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Jun 1st, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Podcasting Hardware
Zoom has introduced the H1 Handy Recorder, the latest in their line of portable digital audio recorders. The Zoom H1 packs a surprising amount of power into a tiny $99 package. The H1’s onboard microphones are configured in an X/Y pattern. The result is stereo recordings with natural depth and accurate imaging. The H1 records […]
Tags: digital audio recorder, Zoom H1
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May 31st, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Apple iPad, Computer Hardware
Apple today proved the naysayers wrong, announcing that it had sold 2 million iPads in less than 2 months. In fact, Apple is still struggling to keep up for demand. “Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” says Steve Jobs, Apple’s […]
Tags: Apple, iPad, new media trends
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May 28th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Commentary
Ever since the Apple iPad was announced, I’ve waited to see if magazines and newspapers would come up with a meaningful response. News organizations have come up with some interesting iPad apps – especially the BBC and NPR apps. But magazine apps have either been missing in action or underwhelming. Now Wired reports that they’ve […]
Tags: Apple iPad, BBC, new media trends, NPR, the future of magazines
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May 27th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Apple iPad, Citizen Media, General
Apple announced today that you can now self-publish iBooks to the iBookstore. Here are Apple’s requirements for publishing an Apple iBook: Technical Requirements: An Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5 or later At least 1 GB RAM QuickTime 7.0.3 or later. This is so you can encode and deliver content using our dedicated software. At […]
Tags: Apple iBook, Apple iPad, Citizen Media, eBook, iBook
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May 25th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Podcasting Services
Podcasts are about to break into some new territory. Commercial Radio Australia and Beijing Jolon Digital Media Broadcasting today announced plans to develop a DAB+ digital radio application that will allow podcasts to be sent via the broadcast band directly to a listener’s radio, without the need to connect to the Internet. The technology, called […]
Tags: Audio Podcasting, digital radio, new media trends, Push Radio, the future of podcasting, the future of radio
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May 25th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players, Microblogging, Podcasting, Podcasting Software
WordPress developer Danilo Ercoli has announced WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.2, an update that adds mobilecasting features and more. Here’s what’s new in version 1.2: Ability to show comprehensive site stats for WordPress.com sites and for self-hosted sites running the WP.com stats plugin Ability to add audio recordings to a post/page Ability to post media […]
Tags: Mobile Podcasting, mobilecasting, WordPress, WordPress For BlackBerry
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May 23rd, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
Internet video – content stored and distributed over an IP architecture — will eclipse the consumption of broadcast TV by 2020, according to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG). According to TDG data, while the amount of time spent viewing TV has remained relatively stable, the amount of time consumers spent watching online video increased […]
Tags: Internet TV, Internet video, new media statistics, new media trends, The Diffusion Group, the future of media, the future of television
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May 21st, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video
The buzz of the day is Google TV – with most analysts having a Googlegasm and saying things like Louis Gray’s “While Apple Slept On Their Hobby, Google Executed” or Vince Veneziani’s “Google TV Is Now The Most Important Thing In Television”. Google TV is certainly interesting – but it’s not likely to beat Apple […]
Tags: Apple TV, Google TV, Hulu, Internet television, Internet TV
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May 20th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
Blue Microphones has introduced the Mikey G2 Pro iPod, iPhone Microphone, designed for mobile recording with your iPhone or iPod touch. The Mikey G2 Pro microphone features two custom-tuned Blue capsules for stereo recording, a line-input, USB pass through and an updated 230-degree rotating design. Mikey’s three gain settings allow for recording everything from a […]
Tags: Blue Microphones, mic, microphone, Podcasting Hardware, podcasting mic, podcasting microphone
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May 18th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
The first episode of Universal Dead – a web series about the undead – is up and it looks like it’s going to be chock-full of hungry zombie goodness. Here’s the synopsis: Earth is ravaged by a strange disease that turns people into mindless murderers. As civilization struggles to survive, a small team of US […]
Tags: Internet video, the future of cinema, the future of movies, YouTube, zombies
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