iPods & Portable Media Players

Publish Your Own Apple iBook

May 27th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Citizen Media, General

Apple announced today that you can now self-publish iBooks to the iBookstore. Here are Apple’s requirements for publishing an Apple iBook: Technical Requirements: An Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5 or later At least 1 GB RAM QuickTime 7.0.3 or later. This is so you can encode and deliver content using our dedicated software. At […]



WordPress For BlackBerry Gets Mobile Podcasting Support

May 25th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players, Microblogging, Podcasting, Podcasting Software

WordPress developer Danilo Ercoli has announced WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.2, an update that adds mobilecasting features and more. Here’s what’s new in version 1.2: Ability to show comprehensive site stats for WordPress.com sites and for self-hosted sites running the WP.com stats plugin Ability to add audio recordings to a post/page Ability to post media […]



Can Google TV Succeed Where Apple TV Failed? No. Here’s Why.

May 21st, 2010 | By | Category: Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video

The buzz of the day is Google TV – with most analysts having a Googlegasm and saying things like Louis Gray’s “While Apple Slept On Their Hobby, Google Executed” or Vince Veneziani’s “Google TV Is Now The Most Important Thing In Television”. Google TV is certainly interesting – but it’s not likely to beat Apple […]



The Toy Story Site On The iPad

May 10th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, iPods & Portable Media Players

Flash is dead and the iPad is its tombstone – but somebody forgot to tell Pixar. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber points how the new Toy Story 3 site looks on an Apple iPad. There are lots of similar examples to be found, but this one seems particularly ironic, given Steve Jobs roles at both Apple […]



Microsoft Hates Flash, Too, And For The Same Reasons As Apple

May 3rd, 2010 | By | Category: Featured Story, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video

It looks like Microsoft is joining the Flash Is Dead bandwagon, announcing that its new direction for video in Internet Explorer is to focus on HTML5 + H.264…..



Will Apple Let Wireless iTunes Syncing On The iPhone, Or Will You Have To Buy A Zune To Get It?

Apr 26th, 2010 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Back in 2007, Microsoft brought wireless syncing to the Zune. Something that Zune owners have been happy to point out for years. Now UK developer Greg Hughes has created an app that brings wireless iTunes syncing to the Apple iPhone, and he’s released the YouTube video, above, to raise interest in the app: Sneak preview […]



Apple VS Bloggers As Journalists

Apr 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Citizen Media, iPhone

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know about Gizmodo‘s stolen-phone scoop on the 4th generation Apple iPhone. Gizmodo paid an unnamed source $5,000 for the stolen phone, and, in exchange, got the biggest Apple scoop in many years. They found that the new Apple iPhone features: Front-facing video chat camera Improved regular […]



Wizzard Announces Quarterly Stats, Passes iPhone App Milestone

Apr 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting, Podcasting Networks

Podcasting network Wizzard Media announced on Wednesday that it has surpassed 200 podcast-related iPhone Apps in the iPhone App Store, bringing the total number of paid Apps to 260 for the iPhone and iPod Touch platform. The company also announced first quarter unique monthly podcast audience numbers of 18.5 million, up slightly over the first […]



If This Is The Future Of Magazines, Magazines Are Doomed

Apr 9th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

This video presents Popular Science + –  the first digital magazine from publisher Bonnier’s ongoing project to rethink the way magazines can be read on devices like the Apple iPad. With Popular Science +, the publisher is trying to define “the future of digital magazines.” The demo is slick – but also seems completely misguided. […]



Multi-Track Podcasting App For The iPhone, iPad Updated

Apr 8th, 2010 | By | Category: iPhone

Foodev has updated Caster – its podcasting app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, to support multi-track recording and the iPad. Caster is a $4.99 app designed to let you create and publish podcasts on your mobile device, including podcast recording, audio editing, uploading and RSS publishing. Features: Record chunks of audio at a […]