The iPhone 3GS video revolution is here. Google has announced that uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have increased by 400% since last Friday, when Apple’s new iPhone 3GS went on sale. According to Google, the jump from the iPhone 3GS is part of a larger trend, driven by three things: new video-enabled phones on […]

Apple today announced that it sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. “Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.” The new iPhone 3GS […]

Andrew Baron today announced that Joanne Colan was leaving the influential video podcast, after nearly three years with the show: Today I am so sad to say farewell to Joanne from Rocketboom! Joanne was really, really excellent at what she did here, she will be missed. Keep your eyes open for announcements from Joanne on […]

YouTube has announced that it’s looking for video bloggers to discuss some of the little-used features of the site, and that it plans to feature some of these user-generated video: Every week we release new tools, or enhancements to current ones, to help you make better videos, connect with one another, and understand your audience. […]

Micro Persuasion’s Steve Rubel says, even in the day of new media, text is still king on the Internet.  He offers five reasons why: It’s scannable – according to Jakob Nielsen users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average site visit and 20% is more likely Three letters: SEO […]

Kaltura has updated its All in One Video Pack plugin for WordPress.  Kaltura’s plugin is designed to offer all the functions you might need for video and rich-media, including the ability to upload/record/import videos directly to your post, edit and remix content with an online video editor, enable video responses, manage and track your video content, […]

TubeMogul has announced a new service, TubeMogul Marketplace, that is designed to hook up video producers with advertisers: We just launched “TubeMogul Marketplace,” a “dating” site aimed at connecting online video producers with advertisers, investors and others looking for opportunities in new media. The site features searchable profiles of Web shows, including each show’s cross-site […]

Video blogger Brigitte Dale, above, has announced that she’s moving to ABC Family. Dale’s video blog, which covers news, pop culture and twenty-something issues, will be featured on ABCFamily.com starting this month. Ms. Dale will continue to write, produce and edit the video blog, which will be produced in partnership with Stage 9 Digital Media. […]

Dozens of people are being arrested in Minneapolis ahead of the Republican National Convention, apparently in a pre-emptive attempt to stifle protest and independent media coverage. The people arrested appear to fall into two general group, liberal protestors and video bloggers. The New York Times reports “Dozens Detained Ahead of Convention“: On the weekend before […]

Wizzard Media has officially launched its Wizzard Media Player and is demoing it this week in Las Vegas at the 2008 New Media Expo (NME). The Player lets you embed video imported from an RSS feed on web sites, blogs and social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter. An example of the new media […]