Six Apart, the creators of Movable Type, have introduced an add-on that turns Movable Type into a social networking platform.  Motion is a Movable Type application you install and run on your web server. Motion will be freely available in early 2009 for any licensed user of Movable Type Pro.  According to Six Apart, “We looked at […]

AnythingButiPod has an interesting round up of the top 5 MP3 players of 2008.  The Top 5 MP3 Players Of 2008 SanDisk Sansa Clip Samsung P2 Microsoft Zune 120 Cowon iAudio D2 Sony Walkman A720/A820 Of the SanDisk Sansa Clip, they say: The Clip is one of the cheapest MP3 players on the market, in […]

The latest version of the Oxford English Dictionary – described as the the definitive record of the English language – has added podcasting: podcasting n. A very new word, for a recent phenomenon, and a great example of how technological change, especially that relating to the Internet and the media, can be a driving force not […]

Gunp Media Productions’ Podstreamer (App Store link) is a native iPhone application designed to complement the iTunes-iPhone system for listening to podcasts. As the name suggests, Podstreamer is designed to stream podcasts, rather than download them.  It’s great to see a new iPhone podcast client – but Podstreamer doesn’t offer a true alternative to Apple’s […]

Media microblogging site Zannel has introduced a new iPhone app, CityWatch (App Store link), that lets you view and post location-based messages and media.  Zannel describes itself as “the microblogging platform built from the ground up for visual bloggers.” Features: See Flickr and Zannel updates for any location on the US or Canada on the […]

Hide the iPhone! Unplug the WiFi hub! A new survey by Intel has found that 46% of women would rather go without sex for two weeks than give up the Internet for that long.  Just when we thought we were getting our sexy back, too.  Here are the bare facts: 46% of women would rather go […]

The NFL has launched a new service that could turn out to be a milestone in the development of Internet media, Game Rewind.  Game Rewind is a $19.99/season Internet video service that lets you watch every NFL game in HD quality, with no commercials. Game Rewind provides DVR functionality and lets you watch up to four games […]

RadioShack has announced that, starting Dec 14th, it will offer an ultra-lightweight, mobile netbook Internet device with integrated 3G wireless technology. The Acer Aspire one netbook is priced at $99.99 for customers who sign up for a qualifying two-year AT&T DataConnect mobile broadband service agreement with plans starting at $60 a month.  The netbook has a […]

Podcast network Blubrry has announced a new mobile version of their site: Today we are proud to announce the availability of our mobile site. You can try it out by visiting m.blubrry.com. This is our first release and in coming weeks we will have extended capability. Check out the newest content or search for specific content or […]

The San Francisco Chronicle has published their take on the year’s top 10 Web viral videos. They don’t explain their criteria – but it’s an interesting list: Tina Fey As Sarah Palin: Not only was Fey’s impression of the Alaskan governor arguably the seminal pop culture event of the year, it also represented a turning […]