Podcamp co-founder Chris Penn told a couple of stories at Podcasters Across Borders 2008 that demonstrate how podcasting is changing the world. Penn’s talk serves as a great reminder that there’s more to podcasting than making money.

YouTube, by default, creates embed code that displays videos in relatively low quality. Here’s an example, Matt Harding’s Where the Hell is Matt? (2008): It’s possible, though, to embed YouTube videos with higher quality. Here’s the same video, embedded with YouTube’s high quality option: Notice how images, and especially type, are sharper. Unfortunately, this is […]

Ever since Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 3G, we’ve been waiting for this moment – the time when Tom Dickson from Will It Blend? destroys the over-hyped, twice-as-expensive, underpowered device in one of those monster Blendtec blenders. Fortunately, it didn’t take long: OK. Maybe we’re just a little bitter that 3G coverage is non-existent in […]

Earlier in the year, we had a preview of Belkin’s GoStudio iPod Recorder. Belkin has now released full information on the GoStudio, and it looks like it will be a hot, reasonably priced device for recording directly to your iPod. Here are the details: Record directly to your iPod in 16-bit, 44kHz digital audio quality […]

https://videopress.com/v/bMa9CH71/fmt_dvd Raanan Bar-Cohen has announced the imminent release of WordPress For iPhone: The WordPress for iPhone App is nearly ready to go. It supports WordPress.com blogs as well as self-hosted WordPress.org blogs running version 2.5.1 or newer. Timing wise, with the launch of Apple’s iTunes App store this morning, we expect to see this showing […]

Audix Microphones has introduced a new mic, the Audix USB12, that is designed to gives you “studio quality sound” at your desktop The UDSB12 is a low-profile desktop gooseneck microphone, designed for recording voice and acoustic instruments directly into the computer via the USB port. Features: 12 mm modular threaded capsule for accuracy. The USB12 […]

An article in the New York Times today looks at how Getty Images plans to build a new business, based on licensing imges from social photo-sharing site Flickr: Yahoo and Getty Images said Tuesday that they have entered into a partnership under which Getty editors will comb Flickr in search of interesting images. They will […]

The Nielsen Company today released figures showing video and TV usage across television, Internet and mobile devices in the US. According to Nielsen, Americans are watching more TV than ever, and Internet video viewing isn’t cutting into time spent watching traditional TV – it’s adding to it. In other words, the Internet is turning couch […]

The Center for Social Media has released a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. If you have a vlog, video podcast or post videos to sites like YouTube, knowing about fair use could help keep you from getting sued. Here’s a summary of their recommendations:

Internet media isn’t just being used by people wanting to limit the role of government in the US; it’s also being used the the goverment itself to attract people to serving in the military. 70 percent of the US Army’s new prospects are attracted via online video campaigns, according to digital ad agency MRM. The […]