According to a new report, Apple TV leads the market for Internet television devices, but the devices have had difficulty resonating with consumers, largely due to their cost and complexity. ‚ÄúVendors of these products have struggled with a number of hurdles that have so far made this market relatively unsuccessful,‚Äù says ABI Research director Michael […]

Google today announced a new standard for helping search engines index video, Video Sitemaps. Video Sitemaps is an extension of the Sitemap Protocol that helps make your videos more searchable via Google Video Search. By submitting this video-specific Sitemap in addition to your standard Sitemap, you can specify all the video files on your site, […]

They Might Be Giants have introduced a new podcast for kids, TMBG’s Friday Night Video Podcast For Kids. You can preview the podcast below. To subscribe, add this feed URL to your podcast client: http://feeds.feedburner.com/theymightbegiants/ via Wired

Photographer Lane Hartwell is tired of people stealing her photos and reusing them without her permission. She’s published her images, like a lot of us, on Flickr, with all rights reserved. Unlike most of us, though, Hartwell is a freelance photographer and a regular contributor to Wired News. Her work has featured in publications around […]

Earlier in the day, we reported that popular tech analyst Robert Scoble was planning to leave podcasting startup PodTech. Since then, Scoble has confirmed his decision on his blog: My last day there will be January 14th. I am working on a number of PodTech initiatives, including the CES BlogHaus as well as a Blogger […]

Apple has updated the iTunes store with a directory of their top podcasts of 2007. Lots of the usual suspects, including Sesame Street, NPR’s Fresh Air, Ask a Ninja, Grammar Gril Diggnation, Boing Boing TV & Tiki Bar TV. It’s a great starting point, though, for people new to podcasting. Another demonstration of the fact […]

More bad news for troubled podcasting startup PodTech: According to reports via TechCrunch and Twitter, popular tech analyst Robert Scoble is leaving the company and taking ScobleShow, the closest thing PodTech has had to a hit show, with him: Famous blogger Robert Scoble will be leaving his current job at PodTech in mid January, he […]

Hayden Black, video podcaster and creator of Abigail’s X-Rated Teen Diary tells us: “A couple of weeks ago, on Thanksgiving, we were contacted by a Marine Sergeant stationed in Iraq who, along with his unit, are big fans of the show and wanted a special video dedication. We were so surprised and pleased to hear […]

In a post on his blog entitled “TeXtra – Now Hiring,” Podshow cofounder Adam Curry talks about the departure of comely commentator Natali Del Conte from the technology podcast: All of us at PodShow couldn‚Äôt be more proud to see her meteoric rise. She leaves us with a very strong program and international format in […]

Natali Del Conte, host of the technology podcast TeXtra, is reported to be leaving Podshow & TeXtra to host a show for CNET TV.¬† Del Conte will be moving from San Francisco to New York and joining the CNET TV team. Del Conte’s has been one of the rising stars of Podshow’s lineup. While some […]