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Eye-Fi Developing Wireless Uploads To You Tube

Jan 7th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured Story, Podcasting Events, Podcasting Hardware, Video

Eye-Fi has announced that it is developing a way to let users wirelessly upload videos from a digital camera to YouTube and/or to a home computer.

“We’re aiming to do for video what we’ve already done for photos: provide the easiest, simplest way to save and share your digital memories,” says Jef Holove, CEO for Eye-Fi.



Free Beatles Podcast Says Hello, Goodbye; The Suits Say “You Can’t Do That!”

Jan 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Featured Story, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Law

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s free podcast of all of the Beatles’ music played Hello, Goodbye as it was introduced and then quickly yanked because of licensing agreements.



Voters Expect Obama Government To Use New Media

Jan 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured Story, General, Podcasting Research

According to a new report by Pew Internet, Amercian voters expect Barack Obama’s administration to communicate directly with them using new media.

In the election, Obama was everywhere – Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Myspace and even texting to phones.

Is this what you want or expect from your President?



Free Twitter Power Guide eBook

Dec 27th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, Microblogging

Podcasting and social media guru Chris Penn has published a free eBook, the Twitter Power Guide, that’s a must-read for Twitter users.



Podango Warns That The End Is Near

Dec 26th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Networks

Podcasting startup Podango has announced that its future is uncertain, attributing its situation to the current uncertainties of the financial market.

Podango is warning users to make sure they’ve got their data backed up before the end of this month.



More Bad News For YouTube

Dec 22nd, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

Google got some more bad news today about YouTube.  Not only is Warner Music Group pulling all its videos off YouTube – it’s in talks to create an alternate to YouTube for music videos.  According to a report at Silicon Alley Insider: A source familiar with the negotiations tells us that Warner and the three […]



Did Apple Just Kill The Trade Show?

Dec 16th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, General

Apple has announced that 2009 would be the last year it participated in MacWorld.

It also announced that Steve Job’s wouldn’t be attending for the keynote – effectively killing off the company’s participation immediately.



Making Real Money On YouTube Videos

Dec 11th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Video, Video Software

The New York Times takes a look today at some of the people that are making real money on YouTube: Cory Williams, 27, a YouTube producer in California, agrees. Mr. Williams, known as smpfilms on YouTube, has been dreaming up online videos since 2005, and he said his big break came in September 2007 with a music […]



Print Media Deathwatch: Tribune Files For Bankruptcy

Dec 8th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, General

Chicago-based Tribune Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today.

The publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and Los Angeles Times cited a $13 billion debt load and a “perfect storm” of declining advertising revenue in a worsening economy, which led to today’s filing.

The company hopes to keep its newspapers and television and radio stations in operation while restructuring goes on.

Who’s next?



Blubrry Releases Updated Podcast Plugin For WordPress

Nov 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, Podcasting Software

Blubrry has announced that they’ve released version .5.0 of their Powerpress podcasting plugin for Wordpress.

The latest version incorporates a number of bug fixes as well as some minor enhancements.