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This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. What’s new Chia-Lin’s new gig! General busy-ness Listener Comments Jim Timmerman: "The Media" years ago was much easier to define and point to: local and national TV and radio outlets and newspapers. Then that number increased dramatically with the addition of cable and satellite technology. Now with the development of digital technologies the number of media outlets is no longer definable. I wonder if the time has come to define and label "it" differently. Very much like to hear your thoughts. Aereo Founder Calls Supreme Court Ruling 'Troubling,' 'Chilling' Chromecast will use ultrasonic sounds to pair your TV with your friend’s phones Facebook Manipulated Users’ Feeds for a Psychology Experiment Amazon Fire TV bug provides another reason why data caps are anti-consumer Kitestring - Stay safe out there Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy) and Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. It's Official: Apple and Facebook Are Phone Companies Now Facebook buys 'Move' fitness tracking app for Apple's iPhone By buying Moves, Facebook acquires high-value passive location technology Facebook launches a newswire so it can help the media — while it competes with them Google Glass Just Lost Its Biggest Cheerleader Google agrees to defend Samsung, pay some of its costs in patent infringement case against Apple F.C.C., in a Shift, Backs Fast Lanes for Web Traffic When it comes to net neutrality, either the FCC thinks we’re idiots, or it just doesn’t care Amazon Revenue Up 23% On Tripling In Prime Video Usage Amazon adds HBO shows to Prime Instant Video; HBO Go coming to Fire TV at some point The FyreTV Porn Streamer Maker Is Suing Amazon For Trademark Infringement In Aereo, Supreme Court Rightly Skeptical About Becoming Technology Regulators EFF Case Against Personal Audio Podcasting Patent Trolls in good shape Nike fires majority of FuelBand team, will stop making wearable hardware Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy) and Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Activists ask DropBox to drop Condi Rice from board Confessions of a failed acqui-hire employee (Understand your equity agreements, kids.) Samsung / Deezer Promotion - 6 months of premium Deezer service for S5 owners Google Glass App Lets You 'Livestream' Events Google selling Glass to anyone in the US on April 15 for a limited time U.S. Air Force is testing Google Glass & building apps for battlefield use Amazon says it has now passed Apple and Hulu in streaming video usage Netflix Is Now Streaming In 4K (And nobody cares.) Bieber Porn and PornHub (ethics) Discovery Communications Invests in 24/7 TV Channel for Dogs Microsoft unveils Windows in the car, battles Apple CarPlay Amazon acquires digital comics platform (and iPad hit) comiXology Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Books we're reading: Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change by Chris Ertel The Visual Organization: Data Visualization, Big Data, and the Quest for Better Decisions by Phil Simon Topics this week: Microsoft is trying to be your friend, and may actually win you over Microsoft to launch Outlook web app for Android AwesomenessTV Acquires YouTube Network Big Frame for $15 Million Yahoo Considering Creating its own YouTube Amazon launches Fire TV Windows will be free on phones, small tablets and the Internet of Things In A Six-Day Period, Microsoft's New CEO Satya Nadella Completely Changed The Company Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. In this episode: Mark Zuckerberg: Here's Why I Just Spent $2 Billion On A Virtual-Reality Company Oculus Founder: Why We Sold Our Virtual Reality Company To Facebook Oculus Backers On Kickstarter