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Libsyn Announces Podcast Stats Update

Mar 7th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Podcasting Services, Podcasting Statistics

Libsyn has announced an update to it stats offering will be released on Monday. Addressed in this release: lack of updates for new files low numbers for past 9 months speed to load stats UI accuracy of data user agents list (zune, appleTV, iPhone, miro, etc added) real trending data over time.. per month/week/day downloads […]



iEmulator Puts A PC On Your iPhone

Mar 7th, 2008 | By | Category: General, iPhone, Strange

iEmulator.com, a provider of emulation solutions, has announced iEmulator Touch,¬† a touch-enabled PC emulator environment for iPhone and iPod Touch users running firmware version 2.0. “Imagine being able to run most popular PC software anywhere, with full Internet connectivity, without having to lug a notebook PC around,” said John Czlonka, General Manager of iEmulator.com. “It’s […]



Citizen Media Law Project Produces Legal Guide

Mar 6th, 2008 | By | Category: Citizen Media, General, Podcasting Law

The Citizen Media Law Project has published a free online legal guide. The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) is jointly affiliated with Harvard Law School‚Äôs Berkman Center for Internet & Society, a research center founded to “explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development,” and the Center for Citizen Media, an initiative […]



Twitter In Plain English

Mar 6th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Video Podcasts

A lot of people have trouble explaining Twitter. The people at Common Craft, a series of short explanatory videos, do the job with Twitter in Plain English. Favorite line: “Real life happens between blog posts and emails.”



Ziff Davis Bankruptcy A Warning To Other Media Organizations

Mar 6th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Tech publisher Ziff Davis Media filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, citing a decrease in revenue from print advertising and subscriptions as contributing to its decline. The company, which publishes PC Magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly and a variety of web sites, has half a billion dollars in debt, but only $313 million in assets. The company’s […]



NBC Learns That, Even On The Internet, People Still Hate Commercials

Mar 5th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Remember Firebrand – the joint venture between Microsoft, NBC Universal and GE to bring you a Internet video destination site made up entirely of commercials? When Firebrand launched, we said that that Firebrand offered everything that you turned to Internet video to avoid: Remember commercials? Those things you used to have to watch, before you […]



Prime Time Rewind Sets Web Design Back Ten Years

Mar 5th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

Prime Time Rewind TV is a new video site that promises to make it easy to find and watch the primetime network television shows online. “We would like to put you one-click away from watching your show,” claims the site. If that’s their goal, you have to wonder: Why do they present your viewing options […]



WordPress To Get Social Networking Features

Mar 4th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Podcasting Software

Matt Mullenweg, the guy behind WordPress, announced today that he’s hired someone to develop social networking features for WordPress: Some of you may remember when I wrote about Chickspeak, a WordPress MU-based social network. Andy Peatling, the fellow behind it, later decided to recreate the work he had done as an Open Source effort he […]



Amazing Video Sampling From Eboman

Mar 4th, 2008 | By | Category: Digital Music, General, Strange, Streaming Video, Video

This is about the best thing I’ve seen in days – Katrina & The Waves’ Walking On Sunshine made out of video-sampled car-crashes. It’s created by video remixer Eboman. More of his Sample madnesS videos here.



FastCompany TV Goes Live Today With Scoble

Mar 3rd, 2008 | By | Category: General, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

Robert Scoble left PodTech in mid-January to work for business magazine FastCompany. His new videoblogging gig, FastCompany TV, launched today. In his welcome video, Scoble lolls around on the beach in a seaside frolic (not kidding), and explains the company’s initial two video channels. FastCompany Live, the more immediately interactive of the channels, will feature […]