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  Sep 2008

 
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Posted on 09/29/08 under News, Video, Video Distribution, Web 2.0, iPhone
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Do you have an RSS feed for your web videos or podcasts? Want to make that content accessible to iPhone and iPod Touch users?

You can either go on and create your own site that is compatible with the iPhone or just head on to VenueM, a new startup that takes your RSS feed and quickly (and on the fly) converts it into an iPhone ready website.

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  Sep 2008

 
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Posted on 09/26/08 under Apple, Cool Videos
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Check out this time lapse video on how 3 engineers create a real workable Mac Pro out of Lego bricks!

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  Sep 2008

 
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You took the very first step and created your podcast. The podcast sounds professional, you have an RSS feed for it, you posted it to your website and even added one of those cool “RSS” feed buttons that people can subscribe to.

But wait, there is one problem, you don’t have that many (or any) subscribers. How come people are not flocking to your podcast and just subscribing to it? The content is professional, it’s what everyone wants hear (or see), but no one is knocking at your door…err…RSS feed! Why?

Marketing! Marketing! Marketing! You need to market your podcast show. It doesn’t matter how great your podcast sounds (or looks) and what great topics you cover, if you don’t market it, they shall not come! So let’s look at some ways you can market your podcast to help grown your audience.

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  Sep 2008

 
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SearchEngineWatch.com is reporting that YouTube will launch a new feature called HotSpots this week that will allow video creators to monitor how viewings rise and fall within a video.

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  Sep 2008

 
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On September 23, 2008, Adobe will announce when CS4 is coming out. No, it’s not being released on September 23rd, they are announcing when they will be releasing the CS4 suite. Still, this is exciting. I can’t wait. I love CS3 and I think CS4 is probably going to be a huge step forward, both in features and inter-application integration.

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  Jul 2008

 
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Posted on 07/21/08 under Apple, News, iPhone, iPod
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Yes, life is good. After Apple announced and released the iPhone / iPod Toch software update (version 2.0), I had a chance to install it on my iPod Touch (32GB) and play with it.

It’s amazing! You basically now have a ultra mini Mac on the plam of your hand. The iPhone 2.0 software install was a breeze. I ran iTunes, went to my iPod Touch home screen and clicked on the “software update” button. The rest was a simple updated.

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  Jul 2008

 
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Posted on 07/20/08 under Apple, Cool Apps, Mac OS X, News
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The new MobileMe service was introduced by Apple (replacing the current .Mac service) on July 13th (along with the new iPhone and the new iPhone 2.0 software…all at the same time).

The transition, unfortunately, did not go smoothly. Many people complained of .Mac email outages in various locations around the world.

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  Jul 2008

 
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PaidContent.org is reporting that Flickr, which is owned by Yahoo, partnered with Getty Images to sell photographs from “hand selected” users of Flickr.

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  Jul 2008

 
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CNET is reporting today that YouTube will be adding pre-roll and post-roll ads to the videos that users uploads to their site.

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  Jun 2008

 
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Posted on 06/30/08 under News, Web 2.0
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If you are looking for someone (not something) then check out Whozat.com. The interface is pretty simple. You enter the person’s first name and last name (you can also enter a middle name and/or initial and some keywords if you want) and it will comb the following to search for that person:

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  Jun 2008

 
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Posted on 06/27/08 under Google, News, Web 2.0
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Google introduced the Google Media Server, a UPnP driven application that offers a way to view any media that is indexed by the Google Desktop application on your TV or any other device.

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  Jun 2008

 
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Posted on 06/27/08 under Apple, Applications, Final Cut Pro, News
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Apple Released last night Pro Applications Update 2008-02 which includes updates to the Final Cut Pro and Compressor.

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  Jun 2008

 
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MySpace is launching the ability for third party developers to build applications using their API. Most of the other major Social Networks have done that already, with the most famous of all being FaceBook.com.

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  Jun 2008

 
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Posted on 06/26/08 under Apple, Apple Store, Applications, iPhone
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The Firmware 2.0 for iPhone will be out on July 11th, reports MacRumor.com. 2.0 brings the ability to add applications to the iPhone (and iPod Touch) via the new Apple AppStore which will be introduced at the same time as the firmware 2.0.

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  Jun 2008

 
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Posted on 06/26/08 under Applications, New Media, News, Web 2.0, iPhone
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TechCrunch reported today that Instinctiv, a new startup, launched today and simultaneously announced their first round of angel funding.

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  Jun 2008

 
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The Associated Press reported today that Sony will offer a movie download service for it’s PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S.

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  Jun 2008

 
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NAB 365 is reporting that American Airlines will let their customers test in-flight internet access on two flights beginning today for free (just for the testing period).

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  Jun 2008

 
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YouTube launched some great new features (perhaps new to me since I just noticed them) including:

  • Video Annotations
  • New Address Book
  • Updated Inbox
  • YouTube Insight
  • YouTube Mobile
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  Jun 2008

 
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If anyone tells you we are not going through another .com era, tell them about Twitter getting a valuation of $100 million without a business plan (or any way to really monetize their service) and Veoh now getting another $30 million in funding, bringing it’s total funding to a whopping $70 million.

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  Jun 2008

 
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Posted on 06/3/08 under Apple, Mac OS X, News
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There are plenty of rumors (based on the Mac rumor sites) that Apple will seed developers an early build of Mac OS X 10.6 at this year’s WWWDC.

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  Jun 2008

 
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JPL is using Twitter to to relay information about the Mars Phoenix Lander to us earthlinks.

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  Jun 2008

 
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Yup! You read the title of this blog entry correctly! Here they (marketing VPs) go again. Forum One Networks found in a recent study that 33% of those polled indicated that their budget for social media marketing is $100k to over $1 million dollars (yes…$1 million…as in Dr. Evil!) Of that, 33% claimed budgets of over one million dollars.

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  Jun 2008

 
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So now your feed can’t even escape the Google Ads. Looks like starting this week, Feedburner, which is owned by Google, will begin offering the ability to embed ads in your feed that are context sensitive.

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