Won't Get Any Part Of The $2 Billion Deal Klout Snapped Up by Lithium Technologies Twitter May Kill The 'Retweet' — And People Are Freaking Out Facebookification of Twitter Facebook Search Craig Predicts: Parallax Profiles in social will be the New Thing We Just Learned Satya Nadella's Master Plan For Microsoft Amazon Is Going To Announce Its Streaming Media Gadget At An Event In New York Next Week Apple in talks with Comcast for streaming-TV service: WSJ Disney Buys Maker Studios John Switched to a Jawbone Up from his recalled FitBit Force Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. This week, we tried an alternative Google Hangouts and Skype. We tested WebRTC tools: Talky.io Appear.in We ultimately chose Appear.in for this episode due to its better video window management. (But we didn't record the video - there isn't built-in video recording in WebRTC platforms since it's a peer-to-peer technology.) Some reading material on Pono (TL;DR: You can’t tell the difference. I screwed up the explanation of audio sampling. Be sure to read this post.) Anti-Social Networking App Helps You Avoid Friends You Don't Like Messaging App TangoME Pulls In $280M From Alibaba, Others Amazon to Ship Video-Streaming Device in April. Will it be free? If you’re Prime Member and are involved in startups, be sure to check out the original Amazon show, Betas Craig bought a Smart TV. Do you really need one? (No. No, you don’t.) Google Play Game services brings multiplayer to iOS, lets devs offer cross-platform gaming Warner Brothers to “Veronica Mars” Backers: Okay, Okay — Use iTunes or Amazon if You Want (Props to Warner Bros) Wearables were big this week: Android Wear released. Apple will not make an iWatch John ditched both his Pebble and his Metwatch smartwatches Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. In this episode: iTunes Radio beats Spotify to take 3rd place in U.S. music streaming, eyes up #2 spot iTunes Radio to break out as separate service? Pandora still dominated but will that change? State of the music service = still wild Wild West even in the US High fidelity player? Ponoplayer uses flac vs mp3 resulting in better sound quality. Time for a format shakeup? Apple Announces CarPlay Goldman: There Will Be as Much Mobile Commerce in 2018 as E-Commerce in 2013 New Report Shows Social Media Leads to Coupon Searches Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. In this episode: Netflix is paying Comcast for direct connection to network Comcast customer support told me to stop using Netflix and order more TV channels Netflix and Net Neutrality (This is a great analysis) The internet is fucked Most Americans Would Choose Internet Over TV or Cellphones Mark Zuckerberg has learned what Steve Jobs knew: You need to disrupt yourself before your competitors do The Messaging App Wars Are Just Getting Started WhatsApp to Start Offering Internet Phone Calls The Payments Challenge for Mobile Carriers Why the Android-powered Nokia X is great for Microsoft YouTube is Not a Sweatshop—It’s Actually a Goldmine, and Here’s Why Video Ad Views Hit 26.9 Billion in January, SpotXchange Jumps to #1 Spot Inkshares wants to create a hybrid of traditional book publisher and crowdfunded digital platform Are you regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. In this episode: Visa Spends at Least a Third of Its Marketing Budget on Digital WhatsApp’s Founder Goes From Food Stamps to Billionaire Google Was Willing to Beat Facebook’s $19B Offer for WhatsApp The Plus in Google Plus Microsoft vs. Microsoft New PlayStation outselling new Xbox "almost two-to-one" Fascinating new mobile payment solution works almost everywhere by tricking credit card terminals (Reminds us of Coin) Apple reportedly planning to let you buy physical goods through your iTunes account

