Weddings aren’t all faith, love and happiness. There’s usually a bit of abject terror mixed in and something – be it the bridesmaid’s dresses, the flowers or the dj – from hell itself.  Case in point: A rivalry between two wedding podcasters has devolved into a battle to the death – at least for one […]

Apple today announced some minor updates to Apple TV: Feature How To HD TV shows Purchase the leading HD TV shows directly from the iTunes Store. (US only) Movie browsing by actor and director Browse movies on the iTunes store by actor and director. Select “More” on the movie page and browse the actor and […]

Last year, we called the Kindle “this year’s Zunetanic, an over-hyped iPod-wannabee.” A little harsh, maybe, but the prediction is panning out to be true.  Since then, Amazon has dropped the price for the Kindle, announced a lot more books for the device and sold in modest numbers, leading Amazon to admit that the device was […]

Barack Obama has introduced a new tool for catering to his wired backers – the Obama ’08 iPhone app (app store link). Features: Call Friends: A great volunteering tool that lets you make a difference any time you want by talking to people you already know. Your contacts are prioritized by key battleground states, and you […]

YouTube today announced YouTube Alive, “a celebration of the site’s vast user communities; everyone from bedroom vloggers to world-famous rock stars, musicians, comedians, athletes, artists and more. Part concert, part variety show and part party, the event will bring to life many of the amazing videos and talent that YouTube viewers have already made popular […]

There’s a lot of buzz today about a new window into the blogosphere, Google’s updated Blog Search.  Here’s what Google Product Manager Michael Cohen has to say about Blog Search: Today, we’re pleased to launch a new homepage for Google Blog Search so that you too can browse and discover the most interesting stories in the blogosphere. […]

Netflix today announced an agreement with Starz Play that adds around 1,000 choices to what you can watch instantly today, and will add another 1,500 by the end of the year. Movies include “No Country for Old Men”, “Ratatouille,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” “Superbad,” and more. A list of all the newly […]

The Boing Boing TV video podcast is featuring author, PC, and minor internet personality John Hodgman in a new show segment, SPAMasterpiece Theater.  Hodgman describes the first episode as the dramatization of “true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and […]

Need a reminder about how quickly technology changes? Check out the search results for “podcasting” from Google’s 2001 index of the Web: Zilch! Google has published a search page based on its 2001 index as part of its 10th anniversary.  Don’t bother looking for “YouTube”, either. And, back then, “iPod” was just an abbreviation for […]

Google today announced updates to YouTube Insight’s analytics, adding a new feature, “Hot Spots”, that shows you the hottest scenes in your videos and also what’s not so hot.  The Hot Spots tab in Insight plays your video alongside a graph that shows the ups-and-downs of viewership at different moments within the video. Google determine […]