Sonique, a London-based technology company has launched Podooch, a website designed to let anyone create a podcast without the need for technical knowledge or specialized software. The site lets anyone with a web-connected computer upload a podcast or video podcast in minutes, and turn it into a podcast. The site gives users full management of […]

1&1 Internet has launched two new tools to help publishers create blogs and podcasts. The 1 &1 Blog tool, bundled with the company’s hosting package, is aimed at first time bloggers. It features a posting and commenting interface, the ability to change the template design and drag-and-drop image posting. 1&1 RSS Creator allows customers to […]

New research by interactive agency Sharpe Partners has found that 54 percent of adult Internet users currently create their own video offline, but only 11 percent actually upload it to the Internet. That gap, according to Sharpe Partners’ Kathy Sharpe, represents a huge opportunity for software and system providers that can help consumers migrate their […]

Dave Winer, one of the inventors of podcasting, is questioning the mainstream media coverage of podcasting startup Odeo and its founder, Evan Williams. Not work-safe…..

Nielsen Media Research has announced that on December 11, 2006 it will launch a new service to measure mainstream Video On Demand VOD content using the same National People Meter sample it uses to provide television ratings to national programmers. Clients will receive household and demographic ratings for VOD content along with other detailed audience […]

KnowNow today announced a partnership with Automattic, the creators of the WordPress.com blogging service to provide a blog communication and authoring platform for enterprise customers. As part of the agreement, KnowNow will market, sell, and support Automattic‚Äôs blog authoring solution as KnowNow WordPress Enterprise Edition. WordPress is a free blogging tool that has become a […]

Webshots, a leading photo-sharing community today launched video sharing capabilities, letting users combine still and video images with text in publicly shared albums. According to Webshots, their video boasts a 50-percent larger viewing area and nearly 3-times the bitrate of other video sites and gives users free hosting of 100 five-minute video clips, plus an […]

PodJournals has announced the beta release of its social podcasting service, as well as client software for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher. According to the company, their service is designed to make the podcast the new center of the social networking experience. “Podcasting has traditionally been a static, top-down medium, but we see […]

Podcaster Steve Eley (Escape Pod) has introduced a new site, PodDisc that offers CD duplication and sales services for podcasters wanting to make money off of their podcast archives. Podcasters can supply PodDisc with content, cover art and a description, and PodDisc will create discs and sell them via an online store. You set the […]

Added to podcasting resources list: Podlinez is a free service that lets you listen to podcasts on any cell phone phone. The site lets you enter the RSS feed URL for a podcast and then get a phone number you can call to listen to the podcast. The site also has a directory of podcasts. […]