SAN JOSE, November 9th, 2006 (PodTech News)–Modern consumers are not only tech savvy, they’re also thirsty to be tuned in, unplugged, and turned on at all times and instantly with innovative digital products. This past week Dow Jones brought together [See the full post…]

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg and Revision3 and co-host of on of Diggnation, was surprised by the sheer number of people who showed up for the Vloggies, where Diggnation picked up the much-coveted Viewers’ Choice award for Tech Vlogs. While [See the full post…]

Silicon Valley Watcher founder and publisher Tom Foremski has been a vlogger for about a year. The former writer for the Financial Times spoke with PodTech’s John Furrier at the Vloggies, where he discussed the virtues of posting his commentary [See the full post…]

Megan Cunningham, founder of Magnet Media — and one of the official Vloggies judges — talks with PodTech’s John Furrier at the after-party. Magnet Media is an educational media company serving the entertainment industry. It produces two series of interactive [See the full post…]

An overflow crowd waits for the Eric Schmidt Web 2.0 keynote. At $3,500 per conference attendee, and a full plate of sponsors, it looks like they made some serious bank. Speaking of bank, the Google CEO denies rumors of $500 [See the full post…]

An overflow crowd waits for the Eric Schmidt Web 2.0 keynote. At $3,500 per conference attendee, and a full plate of sponsors, it looks like they made some serious bank. Speaking of bank, the Google CEO denies rumors of $500 [See the full post…]

The Web 2.0 mantra is that old media — NBC, Hearst, Disney, etc. — are too incompetent to be successful on the Web. The reality is that old media has invested a lot of time, effort and money in positioning [See the full post…]

Jerry Zucker, producer of Airplane, Ghost and The Naked Gun, spoke at the Vloggies, saying that he had no interest in videoblogging but adding that the Hollywood studios are a mess…. He was kidding, but he did say that online [See the full post…]

PodTech’s John Furrier talks with Joe Klein, the official voice of the Vloggies. Klein is the founder of The Podcast Voice Guys, one of the only companies that does voice-overs specifically for the Internet. Joe not only did the sound [See the full post…]

Social media guru Jeremy Pepper foresees the Vloggies getting bigger and bigger, and says the future of video is all about creating great content. Video is a really wierd space, says Jeremy — you have to be smart about video! [See the full post…]

PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier talks with Vloggies mastermind Irina Slutsky about the first ever awards night for video bloggers. Irina’s intent was to bring the vlogging community and the business community together to celebrate the many achievements of [See the full post…]

Tanja Andrews and Oscar Grimm of Freshtopia (winners of three Vloggies) talk with PodTech’s John Furrier about how friendly the vlogging community has been to them, providing information and tips on technology, editing and filming. Tanja, who wore a head-to-toe [See the full post…]

SAN JOSE, November 8, 2006 (PodTech News)–Sony launches the PlayStation 3 later this month — its most important product launch in years. Featuring Blu-ray technology and other features, the new device has a lot is riding on it. Sony Computer [See the full post…]

Eric Rice, a pioneer in vlogging, has been dark for a few months and plans to come out of the darkness — he’s been playing around with Second Life. He even learned something new at the Vloggies — the existence [See the full post…]

Real celebrity Daniel McVicar tells PodTech’s [tagJohn Furrier how he decided to join the new media revolution. He talks about how back in the day, TV was “out there” — it wasn’t really an exchange. Now it is, he says. [See the full post…]

Blip.TV co-founder Dina Kaplan explains the importance of the vlogging industry in the new media world, where a single vlogger in the middle of Minnesota is as important as a studio in Hollywood used to be. Now, she tells PodTech’s [See the full post…]

Judges’ Favorite News Vlog winner Rocketboom producer Andrew Michael Baron — who compares himself to Woody Allen — introduces us to some of his correspondents, including Steve Garfield of VlogSoup, Chuck Olsen of Minnesota Stories and Zadi Diaz of JetSetShow. [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, November 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Vint Cerf, vice president and chief internet evangelist for Google and one of the “founding fathers” of the modern-day Internet, says a free and open network is crucial to the Internet’s continuing [See the full post…]

Understanding what consumers are doing with new media is instrumental. Speaking together at the Dow Jones VentureWire Consumer Technology Ventures Conference, Larry Gerbrandt tells PodTech’s Jennifer Jones about iPod research that will move the needle for executives assessing podcasts. Click [See the full post…]

Yahoo is making headway by being bold and thinking young. Jennifer Jones of PodTech interviews Marco Boerries at the Dow Jones Venture Wire Consumer Technology Ventures Conference about Yahoo’s strategies for connecting users whether they are on the road, at [See the full post…]

Doug Cooper of Intel and Michelle Boykins of the National Crime Prevention Council talk about what companies and individuals can do to deter computer crimes, and McGruff the Crime Dog makes a cameo at Digital Life in New York City. [See the full post…]

At the Forrester Consumer Forum Conference 2006 in Chicago, Forrester Researcher Michaela Ion spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson. Ion studies patterns in the adoption and use of technology in Asian/Pacific consumers. Click here for transcript.

We’re really happy to post the official list of The Vloggies winners announced on Saturday night. Many congratulations to Alive in Baghdad, which won six awards including Favorite Vlog, Favorite Group Blog, Favorite Political Vlog, and Favorite Interview Vlog. Alive [See the full post…]

Video montage of the Vloggies party in San Francisco. Includes intro by PodTech CEO, John Furrier and interviews with Jerry Zucker – Director/Producer, Airplane!, Naked Gun, Ghost; Kevin Rose – founder, Digg.com, Revision3; Tom Foremski – founder, Silicon Valley Watcher; [See the full post…]

The Vloggies first annual videoblog awards night made its debut in San Franscisco. The net paparazzi were out in force. PodTech, along with other videobloggers, has extensive coverage of the night. We will release that content shortly, but here is [See the full post…]