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Actual credit for the invention of the podcasting model goes to Dave Winer. Software developer Winer helped create Really Simple Syndication (RSS) — a basic web feed simplifying the process of subscribing to websites and other online media. He used RSS to deliver his audio program, Morning Coffee Notes, just a day before Curry’s program debuted.

But Curry’s celebrity status as a former MTV video jockey catapulted him ahead in popularity, and his podcast proved far more influential. Thus, in the podcast revolution, Curry played the role of pioneer for Winer’s invention.

via Aug. 13, 2004: ‘Podfather’ Adam Curry Launches Daily Source Code | This Day In Tech | Wired.com.

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Originally, Breaking Tweets was to be nothing more than a personal blog, telling a few major stories around the world every day through the use of Twitter.

It blossomed into something so much more.

It’s been 750 posts, 6,000 featured tweets, and 150,000 unique visitors (320,000 pageviews) from 194 countries since then — and more than 100 news organizations around the world have visited the site since it began, including Reuters, Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times — but none of this has gone to my head.

via Letter from the editor: Breaking Tweets turns six months old | Breaking Tweets.

YouTube – News & Politics.

You can see the offerings for “News for You” which are video news stories posted within 100 miles of your IP address.

See the local news feature

YouTube’s push to organize local news video began in earnest in the spring when the News Near You module was introduced. The module uses the Internet address of a visitor’s computer to determine the user’s location and whether any partners are located within a 100-mile radius. If so, seven days of local videos are displayed.

via Now on YouTube – Local News – NYTimes.com.

For us teachers:

Meanwhile, a new breed of local news broadcasters — including ones without broadcasting licenses, the traditional barrier to entry in local markets — is emerging online.

“Radio stations, newspapers, universities, advocacy organizations, churches and other local groups, and individuals are becoming news producers,” Mr. Plesser said.

Mr. Heaton said stations should treat YouTube as a marketing machine for their old-fashioned television newscasts.

“As long as Google wants to pay for the bandwidth” to host videos, he said, “let them.”

Video Support is Augmented

Firefox 3.5 handles video much better than any previous release, particularly with support for Open Video. In addition to the HTML 5 video tag, Firefox 3.5 ships with the Ogg Theora codec. This means that without a plugin, you can watch any video that is encoded using Ogg Theora. Theora files can be embedded directly into web pages, giving viewers all the standard controls they’re used to, like volume adjustment, pause, etc. In addition, depending on the video source, you can right-click and save the video clip to your hard drive.

via 9 Amazing New Features of Firefox 3.5! | Maximum PC.

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