The internet turns forty years old in September 2009. Happy Birthday Internet! Thanks to the folks who gave birth to the internet those many years ago… From Wikipedia . . . History of the Internet …research efforts included those of the laboratories of Donald Davies (NPL), Paul Baran (RANDLeonard Kleinrock at MIT and at UCLA. […]
Read more "Happy 40th birthday to the Internet"Leo Laporte has been in broadcasting for years. Decades actually. He was early to embrace podcasting and now operates the TWiT network of shows which he calls Netcasts. Leo is an inspiration to many podcasters, audio or video based and continues to investigate new ways of using the web to bring news, information and entertainment […]
Read more "Television studio in your basement – TWiT TV"The latest Gartner Media Industry Hype-cycle report has been released and although the details are available for a fee, the table of contents reveals the trends which Gartner feels are on their way up, out and peaking. On the rise: Socialcasting, Media Discovery and Recommendation Engines, Rich-Media Search Technologies, Social Media Marketing Platforms and Over-the-Top […]
Read more "Highlights from Gartner media industry hype-cycle"With the closing of our local television station, CHCA-TV my ears perk up when ever I hear via radio, TV, blogs or face2face conversations mention of possible new options. On Sunday, while we were driving down to Innisfail to meet-up with some friends, CBC news from Calgary was on the Jeep’s radio (yes – I […]
Read more "Hyper-local news and media"A recent report from eMarketer forecasts extreme audience growth for podcasts. eMarketer projects that US podcast audience growth will continue at least through 2013 when there will be 37.6 million people who download podcasts monthly, more than double the 2008 figure of 17.4 million. As a percentage of Internet users, podcast downloaders are expected to […]
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