According to a new survey, the number of people watching video streamed through a browser has doubled over the past year, going from 32% a year ago to 63% today.

“Consumers are changing their online habits quickly,” says research director Michael Wolf. “Broadband speeds have continued to increase at the same time that Hollywood has decided online distribution is a legitimate monetization opportunity.”

SporeTV (iTunes link) is a new video podcast from Electronic Arts that looks at the hugely hyped video game Spore.  The first episode is a discussion of the development of Spore with creator Will Wright.

Viper’s Video Quicktags is a free WordPress plugin that is designed to make embedding videos into blogs quick and easy.  You can fully configure how the videos are displayed (width, height, colors, alignment on the page) and more.  Video Quicktags currently supports these video sites: YouTube (including playlists) Google Video DailyMotion Vimeo Veoh Viddler Metacafe Blip.tv […]

 Alex Sokirynsky, developer of Podcaster, a podcast client for the iPhone, is making the switch to Google’s Android smartphone platform.  Apple banned Podcaster from being sold in the App Store because “it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.” “It seems that Apple has shut me down,” says Sokirynsky. “All I wanted was for someone […]

PodCamp Montreal, an unconference focusing on podcasts, blogs, video and social networks, will be held this weekend at UQAM’s Design Pavillion.  Activities are scheduled Saturday September 20th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday September 21st from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A complete program is available online. Members of the volunteer organising committee include some some of Montreal’s top podcasters and […]

Edutopia, a project of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, has announced that it’s now offering free downloadable video podcasts on iTunes U (iTunes link), a dedicated area of the iTunes Store that offers free education audio and video. Here, Lucas discusses his thoughts on visual learning and education: Edutopia is now offering on iTunes U its […]

Martha Stewart dedicated the September 17th episode of the Martha Stewart Show to blogging, and she does a great job of covering the topic for newbies: “I’ve been writing this blog for almost a year now and I have to say that I love being able to communicate so easily on a daily basis. Being in […]

WordPress for iPhone has hit an impressive milestone – it’s been downloaded over 100,000 times. Most of the downloads come from the US, but it’s already in use all around the world.  WordPress for iPhone 1.2 has also been announced. Here’s what you can expect: Landscape Mode for Write Screen Comment moderation Photo uploads at […]

Amazon has announced plans for a content deliver network – a network designed to speed up the delivery of content on your Website – that will be easy to use and pay-as-you-go.  A content delivery network is a distributed network of servers that put copies of your content close to end-users. For example, if someone […]

The Blubrry PowerPress plugin for WordPress version 0.2.1 is now available. The latest version incorporates a number of bug fixes and enhancements. Here’s what’s new: Fixed itunes:subtitle displaying ‘…’ Display itunes:summary in items option Add trailing slash to media url if not present Enhance ability to copy Podpress settings Details are available at the Blubrry […]