This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy) and Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons) talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. In this episode: What’s with the new Apple TV? Gaming? Apps? Something else?http://9to5mac.com/2014/02/10/new-apple-tv-hardware-references-already-appearing-in-ios-7-builds/) Comcast confirms $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable Verizon support rep admits anti-Netflix throttling Fred Wilson on Net Neutrality EU Pushes to Globalize Internet Governance With Google’s top ad exec now running YouTube, LA creators are stuck in wait and see mode Jason Calacanis: Google Wins Everything Part Two: How to be a Partner Who can compete with YouTube? Amazon? Americans officially living in post-PC world, spending more time using mobile apps & web WSJ: An Android-Powered Nokia Phone Clad In Windows Phone Clothing Coming Later This Month Microsoft considering allowing Android apps to run on Windows - report Smartphones are now a 95% Android-iOS global duopoly w/ Android closing in on 80% by itself Is it Game Over for Nintendo? Are you a regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

Can you believe it?! We're back! It's the ODM crew (and special guests) but with an all-new web site, and live show. Yep, we're using Google Hangouts to record each week and it's totally transformed our ability to produce the show. This week, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Craig Calder (@ccalder) and our guest, John Wall (@johnjwall) of Marketing Over Coffee talk about the latest news in digital media and what it means for you. You can send comments and questions to comments@odmcast.com. We try to answer everything you send "on air." Visit http://odmcast.com to subscribe to the podcast. While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our announcements list via email. Follow us on Twitter at @ondigitalmedia. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. In this episode: Tom Merritt has a new tech news show, and it's redefining how we fund and consume media. Maybe. Releasing Ads Early Pays Off For Super Bowl Advertisers, According To Visible Measures New Record For 2014: Hashtags Mentioned In 57% Of Super Bowl Ads Sochi Disasters shared over social media MLB begins rollout of iBeacon technology in baseball stadiums for next season. Too early? How In-app Purchases Have Destroyed The (Mobile) Video Game Industry (And video to prove it) Amazon Mobile Ad Network is guaranteeing $1.50 CPM for Android or Kindle app ads served to US-based users. A test, or something more? WTF: Amazon to Offer Kindle Checkout System to Physical Retailers. Is it the data? Improving Kindle sales? Something else? Are you regular listener? Please take a moment to complete this survey.

On Digital Media 129: Pseudonymous In this episode, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) discuss: Ultralight Startups will introduce new, innovative format at next week's event Facebook launches Ads API The Great Real-Name / Pseudonym Debate (Google+, Facebook) Here's a great piece on the use of pseudonyms by danah boyd Facebook wants real identities for commerce Randi Zuckerberg leaves Facebook to start social marketing firm Web.com acquires Network Solutions for $400 million (down from $800 million, which was down from the original purchase price of $21 Billion. Ouch.) We express our true feelings for NetSol. Foursquare integrates with Klout - your check-ins now increase your Klout score. Do you care? Support this show by getting your free trial to Audible.com by clicking here. Be sure to send questions or comments to comments@odmcast.com and don’t forget to give us a quick review and some sparkly stars on iTunes.

On Digital Media 128: Shiny Disc Debate In this episode, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) discuss: Spotify launches in the U.S. Rdio, MOG or Spotify? What about Pandora and Last.fm? Netflix price increase is a strategic imperative, not a financial one @shatch predicts that neftlix will no longer distribute DVD's in 5 years, Google+ @shatch believes that Google+ will impact the growth of Facebook in 2 years @shatch believes that Google+ will impact the growth of Twitter in 6 months BIG show for Mr. Hatch. ;) Support this show by getting your free trial to Audible.com by clicking here. Be sure to send questions or comments to comments@odmcast.com and don’t forget to give us a quick review and some sparkly stars on iTunes.

On Digital Media 127: The Cloud Wars In this episode, John Federico (@gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (@chialinsimmons), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) discuss: Best Buy's Music Cloud. (3 of us predict FAIL - but who's the optimist?) Best Buy's Music Cloud vs. Apple's iCloud with iTunes Match vs. Amazon's Cloud Drive vs. Google Music. Fight! Mobile Social Gaming is HOT! HOT! HOT! PopCap games acquired for $1 Billion - but by whom? The most successful mobil social gaming company you never heard of First self-published Kindle author hits the 1 million mark Is local media storage a thing of the past? Netflix Streaming goes down, down, down iPhone on Verizon has slowed the sale of Android phones in the US Next Apple iPhone to coincide with iOS 5. Our wallets are already open. Support this show by getting your free trial to Audible.com by clicking here. Be sure to send questions or comments to comments@odmcast.com and don’t forget to give us a quick review and some sparkly stars on iTunes.

On Digital Media 126: Grouponimous In this episode John Federico (@gadgetboy), Steve Hatch (@shatch) and Craig Calder (@ccalder) dig into the effectiveness of Groupon, Living Social and their ilk. We also take a peek at Pandora's business and discuss Apple's Chief of Retail's ship jumping. Be sure to send questions or comments to comments@odmcast.com and don't forget to give us a quick review and some stars on iTunes.

On Digital Media 125: LIVE from Blogworld in New York City #bweny We're joined by special guests Tom Webster from Edison Research (@webby2001) and our old friend Ken Gellman of StrongMail for this special live episode where we wrap-up the Digital Broadcasting Track at the inaugural Blogworld & New Media Expo New York conference.

