The new features in iTunes 8 haven’t impressed me. Genius is mainly a way for Apple to sell you more music, and the new views in iTunes are very slow, compared to the older list views.Â
Something that is very useful in iTunes 8, though, is its support for individual podcast settings:
This is a great feature, [...]
Mobile broadcast network FlyTunes has added video and audio podcasts to its offerings, in addition to a new user interface and a customizable channel guide.
The new video and audio channels cover a wide range of topics, including news, entertainment, politics, kids & family, health, comedy, business and technology. FlyTunes now offers users over 350 channels [...]
Forgive the pun, but we have a love/hate relationship with February 14. For some people, Valentine’s Day it is an agonizing “holiday” of choosing the right romantic gift, that conveys the right message.
It can be even more traumatic to see everyone around you starry-eyed with love, when you find yourself, through circumstance or choice, alone [...]
The new Zune portable media players come preloaded with content, including several podcasts.
Here’s what buyers will find:
Music:
Ceu- Ave Cruz
The Handsome Furs- Cannot Get Started
Junkie XL- Dark Territory
Pacha Massive- Don’t let go
Barenaked Ladies- Easy
Mexican Institute of Sound- El Microfono
Datarock- Fa-Fa-Fa
John Doe- Golden State
Rosey- It’s a Ruse
Sidestepper- Paloma
Andrew Bird- Plasticities (Alternative Mix)
Pop Levi- Sugar Assault Me Now
Bebel [...]
At Podcasting News, we readily admit that we are not always the most clued-in about organized sports. We didn’t even know that Arizona had a major-league baseball team until the Diamondbacks won the World Series in 2001. What a surprise!
So perhaps you can forgive us for thinking that, at this time of year, college [...]
CBS has announced that it will make 60 Minutes available as a free audio podcast on iTunes. CBS has previously made excerpts available as a podcast, but the move will mark the first time the show will be able to be downloaded in its entirety.
“60 Minutes is perfect for this kind of audio podcasting. Our [...]
TalkShoe today announced the general availability of ShoePhone, a service for unlimited group calling with anyone, anywhere, anytime. The service lets you organize large group discussions over the Internet and to record them as podcasts.
Up to 250 people can participate in a live call, which TalkShoe calls a “Talkcast”. 1,000s more can listen to a [...]
Amazon.com today officially launched the Amazon Podcasts network, an original podcast offering that features four channels of free content: Amazon BookClips, Music You Should Hear, Significant Seven and Amazon Wire.
The company expects to offer several additional channels in the coming months to meet its customers’ increasing demand for rich content related to the products they shop. [...]
Warner Music has announced that it is cutting 400 jobs in response to quarterly losses that were larger than expected. The world’s fourth-largest music company reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of $27 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with a loss of $7 million, or 5 cents a share, a year earlier.
“The recorded [...]
A federal court ruled yesterday that music performance and royalty fees don’t apply to music downloads and movie downloads that feature music.
The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York affirmed a lower court ruling that found that digital music and media downloads aren‚Äôt public performances. Because they aren’t public performances, they shouldn‚Äôt [...]