Added to podcast client list: HubDog is a free application for Pocket PCs and Smartphones that combines an RSS reader, a podcast player, a media search engine, and channels that can be shared among community members. The free app lets you download news, radio, music and video podcasts, blogs and any RSS feed to your […]

Amanda Congdon, co-founder and former host of Rocketboom, is developing a comedy program for HBO. ‚ÄúHBO is exactly the place where I want to be,‚Äù Congdon said. ‚ÄúI‚Äôm most interested in playing in that new dimension with two parallel levels of programming, online and on TV.‚Äù According to Congdon, she‚Äôs aiming for a multiplatform property […]

Microsoft appears to be ignoring the exploding world of podcasting, leaving users of its hardware and software products to either manually manage podcasts or to look for third-party solutions. The most recent version of Windows Media Player 11, just released, still doesn’t have podcast support. There’s no indication that podcast support is planned for future […]

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music today announced a new music podcast.The audio and video project, found within the school’s new IUMusicLive Web site, includes performances by violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Michael Stern and the Beaux Arts Trio, and showcases three recent IU Opera Theater productions. According to Music Dean Gwyn Richards, the project […]

“You have the right to choose – you have the right to vote” – Paul Van Dyk 9 Ways To Cover The Election MobileCasting Update: Veek The Vote

The first PodCamp on the West coast will be held in San Francisco on November 18-19, 2006 at the historic Swedish American Hall. PodCampWest is free to attend for the community and is inspired by PodCamp Boston. Event organizer Vic Podcaster reports that PodCampWest aims to “bring together the movers and shakers of New Media, […]

New Assignment’s David Cohn has suggested 9 ways you can blog, vlog or podcast about tomorrow’s elections: At Betsy Devine‚Äôs blog you can learn more about ‚Äúsnapping the leaflets,‚Äù a project to document what propaganda voters are subject to days before the election. Video The Vote is an organized effort, using camera phones and video, […]

YouthNoise, a social network for youth dedicated to social change, and Veeker, a mobilecasting service, have announced the launch of Veek the Vote 2006, intended to encourage youth to get politically active this November 7th by using the video cameras in their mobile phones to communicate their experiences on Election Day. YouthNoise, through its Web […]

The Vloggies, a video blogging award presented by PodTech, were held Saturday, November 4th, in a ceremony in San Francisco. The ceremony was hosted by PodTech’s Irina Slutsky, and soap-opera star turned vlogger Daniel McVicar. Winners included Rocketboom, Ryanne Hodson, Ask a Ninja, Diggnation and Galacticast. Josh Wolf, who is currently in jail for refusing […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is fighting a self-help group‚Äôs subpoenas that seek to identify anonymous users of several video sharing sites. According to EFF, San Francisco-based Landmark Education, known for its Landmark Forum motivational workshops, is trying to suppress an investigative television news piece critical of its methods. Citing alleged copyright violation, Landmark subpoenaed […]