Wikinews, a free newspaper project of the Wikimedia Foundation, has introduced the Wikinews Print Edition Podcast. The podcast is a newsfeed that lets users subscribe to WikiNews and have a PDF version of the newspaper delivered each day. Wikinews is produced by a group of volunteer journalists whose mission is “to create a diverse community […]

Actress and environmental advocate Daryl Hannah is looking outside of traditional media to connect with an audience that she feels that mainstream media ignoring. She’s using a video blog (Daryl Hannah’s Love Life) and indie documentaries to cover what’s happening in the area of green lifestyles and “extreme activism.” “The fact that there’s not any […]

According to New Delhi Television (NDTV), a large Indian news and entertainment media company, urban India is jumping on the podcast bandwagon. “The podcasting arena is very democratic. It’s open to anyone, anybody can upload podcasts to the web and people will come and listen to it. If they like it, they will leave you […]

The UK’s Daily Telegraph, one of the first newspapers to podcast, has redesigned its site. Notable is prominent featuring of the sites podcasts: The placement highlights that fact that some newspapers are beginning to see podcasting and video podcasting as a way to branch into media that has previously been dominated by radio and television. […]

Akamai Technologies, a leading content delivery network service, has introduced a podcasting platform and “business model support infrastructure” for podcasting. In February of this year, PodShow, the podcasting startup founded by Adam Curry, announced a partnership with Limelight Networks to create the Podcast Delivery Network. Akamai’s announcement helps establish podcast delivery as a legitimate corporate […]

Nokia is working on a podcasting app for its S60 N Series smartphones. The initial release focuses on providing a mobile podcasting client that will be able to manual and automatic updates of podcasts over 3G or WLAN networks. However, Nokia plans to develope the application to be a mobile podcast publishing platform.

The creators of International Podcasting Expo, an online “virtual expo”, have announced the Women’s International Podcasting Expo, to be held July 14-16, 2006. Show organizers have decided to offer unlimited access to the Virtual Expo Center Booths. Tickets will only be required for seminar and networking event attendance. An informational meeting for anyone interested in […]

GetGoingTraining.com has released Get Going with GarageBand 3¬ù, a DVD and QuickTime download offering in-depth training and tutorials for Apple’s GarageBand 3. The tutorials include: GarageBand Studio Setup, Recording Audio & Midi, Editing Audio & Midi, Creating a Podcast and a Movie Score for iDVD and QuickTime Video. A video preview is available.

PodZinger has announced a deal that will put the company’s search technology to work at the popular Rocketboom video blog.PodZinger’s search technology allows full-text search of the spoken content in audio and video podcasts. Rocketboom visitors can now search the entire library of Rocketboom video to find specific videos and segments of interest to them. […]

Wondering where to put all those humongous podcast media files? Other World Computing (OWC) may have what you need. They’ve introduced a dual-HD external FireWire drive RAID monster-drive storage system. The system is available in sizes up to 1.5 terabytes (TB) (1,500 gigabytes). The 1.5TB Elite-AL 800 Pro RAID model, priced at $1,149.99, comes in […]