Singapore-based radio network MediaCorp Radio has launched a new site to showcase its podcast content, and to feature user-submitted podcasts, Podcast.sg. Current podcasts include offerings from MediaCorp stations 987 FM, Malay “infotainment” station Warna 92.4 FM, RSI Chinese-language movie reviews (I had fun trying to make sense of the review of the new “Casino Royale” […]

Deloitte and Touche LLP, a worldwide accounting and management consulting firm, has a weekly audio business news podcast, Deloitte Insights, that delves into the business strategies that address the issues affecting industry. Topics such as accounting, audit, tax, finance, technology, risk management, governance and much more are discussed with some of the industries’ most experienced […]

Six new podcast series about six major Scottish cities — from the young adult perspective – are set to debut throughout this week. The “MPsix” project was created by about three dozen youngsters from six Scottish cities, working together in scripting, performing and editing short audio guides to their home cities. Adults who usually work […]

CUNY Radio, a service of the City Universtiy of New York, has introduced a series of podcasts, ranging from school news to¬†sports and other topics. “With these free podcasts we are now able to reach faculty, students, friends of the City University and the general public with timely, important and useful information,” said CUNY Senior […]

The University of Florida Warrington College of Business has introduced its first podcast, Tuesdays with Tosi.¬† Hosted by Henry Tosi, a McGriff professor of management, the weekly podcast features conversations with some of the business college‚Äôs leading researchers and entrepreneurs addressing such topics as management, finance, entrepreneurship and marketing. In the first podcast, Tosi talks […]

Geeks over a certain age will remember Microsoft Bob, Microsoft’s attempt to create a personal, easy-to-use computer interface. Microsoft Bob was universally panned, because it was designed for the lowest common denominator, and just set the lowest common denominator a little bit too low. Ten years later, Microsoft has quietly introduced Ms. Dewey, a sassy […]

Unilever has signed on to sponsor a new venture at Marie Claire, a women’s style magazine. Unilever will sponsor the magazine’s first video podcast series, The Masthead with Marie Claire, which will launch Jan. 2. Hosted by editor-in-chief Joanna Coles and featuring the magazine’s editorial staff, the five-minute bi-monthly video podcasts will offer an inside […]

Pluggd, a startup that focuses on using speech-recognition to enhance audio and video search, today disclosed the investors who have backed the company since its inception, and the addition of Intel Capital as an investor. The company is reported to have raised $1.65 million to build out its technology. A demo of the company’s HearHere […]

InfoWorld podcaster and writer Jon Udell announced via his podcast (MP3) today that he is moving to a new job at Microsoft, where he will be a Microsoft Evangelist. Udell’s move highlights the increasing importance of corporate podcasting and the growing demand for people that are as comfortable with new media as they are with […]

Stephen Euin Cobb, host of the 2006 Parsec award winning podcast The Future And You has announced a partnership with Jim Baen’s Universe, the largest SF&F online magazine in the world. In every issue of the magazine, Cobb will write a regular column, What’s new in The Future And You, as well as a nonfiction […]