MyPacis,¬†a social network focused on global peace, has announced a synchronized blogathon September 11 to the 21 to¬†celebrate the International Day of Peace.¬† International Day of Peace was established by the UN to strengthen the ideals of peace, with global ceasefire and non-violence. Bloggers are invited to discuss peace and current world affairs from their […]

A&P has unceremoniously sacked brothers Mark and Matthew D’Avella for using the company facilities to film a faux-gangsta rap video, Produce Paradise. The brothers, aka Double D and Razor Blade, made the video of themselves performing as the Fresh Beets. Here’s why Double D calls himself “the Vanilla Ice of our generation”: The brothers were […]

Digg announced an update today that puts viral videos front and center on the site’s home page. “We’ve gone live with improvements to our home page that allow you to see both news and videos on a single page,” said Digg’s¬†Daniel Burka. ¬†”We‚Äôve gotten a lot of feedback that the videos are entertaining but people […]

The Guardian Unlimited has an interview with Vint Cerf, aka the godfather of the Internet, about the future of television. While mainstream television networks may have some trouble seeing and adapting to where things are going,¬†the 64-year old Cerf expects television to change rapidly, as it approaches its “ipod moment”. “85% of all video we […]

The Hollywood Reporter has an article today looking¬†at the¬†baby steps that major networks are taking towards putting their new shows on the Internet.¬†All the networks except ABC are putting out at least some of their pilots on the Web, while ABC is limiting sampling opportunities to large screening events: NBC is offering downloads of the […]

Google has announced video podcasting support for its blogger service. To turn on enclosure links, just go to Settings > Formatting and set the ‚ÄúShow Link fields‚Äù option to ‚ÄúYes.‚Äù This will add the enclosure link fields to your post editor. From there, just paste in the URLs of your recorded media, and your blog […]

Dave Winer, one of the fathers of podcasting, is calling out video podcasters and vloggers for becoming “everyday papparazzi”: The video cameras are so cheap and so are Internet connections, we’re heading to a place where even the most casual of encounters may be captured and broadcast.I want to just be a normal schlub, sitting […]

If there’s any doubt that video podcasting is going mainstream, the Wall Street Journal’s new video podcast should end it. The WSJ today announced the launch of a new video podcast, Andy Jordan’s Tech Diary.¬†The show¬†chronicles the often odd stories that can be found when people and technology come together. According to the WSJ, Jordan […]

When you look at the steady stream of companies that are hyped at sites like TechCrunch – companies like Cluztr, Validas, Wablet and Weebly – it doesn’t seem like a stretch to think that there’s something to the idea that there’s a “Web 2.0” bubble, an unwarranted rush of interest and investment in new Internet […]

ZDNet’s David Berlind has published an interesting article on the Twitterization of traditional media. While the focus of the article is on how Twitter will affect big media, Berlind also does a great job of summarizing the challenges facing corporate media as it is forced to compete with bloggers, podcasters and video podcasters: Although it […]