, a sort of steampunk precursor to the Walkman and iPod from the 1920’s. Can you imagine trying to carry your media collection around like this? via bb

The winners of the first European Podcast Awards have been announced. Choosing from ten participating countries across Europe and over 750 nominations, a panel of judges awarded the inaugural European Podcast Award to five winners from Germany, England and Spain. The European podcasts of the year 2008/2009 are: Schlaflos in München [Sleepless in Munich] / […]

This documentary, Virtual Journalism: Inside the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo, explores the use of virtual worlds for journalism. The documentary is part of a project between Dancing Ink Productions and the American University in Cairo exploring how virtual worlds can be used to augment journalistic goals globally, cut costs and enhance the […]

MechaWorks has announced MobileEdition – a new service that promises to put your WordPress-based blog into the iTunes App store, for free.

According to the company, “MobileEdition is designed to let you to offer an iPhone-formatted version of your blog, while keeping the full desktop experience available on Safari. You get presence on the App Store, your readers get a simple choice in how to read your blog on-the-go.”

Slate V takes a look at the latest in microblogging, Flutter.

Musikmesse 2009:TASCAM has announced an update for their DR-100 Portable Recorder that supports high-resolution 96kHz/24-bit recording. The free software update, version 1.10, is being quality tested and will be available for download from the TASCAM website at the end of April. The DR-100 now supports sampling rates from 44.1k to 96kHz, 24-bit or 16-bit WAV […]

UK’s Birmingham City University has announced plans to offer a a master’s degree on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo. The University’s MA in Social Media will also explain how to set up blogs and publish podcasts. “During the course we will consider what people can do on Facebook and Twitter, and how […]

Earlier in the year radio personality Adam Carolla declared that terrestrial radio is “heading for the sh*tter,” and launched a free daily (Monday – Friday) podcast. Carolla’s podcast was an immediate success, and he hasn’t looked back. “We haven’t missed a day yet,” Carolla said. “It’s like dating. If you like me, I’ll like you […]

The Huffington Post has announced that it plans to bankroll a group of investigative journalists, directing them at first to look at stories about the nation’s economy.

Huffington’s move begs the question: Are blogs the new newspapers?