President Barack Obama is turning the White House into a leading example of how organizations can use Internet media and social networking. In a post at the official White House Blog, The White House called its approach to the Internet WhiteHouse 2.0, noting its extensive new media and social media presence. According to The White […]

At the 2009 National Association of Broadcasters Show, Adobe Systems announced today a version of Flash optimized for HD video and rich applications on Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and home media players. Launch partners include Atlantic Records, Broadcom, Comcast, Disney Interactive Media Group, Intel, Netflix, and The New York Times Company. The Adobe […]

Andrew Baron today announced that Joanne Colan was leaving the influential video podcast, after nearly three years with the show: Today I am so sad to say farewell to Joanne from Rocketboom! Joanne was really, really excellent at what she did here, she will be missed. Keep your eyes open for announcements from Joanne on […]

Rocketboom creator Andrew Baron has launched a spinoff project, Rocketboom Tech: When we were speaking with Intel about some of their objectives and some of our objectives, we realized that we had a lot in common and decided to launch Rocketboom Tech, with their help. We set this up in a way where our objective […]

Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about Domino’s employees Kristy Hammonds and Michael Setze’s videotaped antics in the Domino’s Pizza kitchen – putting boogers on sandwiches, sticking cheese up their noses and wiping their behinds with the sponges that they use to clean up with. Domino’s quickly had the videos removed from […]

YouTube has released the world premiere of the Tan Dun composition Internet Symphony, Eroica as selected and mashed up from thousands of video submissions from around the globe. This is more interesting as a technical demonstration than it is musically, but it does represent a milestone in the use of social media in music. Watch […]

Surroud sound recording company Holophone has introduced Holophone TV 5.1 (iTunes link), the world’s first full 5.1 video podcast series, according to the company. Holophone TV 5.1’s podcasts present a variety of surround content – from music recordings to fireworks to motocross events. The Canadian company also has plans to showcase local Canadian recording artists […]

Engadget has posted a set of pictures that it says are of a new Microsoft Zune HD. Unfortunately for Microsoft, interest in the Zune is at an all-time low. It’s hard to imagine new hardware changing that, unless Microsoft can make a truly bold move with it’s concept for the Zune. Do you think that […]

This documentary, Virtual Journalism: Inside the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo, explores the use of virtual worlds for journalism. The documentary is part of a project between Dancing Ink Productions and the American University in Cairo exploring how virtual worlds can be used to augment journalistic goals globally, cut costs and enhance the […]

Forget worrying about how much video the kids are watching these days on the TV and the Internet.

New research shows that Baby Boomers are the biggest couch potatoes/mouse potatoes of all.