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Will Apple Let Wireless iTunes Syncing On The iPhone, Or Will You Have To Buy A Zune To Get It?

Apr 26th, 2010 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Back in 2007, Microsoft brought wireless syncing to the Zune. Something that Zune owners have been happy to point out for years. Now UK developer Greg Hughes has created an app that brings wireless iTunes syncing to the Apple iPhone, and he’s released the YouTube video, above, to raise interest in the app: Sneak preview […]



Apple VS Bloggers As Journalists

Apr 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Citizen Media, iPhone

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know about Gizmodo‘s stolen-phone scoop on the 4th generation Apple iPhone. Gizmodo paid an unnamed source $5,000 for the stolen phone, and, in exchange, got the biggest Apple scoop in many years. They found that the new Apple iPhone features: Front-facing video chat camera Improved regular […]



New Henge Dock Turns MacBook Into A Media Center

Apr 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Video

Henge Docks has introduced a new line of docking stations for Apple notebook computers that are designed to make it easy to use your MacBook as a media center. Each Henge Dock model is designed for a specific type of MacBook computer. Included with each dock is a compliment of USB, Ethernet, Audio cables and […]



How To Create A Podcast

Apr 17th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, How to Podcast, Podcasting, Podcasting Hardware

This two-part video looks at how to create a podcast. Topics covered include: What a podcast is The benefits of podcasts Podcasting in education Podcasting microphone tips USB microphones USB audio interfaces Microphone pop guards Podcasting software Apple Garageband Adobe Soundbooth Audacity Podcast recording tips Saving your podcast Uploading and distributing your podcast If you […]



Podcasting Microphones Under $100

Apr 17th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting

Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont take a look at some of the best podcasting microphones under $100. Veronica’s picks include the Alesis USB Mic Podcasting Kit, the Marshall Electronics MXL Studio 1 USB and the Blue Microphones Snowball USB. These are all popular choices for podcasting mics and you’ll get good results if you record […]



Star Wars Uncut Will Make You Forget About Jar Jar Binks Completely

Apr 15th, 2010 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Video

Remember Star Wars Uncut – the crowdsourced remake of Star Wars? Organizers chopped Star Wars into 473 chunks and asked people to make their own versions of one of the chunks. Now the circle is complete. The parts have been recombined, and the entire Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope will be screened in Copenhagen […]



Social Networking Hoodie Updates Your Facebook Account While You Look Swankadelic

Apr 15th, 2010 | By | Category: General, Microblogging

Are you ready to let your hoodie update your Facebook account? Jennifer Darmour’s Ping is a social networking garment – a hoodie that updates your Facebook account wirelessly and lets you look swankadelic at the same time. It’s an example of wearable technology that supports social networking. According to Darmour, the social networking hoodie offers […]



Print Your Own Damn Newspaper, With Newspaper Club

Apr 12th, 2010 | By | Category: General

Enough griping about old media – maybe it’s time to get your press on! Newspaper Club is a new service, now in beta, that promises to let you make your own print newspapers online: You can make a 12 page newspaper using ARTHR, a simple tool we’ve built. ARTHR helps you lay out pictures and […]



Google CEO Trashes Bloggers

Apr 12th, 2010 | By | Category: Citizen Media

Google CEO Eric Schmidt trashed bloggers in a speech at the American Society of News Editors conference in Washington, DC today, saying: We’re not in the news business, and I’m not here to tell you how to run a newspaper. We are computer scientists. And trust me, if we were in charge of the news, […]



If This Is The Future Of Magazines, Magazines Are Doomed

Apr 9th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

This video presents Popular Science + –  the first digital magazine from publisher Bonnier’s ongoing project to rethink the way magazines can be read on devices like the Apple iPad. With Popular Science +, the publisher is trying to define “the future of digital magazines.” The demo is slick – but also seems completely misguided. […]