Apple introduces iTunes U, “a free service hosted by Apple that allows instructors, administrators, and affiliates to manage, distribute, and control access to educational audio and video content for students”.Like eBay is for auctions, it seems that iTunes is becoming the 800-pound gorilla of media distribution. Music, video, podcasts, PDFs… what’s next?
Here are mine…
An interesting look at enthusiast market long tails.
Peter Rojas asks is it time for a podcast player unconference?Let’s just do it.BTW, the Maker Faire had these cool MP3 player kits. My favorite were the furry MP3 snakes.
It is interesting to see how rapidly memes get established these days. Twitter gained traction not too long ago as a way to send short messages. Now Motorola is touting their re.moto system as ” twitter for devices”.
Apple blocks MySpace in their stores. Too much mooching going on.Is it just me? I would not even think of using a sales display for my personal use.
A great new site came online this week – it’s Apple Investor News. It has a nice clean layout and updates every 15 minutes.It’s amazing how much news flows just about Apple.
Ah, and I thought that HD DVD and Blu-ray used different keys, but AACS is apparently used on both formats. I stand corrected.
Now that HD-DVD’s DRM has been, shall we say, open sourced, I predict that HD-DVD will win over Blu Ray. HD-DVD is now playable on more systems, such as linux.The system with the weaker key wins!Of course, Sony could counter by making it’s Blu Ray key available…
Dave Winer will be panelist/moderator on a session about How To Design A Poscast Player. He’s at Mix ’07.