Apple Recon reports that orders for the recently announced Apple TV have already exceeded the original 100,000 unit order that Apple had placed with its manufacturer, and Apple is preparing to place a second order for twice that number. According to the site, Apple now expects to sell over a million Apple TV devices leading […]

Google today offered an update on its plans for YouTube and Google Video, saying that Google Video and YouTube will continue to play to their respective strengths: Google’s strength — and its history — is grounded in search and in innovating technologies to make more information more available and accessible. YouTube, meanwhile, excels at being […]

Forbes has posted their take on the Web Celeb 25, a list of who they consider to be the biggest, brightest and most influential people on the Internet. Their pick for the No. 1 Web Celeb? Faux jailbait vlogger Lonelygirl15. Vloggers and video podcasters are well-represented on the list. Other Internet videographers to make the […]

The future looks bright for video podcasting and Internet video, based on a new report by JupiterResearch. According to the company, 37 percent of broadband users are interested in having TV programming delivered to their PC. While the company notes the growing interest in Internet video, it doesn’t see a clear business model emerging for […]

Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced her presidential ambitions, joining Barack Obama and John Edwards not only in the presidential race, but in making her announcement using an Internet video. Clinton appears to be embracing the use of Internet media as a tool for presenting her message to the public, and also to allow for more […]

User-generated online video exploded in 2006. By the end of the year, user-generated videos made up 47% of the total online video market in the US. By 2010 more than half (55%) of all the video content consumed online in the US will be user generated, representing 44 billion video streams. Although accounting for more […]

PodZinger has announced that it is now indexing the audio content of YouTube videos, letting you search YouTube videos for spoken words or phrases. “YouTube has garnered a huge amount of press and interest over the past year. Its reputation as a grass roots online forum for sharing is cemented by it being the driving […]

10 Zen Monkeys has published their take on the 10 Worst Vlogs of 2006. While we don’t agree with all their choices, it would be hard to beat their #1 pick – the accurately named Dogs Barking in Cars vlog. “Behold the future of multimedia,” writes 10 Zen Monkey’s Lou Cabron. “It‚Äôs a terrible idea […]

PC World has released its list of The Top 21 Tech Screwups of 2006. Rocketboom made the list for its controversial handling of Amanda Congdon’s exit: She was the first star of the video blogging revolution. But last July, Rocketboom.com’s quirky-yet-perky Amanda Congdon parted ways with co-boomer Andrew Baron. The reasons behind the breakup were […]

Podtech’s Robert Scoble is on his way to New Orleans to cover John Edward’s Thursday announcement that he will be running for President. The Edwards event is significant, not only for Edward’s announcement, but for Edward’s understanding of the increasing importance of Internet media. Edwards is arguably the most Net-savvy of likely candidates. He has […]