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Just releleased: Google has posted a cool new Instant Messaging service. They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk offers you: Choice: Get in touch how and when you want to–over email, IM or a call. Quality: Talk through your computer but hear your friends as if they were in the same room. Convenience: Your Gmail contacts are pre-loaded into Google Talk so inviting or talking to your friends is just a click away. Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail username and password. The small download is at Google Talk at talk.google.com |
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| Posted by Rob Greenlee at 05:07 AM Weblog | Comments 0 | Trackback |
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I have been wondering for many years whether the growing Internet music radio networks (AccuRadio, Radioio, AOL Music, Yahoo Music) would add spoken word content at some point. It would seem to me that, if the larger streaming Internet radio networks want to compete against broadcast radio, podcasting and satellite radio in the long term, they would be building out a complete and one stop offering for future wireless Internet listeners. Internet radio needs to decide if they are going to survive as a passive listening medium or do they want to attract and offer more active listening content. These Internet radio networks have a long-term opportunity to offer channels of a more commercial radio-like offering and generate more revenue. We all know that Internet streaming radio will be huge, but does the current industry want to just concede it to XM, Sirius and Clear Channel? While I think focusing on music up to this point made some sense, it just seems like leaving out compelling spoken word news and niche programming on these networks in the future could be a mistake. |
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WebTalk Radio for August 14, 2005 Is Journalism Dying to be Entertainment What is the Pocket PC’s Future Show Note Topics: |
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| Posted by Rob Greenlee at 03:44 AM Weblog | Comments 0 | Trackback |
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Over at ITConversations I speak with Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble about how he got started blogging before he went to work for Microsoft and how blogging can benefit large companies like Microsoft. He also explains the fine line that he walks with upper level executives at Microsoft and the level of risk he takes everyday to push discussion on important tech issues that impact Microsoft. Robert does this interview through his Tablet PC microphone over VOIP Skype. Robert also discusses the growing impact of many other Microsoft bloggers, the need for better weblog search tools and the need for podcasting search technology, coming audio tools in Windows Vista, Google banning communications with CNET News.com, how OPML may be the next big thing, how Steve Gillmor’s Attention.xml could help search engines filter real time information online, the future of radio and why podcasting is different from radio, how the blogosphere is evolving into something much more significant, coming real-time podcasting publishing tools and how blogging is continuing to grow but blog reader audiences are not growing as fast. Side note: This interview is currently the highest rated program of all time at ITConversations.com. Read more and Listen (80 min from 8-7-2005) |
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| Posted by Rob Greenlee at 03:29 AM Weblog | Comments 0 | Trackback |
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Visit the podcasting area inside iTunes right now and you will see an invasion of small Indie podcasters are climbing the rankings fast. Listeners are swinging back to podcasting roots. See most of top ten right now are these Indie podcasts: 1) Skepticality I think we are seeing a swing back to grassroots podcasts, listeners seem to be more interested in getting unique content and not just repurposed broadcast content. Yet, I do think some of the major media content will still be popular in podcasting. They will need to eventuality produce unique content for podcasts and not just repurpose existing broadcast content. Yet, some are saying that many podcasters are gaming the rankings in iTunes. See details on this controversy. |
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| Posted by Rob Greenlee at 04:25 PM Weblog | Comments 0 | Trackback |
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Over at ITConversations I speak with Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur, media personality and key player in the development and promotion of podcasting. Curry is the host and creator of the popular “Daily Source Code” podcast and recently founded BoKu Communications, the company behind PodShow.com, which is aligning with a select list of podcasters and podcast directories to commercialize podcasting. Curry discusses in detail his past work at MTV, radio and the Internet. He is also a former MTV VJ and hosts a new show on Sirius satellite radio called “Podshow”. Curry discusses the rebranding of iPodder.org to IndiePodder.org, his new PodSafe Music Network website and the goals and mission of PodShow.com. Adam also talks extensively about podcasting support in iTunes, music rights, RSS tag standards, distribution bandwidth, peer-to-peer, OPML directories, digital rights management, monetization, content creation to podcast aggregation and player development at companies like Apple, Microsoft and Real Networks. Read more and Listen (90 min from 7-31-2005) |
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| Posted by Rob Greenlee at 02:18 AM Weblog | Comments 0 | Trackback |
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WebTalk Radio for July 31, 2005 Video Search Is Going Big Time Show Note Topics: |
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