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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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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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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 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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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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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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  May 2008

 
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Adobe announced via Adobe Labs their beta release of Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4 and Soundbooth CS4. You can go right now and download each of the applications to play with and try out.

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  May 2008

 
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I was reading a very interesting article on TechCrunch about Facebook becoming the next Microsoft (as in OS).

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  May 2008

 
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Posted on 05/23/08 under News, Video
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TechCrunch reported today about a new video player called DimP (Direct Manipulation Player) which allows viewers to scrub through the video by dragging the actual objects in the video instead of the timeline.

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  May 2008

 
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Posted on 05/21/08 under News, Social Networks, Web 2.0
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Techcrunch.com reported today that Facebook will redesign it’s profile pages with a cleaner design.

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  Mar 2008

 
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Posted on 03/7/08 under Apple, News, iPhone
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Check out the March 6th iPhone Software Roadmap movie here.

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  Mar 2008

 
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Posted on 03/7/08 under Apple, Blue Ray, News
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Electronista is reporting that Sony is in talks with Apple to install a Blu-ray for the Mac and also with Microsoft for their Xbox.

Microsoft doesn’t deny the Sony claims but Apple had no comment.

Want to read more about this? Check out the Electronista article.

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  Mar 2008

 
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Posted on 03/7/08 under Google, News, Web 2.0, Web Analytics
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Google announced today that their Google Analytics application will now integrate with Google Audio Ads. This means you can track your Google Audio Ads and how they correlate to your web site hits.

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  Mar 2008

 
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Posted on 03/7/08 under Apple, News, iPhone
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Please say it ain’t so! Microsoft Silverlight on an iPhone but not Adobe’s Flash?

Well, not yet (whew!!!!) Though Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that putting t on the iPhone is certainly “interesting.”

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  Mar 2008

 
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Posted on 03/7/08 under Apple, News, iPhone
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InfoWorld reported that Apple’s iPhone SDK delivered far beyond what developers where expecting.

The main feature is the ability to use an internal API of the iPhone to write native applications for it along with offering SQL Lite built into the iPhone so that date can be stored easily in the device.

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  Feb 2008

 
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Posted on 02/28/08 under News, Post, Pre-Production
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Disney is launching a separate digital production unit called Stage 9 to create original online and mobile sereies. The first show, “Squeegees”, a comedy series about window-washer slackers, will be published on ABC.com and YouTube. There are 19 other planned online programs.

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  Feb 2008

 
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Posted on 02/28/08 under News, Social Networks
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So I checked my LinkedIn profile this morning and wow! They completely redesigned their website.

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  Feb 2008

 
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Posted on 02/28/08 under Apple, Final Cut Pro, News
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The award winning film, No Country for Old Men, directed by the Coen Borthers, was edited on Final Cut Pro, MacWorld reported this morning.

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  Feb 2008

 
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Posted on 02/28/08 under Apple, News
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PayPal recommends all Safari users to stop using Safari. Main reason: online fraud.

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  Feb 2008

 
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Posted on 02/28/08 under Apple, News, iMac, iPhone, iPod
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Keith Bachman, analyst with BMO Capital Markets, has cut his price target for Apple’s stock, stating that the iPods and iPhones were no longer “growth drivers” for the company. Bachman says that Apple’s 3 growth drivers, that is, the iPhone, the iPod and the iMac, has turned into one: the iMac.

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  Feb 2008

 
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Posted on 02/28/08 under Apple, News
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According to the Financial Times, Apple currently has $18 billion sitting on their blance sheet. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer recently said in the Q1 conference call that they like having that “flexibility”.

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  Feb 2008

 
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Posted on 02/28/08 under Apple, News, iMac