Canada‚Äôs first comprehensive podcasting survey is underway, and is looking for input. The study is aimed at discovering what is happening with podcasting in Canada; audience sizes and characteristics, popular podcasts and topics, audience demographics, and more. To participate in the survey and to be entitled to receive a highlighted summary of the results, visit […]

Wired magazine has announced its 2006 Rave Award winners The winner in the Podcast category are the “oddcasters” of The Ricky Gervais Show, a popular UK podcast that is now subscription only.

Dave Winer, programmer, blogging pioneer and one of the fathers of podcasting, has introduced a Top Podcasts list for users of his site Share Your OPML. The list highlights the top 25 podcasts subscribed to by users of the site, which lets users share bookmarks, outlines, feeds and other information in OPML (Outline Processor Markup […]

A Purdue University professor is taking podcasting beyond the typical course lecture audio by using a variety of movie making techniques – and comedy borrowed from South Park, Will Ferrell and Jeff Foxworthy – to increase students’ ability to learn in the classroom. Laurie Iten, an associate professor of biology, produces 5-10 minute online video […]

Apple has introduced a free program to let kids learn podcasting with GarageBand this summer, Apple Camp. The day “camps” at Apple stores promise to let kids geek out, making music, movies, podcasts or websites using Mac computers and iLife software.Workshops are geared towards kids with intermediate computer skills. The camps are free, but require […]

ClickCaster, a podcasting host and directory currently in public beta testing, has updated the podcasting services it offers, adding direct iPod synchronization, ecommerce services, enhanced stats for podcasters, GarageBand support, and an embeddable podcast player.

London financial freesheet City AM and Titan Outdoor have announced a partnership to offer a free mobile podcast, or ‘bluecast’, to commuters using London’s Liverpool St and Waterloo stations. Starting today at London Waterloo, with Liverpool Street joining later in the week, Titan’s Transvision screens will broadcast a City AM promotion targeting at encouraging commuters […]

American University Washington College of Law introduced podcasts with the arrival of the 2005 class, and after a school year of podcasting, the College is considers the program a success. To date, the 200+ episodes have been downloaded almost 65,000 times. ‚ÄúThe primary goal of WCL‚Äôs Office of Technology,‚Äù says Dean Claudio Grossman, ‚Äúis to […]

Electronica artist Ryuichi Sakamoto has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the risks of nuclear energy, featuring a podcast featuring free music tracks and videos by Sakamoto, Thomas Dolby and others. The Rokkasho-mura reprocessing plant in Japan‚Äôs Aomori Prefecture opened for testing on March 31st, 2006. Less than two weeks later, 40 liters of […]

Sonica Audio Labs has introduced the VHPextreme audio workstation, a Windows XP machine powered by the Intel Pentium D965 Extreme Edition Dual Core Processor running at 3.7GHz per core, with 4MB of cache memory and with a 1066MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). In addition, the VHPextreme workstation incorporates Extreme XMS II DDR2-800MHz memory, SATA II […]