April 27, 2007
Jobs: Customers Don't Want To Rent
Apple CEO Steve Jobs indicated Wednesday that he's unlikely to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based model to iTunes. "Never say never, but customers don't seem to be interested in it," Jobs told Reuters in an interview after Apple reported blow-out quarterly results. "The subscription model has failed so far." Many
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What Can Dr. Johnny Fever Teach Us About Music
Nearly 30 years after it aired on television, episodes of WKRP, a television show about the antics of a Cincinatti radio station, are being made available on DVD. Unfortunately for fans, the series, which prominently featured Dr. Johnny Fever (played by Howard Hesseman) playing popular music of the day, has been "butchered", removing the music that
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April 26, 2007
Samsung Intros 120GB iPod Hard
Samsung has introduced a new "jumbo shrimp" hard drive, the 120 GB 1.8-inch SpinPoint N2. The tiny drive brings the first 120GB capacity to portable handheld devices, which could lead to the highest-capacity iPods ever. Specs: The N2 spins at 3,600rpm or 4,200rpm 15-ms average seek sub-1W power consumption Production of the 1.8-drive begins in July. via Engadget
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The Future Of Television: Live Video From Your Cell Phone To The
At the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters show, ComVu Media demonstrated live video transmitting at 30 fps at 640 x 480 resolution from a mobile phone over a wireless data network. ComVu used its PocketCaster software to broadcast full screen video from a Nokia N95 multimedia device, transmitting over HSDPA data connection. Anyone using a Nokia N95
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The Secret To Successful
So here you are- You have developed a great podcast, with excellent content for a very tight niche. And you are prepared to podcast on this topic with top-notch content for a long time to come. Now what? Now you have to get your podcast out into the world to be heard. Many broadcasters to simply podcast for personal interest or to get their opinions out into the world, don't bother to market their podcast. And perhaps, if you have a small and faithful following that might be all you're interested
Posted by Mel at 11:47 AM
Steve Jobs Dodges A Bullet; No Charges For Apple In Stock
Federal securities regulators said yesterday that they do not plan to bring civil charges against Apple over its stock-option backdating scandal. Yesterday, former Apple Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), pinning the blame on Jobs for the scandal in the process. "Steve Jobs dodged a bullet," said Mark C.
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Posted by Perry at 11:36 AM
April 25, 2007
AT&T Wants To Sell iPhone As Business
AT&T plans to market the iPhone, an innovative mobile phone that incorporates iPod features and Web capabilities, to business users in addition to consumers, despite the fact that Apple's mobile phone is expected to be a relatively closed system. The company has decided that the iPhone will appeal to business users and is now working to
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Podcast, Vidcast, Voicecast? Podcast Jargon for
"Podcast" was 2005's word of the year, but in 2006 you likely heard a variety of podcast related words - vidcasts, vodcast, voicecasts, phonecasts, punchcasts, mobilecasts, learncasts-new types of podcasts are continually emerging. If you are a podcasting late bloomer, here's a little heads up on podcasting
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