There have been a lot of headlines over the last few days about iCrime – the idea that the popularity of iPods is leading to a surge in violent crime. The source for these stories is actually a nearly six-month old paper (pdf) by the Urban Institute research group. The paper argues that the recent […]

BlogTalkRadio today announced that it has updated its Cinch mobile podcasting service to let you use a custom podcast feed URL. Previously, your podcast feed URL was automatically set to your mobile phone number. When the service was introduced, we questioned the decision to embed your phone number in the feed url: I question a […]

UK mobile developers Coolgorilla have launched the London Travel Guide, a free travel guide specifically designed for iPods, iPhones and mobile phones. The London Travel Guide packs over 400 pages of info, along with interactive features, onto your portable media player. The guide is designed to be regularly updated, so you can have the most […]

Both Elisabeth (Podcasting News publisher) and I are Macheads and iPod freaks. We’re iPhone early adopters and have been advocating podcasting and new media platforms for music for years. But, we’ve still got a vinyl music collection around, a couple of turntables and a little parallel universe of analog music that we still love. So, […]

TalkShoe has introduced an iPhone application that lets you participate or conduct community calls from your phone and even lets you use the service to create podcasts. Features: iPhone users can join live calls and view upcoming calls they may want to participate in. The iPhone application provides a one click link to auto dial-in […]

The BBC is warning about the rampant new problem of techno addiction – when gadgets get so damn sexy that people become addicted to them. According to the venerable BBC: Techno addiction can become so bad that people wake up several times a night to check their e-mails and text messages; Techno addiction can interfere […]

At Scripting News, pioneering podcaster Dave Winer is highlighting a service from BlogTalkRadio that makes podcasting a no-brainer: A new service from BlogTalkRadio… Call their special phone number: 646-200-0000. It records the call. When you’re done it creates an RSS 2.0 feed with an enclosure that’s an MP3 of the call. The address of the […]

YouTube is getting serious about mobilecasting, expanding its mobile service to include virtually all of the videos available on its Web site. Starting today, people with current generation mobile phones can watch tens of millions of YouTube videos. YouTube also is providing mobile access to many of the same features that have become staples of […]

Last week, when Sprint announced that it was laying off 4,000 employees, we suggested that Apple’s iPhone was killing off those jobs. A lot of people took issue with the suggestion, saying that Sprint’s lousy customer service was to blame. Sprint’s customer service IS terrible. We used to be Sprint subscribers, and found that going […]

Sprint has announced that it will be cutting 4,000 jobs and closing 8 percent of its stores: The company said it would cut 125 stores and eliminate more than 4,000 sales outlets within retailers.¬† Sprint expects the measures to trim labor costs by an annual rate of $700 million to $800 million by the end […]