Former VP candidate John Edwards will launch a podcast next week, likely being the first national politician to do so. For the technically challenged readers of InterAdvocacy, check out this definition of podcasting. (Thanks to the BuzzWebster blog for bringing this to my attention.)
So that I don’t overwhelm you with long reviews of all the cool stuff I saw on DEMOfall Day 1, here are the quick hits of companies and products that intrigued me: · U3 (see previous post) · Realm Systems (see previous post) · Hatsize Learning’s TrueLab – sort of like WebEx/GoToMeeting meets the computer…
Another company targets video search, this time overseas: Autonomy has just signed a joint venture with China Netcom Broadband (CNCBB), one of China’s biggest internet companies with more than 110m subscribers. The pair have agreed to create a service that will allow Chinese consumers to search for news and video clips from 25 local and…
Got a Slingbox last week. It allows place-shifting of your TV viewing. Where TiVO allows for "time-shifting" (you can watch when you want), Slingbox lets you watch where you want. The net effect for this road warrior is that I can watch Red Sox games from hotel rooms around the country. Costs $250, you hook…
The Chicago Tribune reports on the FEC’s latest plans for regulating online political activity. And, at least as sketched out in this report, the proposal seems reasonable since it seeks to mimic "real world" requirements in cyberspace. Web loggers, who pride themselves on freewheeling political activism, might face new federal rules on candidate endorsements, online…
If true, this news from SiliconValleyWatcher.com would certainly be an interesting development in the area of online news aggregation. Silicon Valley Watcher has learned that Moreover Technologies, the San Francisco-based news aggregator, will announce within the next few days that it has been acquired by a much larger multi-national company. The announcement is expected by…
PayPal Joins Micropayment Parade Robin Good: “PayPal is extending its micro-payments service to support online commerce of low-cost digital content. The digital content to be covered by the new PayPal offering will include news articles, video games, online greeting cards, mobile phone content, and music.” White Paper on Micropayments PaidContent points to a white paper…