Apple today introduced iPhone update 2.2. It’s a free update that adds a variety of new features, the most notable of which are adding street views to Google Maps and support for podcast downloads.  The updated podcasting features are welcome, but unfortunately Apple’s implementation of podcast downloads on the iPhone is a usability disaster.  Here’s […]

  The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers today released their latest numbers on Internet ad revenues, and things actually look pretty good for ad-supported new media:   Internet advertising revenues reached almost $5.9 billion for the third quarter of 2008, representing an 11 percent increase over the same period in 2007. “A weakening economy will continue to […]

James Melzer, creator of the podcast novel The Zombie Chronicles, has landed a three-book publishing deal with indie publisher Permuted Press. In one of the most heartfelt and gracious announcements I have ever read, Melzer says: “I will treasure this moment, the moment I put pen to paper in order to finalize the deal, for […]

Yahoo! has introduced an new search site, Yahoo! Glue, that promises to “glue together the best content on the web”: We’re starting with a limited set of topics (more will be added over time), pulling together content from the best places on the Web onto one Yahoo! Glueâ„¢ page. These pages are built using an algorithm […]

Creative Commons – the non-profit that promotes legal sharing on the Internet – is on Twitter, as of about 2 hours ago.  Music that is licensed using Creative Commons licenses has been hugely important to podcasting and new media – so you may want to consider subscribing to the “official Creative Commons microblog.”

The Mayo Clinic has a semi-monthly podcast on health issues that range from chemotherapy to Omega 3 fatty acids, to erectile dysfunction, featuring information and resources from medical experts in those respective fields. The current Mayo Clinic podcast topic is about “Tips For Slowing The Mental Decline of Alzheimer’s.”  While not offering techniques to stop […]

Amazon today announced a new service, Amazon CloudFront, that promises to speed up your site.  It’s a simple pay-as-you-go content delivery network that offers to deliver your content to people, with Amazon-scale service, but without big upfront costs.  Amazon has a network of “edge” network locations that it can automatically distribute your content to. These […]

Podcast Solutions, the “complete guide to podcasting” co-authored by award-winning podcaster (and Kindle fan) Michael Geoghegan, is now available on the Amazon Kindle. Geoghegan is the creator of wine podcast Grape Radio (for which he won a James Beard award), and the behind-the-scenes Disney podcast, among others, and creator-facilitator of the Podcast Academy. We first […]

If you’re interested in recording audio with your iPhone, you’ve got a lot of choices. The latest option, Motion Apps’ $1.99 mVoice (App Store link), lets you record voice notes, memos, reminders, lectures, to-do’s, interviews or anything else that you don’t want to forget. Features: Intuitive, easy to use and cool user interface Unlimited recording […]

Griffin has introduced iTalk Premium (App Store link), which is basically an ad-free version of its iTalk iPhone recording app.  Griffin iTalk lets you record on the iPhone or 2G iPod touch. Your recordings are saved for replay on your iPhone or iPod, and you can use iTalk Sync (a free download) to drag-and-drop them as […]