Roku, maker of the Roku Netflix Player, says that it’s going to open up its platform to any content provider over the next few months: “We’re opening up the platform to anyone who wants to put their video service on this box,” says Roku CEO Anthony Wood, speaking at Streaming Media West. “We’re going to release the […]

Viper’s Video Quicktags is a free WordPress plugin that is designed to make embedding videos into blogs quick and easy.  You can fully configure how the videos are displayed (width, height, colors, alignment on the page) and more.  Video Quicktags currently supports these video sites: YouTube (including playlists) Google Video DailyMotion Vimeo Veoh Viddler Metacafe Blip.tv […]

The Pulitzer Center has announced Project: Report, a citizen journalism contest intended to encourage non-professional journalists to use YouTube tell stories not covered by traditional media.  In each of the three rounds of Project: Report, reporters will be given an assignment to complete. Winners of each round will receive technology prizes from Sony VAIO & […]

Amazon has announced plans for a content deliver network – a network designed to speed up the delivery of content on your Website – that will be easy to use and pay-as-you-go.  A content delivery network is a distributed network of servers that put copies of your content close to end-users. For example, if someone […]

Microsoft today released a free software update that will bring new features to all Zune portable media players. The new software will allow Zune users to: wirelessly stream and download music from the Zune Marketplace store on the go; tag and purchase songs directly from the built-in FM radio; and tap into new, personalized music recommendations […]

Friday, we reported on Almerica Podcaster, a podcast client for the iPhone that Apple banned from the store because it duplicates features offered by the iPhone’s native software.  We said: Rejecting an app because it competes with Apple’s own software, though, sends the signal that people shouldn’t develop podcast-related applications for the iPhone. This is bad […]

New media is the most effective ad channel, according to new information from Redshift Research.

In fact, 74% of the organizations surveyed feel the Internet or email advertising is the most effective channel for connecting with consumers.

Think new media and social networking are just for young people? Think again. Market Research firm The NPD Group reports that online activities once mainly popular with teens and young adults are now getting active participation by baby boomers, too: 61 percent of baby boomer Internet users (age 44 to 61) had visited sites that […]

  Students at the University of Western Sydney are circulating a petition asking for cuts in their fees, as the university uses podcasts to extend it “virtual classroom”. Some students, though, like Tammy Lawlor, are not impressed with the University’s podcasts.  “The isolated learning experience is not satisfying for me,” says Ms Lawlor. Lawlor said that in […]

Ashton Kutcher introduced his web startup, Blah Girls, at the TechCrunch50 today.  As NewTeeVee’s Liz Gannes puts it, “Not only is this one a celebrity-driven startup, but it’s about celebrities. It’s an animated web video show with interactive elements.” It’s also dead on arrival.  Everybody seems to be so wowed by the Ashton Kutcher angle […]