In September of this year, when Apple sent cease and desist letters to several companies claiming that they infringed on Apple’s “iPod” trademark, there were rumors that Apple was trademarking the term “podcast”. A letter received by The Global Geek Podcast confirms what many suspected: the rumors of Apple trademarking “podcast” were overblown. In the […]

The recent news that YouTube is working with Verizon to bring a selection of YouTube content to cell phones is striking some as more evidence that YouTube as you know it is dead. YouTube‚Äôs phone-based version will require a $15-a-month subscription to a Verizon Wireless service called VCast. VCast users will be able to view […]

Webshots, a leading photo-sharing community today launched video sharing capabilities, letting users combine still and video images with text in publicly shared albums. According to Webshots, their video boasts a 50-percent larger viewing area and nearly 3-times the bitrate of other video sites and gives users free hosting of 100 five-minute video clips, plus an […]

UK Podcasters will be assembling this weekend for for November 18th’s PodcastCon, a UK podcasting expo, held this year in Shoreditch, London. According to organizers, the conference promises something for all types of podcasters, with an extensive program and live music sets from well-known podsafe artists. Panelists include: US podcaster C.C. Chapman, Nicole Simon from […]

As previously mentioned, the first PodCamp West (un)conference will be held this weekend in San Francisco: November 18-19, 2006, at the historic Swedish American Hall. The PodCamp Pre-Party will be held at The Mint (1942 Market Street, ph. 415.626.4726) in San Franciso on the eve of Podcamp West (Friday, Nov. 17) starting at 6:30 pm. […]

TiVo has announced a major new initiative to let TiVo subscribers convert and transfer broadband video from their PC to their television sets. The move affirms the growing importance of video podcasts, vlogs and other Internet video to the future of television. Through an expansion of its Desktop PC software later this year, TiVo subscribers […]

Human rights group Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres, or RSF) today announced its list of 13 worst “enemies of the Internet.” The list consists of countries that RSF believes are suppressing freedom of expression on the internet. For the first time, Egypt has been added to the list while former “enemies” Nepal, Libya and […]

Time has recognized YouTube as the Best Invention of the Year for 2006: Meet Peter. Peter is a 79-year-old English retiree. Back in WW II he served as a radar technician. He is now an international star. One year ago, this would not have been possible, but the world has changed. In the past 12 […]

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The first PodCamp on the West coast will be held in San Francisco on November 18-19, 2006 at the historic Swedish American Hall. PodCampWest is free to attend for the community and is inspired by PodCamp Boston. Event organizer Vic Podcaster reports that PodCampWest aims to “bring together the movers and shakers of New Media, […]