On Digital Media 124: Sanford Dickert of PeerIndex, Collabracode John Federico (@gadgetboy) interviews Sanford Dickert (@sanford) of PeerIndex and Colabracode at a Startup One Stop (@soslist) event in New York City.

On Digital Media 123: Teri Rogers, CEO & Editorial Director, Brick Underground John Federico interviews BrickUnderground.com CEO & Editorial Director, Teri Rogers at a Startup One Stop (http://startuponestop.com/) event in NYC.

John Federico (@gadgetboy) interviews Murat Aktihanoglu (@muratny) about the newly announced ER Accelerator in New York City. ERA is a seed accelerator program for startups. Learn more about it at http://eranyc.com.

On Digital Media 121: 2011 Predictions In this episode,John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter:@zeropts), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) gather in Studio 1A to make their predictions for 2011. Steve predicts that Groupon will buy Foursquare John thinks that Nokia will sell Windows Phone 7 smartphones, at least in the U.S. Chia-Lin believes content companies will hire more Chief Digital Officers. Won't succeed. John believes Google TV will be dead in 2011. John thinks that iPhone 5 will open an era of wireless roaming across networks in the U.S. Craig predicts that Carol Bartz won't go down with the ship - she'll be out next year Chia-Lin Predicts a Foursquare acquisition by AOL in 2011 Steve predicts that AOL will buy Delicious from Yahoo Chia-Lin predicts that Zynga will IPO in 2011 Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com

On Digital Media 120: Eric Porres, CMO, Lotame - an Interview Craig Calder interviews Lotame CMO, Eric Porres about the company’s audience management platform at AdTech New York 2010. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com

On Digital Media 119: Curtis Jewell, CEO, MyCipher John Federico interviews My Cipher Co-Founder and CEO, Curtis Jewell about the company’s audio publishing platform at AdTech New York 2010. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com

On Digital Media 118: It's All Black These Days In this episode,John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter:@zeropts), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) are joined by Rob Greenlee (twitter: @robgreenlee), Lead Podcast Producer, Content & Programming for Zune, Windows Media Center - Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft - Zune.net and ZuneInsider.com & Podcast. We chat about: Past Events: Craig attended DigiDay Video and the Founders Series in NYC. Upcoming Events: John will be at Vator Splash with Bubbalon on December 15th in NYC and is preparing to attend SXSW. Rob will attend SXSW and CES. Chia-Lin will attend CES. Steve will attend nothing, as usual. ;) Plugs: Rob may bring back WebTalkRadio! What's next for Zune? What is now? Rob chats with us about devices, the software, the platform and the media. Comcast and Level 3 duke it out over peering. Net Neutrality comes into question. FCC steps in. Who loses? Probably the consumer. Verizon LTE 4G to roll out in five cities before the end of the year. 5 GB plans start at $50 month. Word on the street is that it's FAST. Google + Groupon = Goopon? Google rumored to buy Groupon for $6 billion. Is this a case of 2 +2 = 5? Maybe... Record-Breaking Cyber Monday Surpasses $1 Billion In U.S. Online Spending Have you heard about Black November? Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com

On Digital Media 117: ifeelgoods Co-Founder and VP of Marketing, Scott Silverman John Federico interviews ifeelgoods Co-Founder and VP of Marketing, Scott Silverman about their promotional platform using Facebook credits at AdTech New York 2010.

On Digital Media 116: Bibliophilia Click to download In this episode,John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) chat about: Past Events: John and Craig attended AdTech New York. See ODMcast.com for all the interviews. Craig recently attended the L2 Conference. Upcoming Events: John is preparing to attend SXSW. Chia-Lin will attend Under The Radar. Craig will attend DigiDay Video this week. Steve will attend nothing, as usual. ;) Plugs: Help Magnus win $100,000 to continue feeding hungry kids around the world. Amazon selling book for "Pedosexuals", causes mass outrage. The Boxee Box from D-Link went on sale. Get it at Amazon. Hulu Plus and Netflix coming soon. HTML5 apps and Full HD at 60fps - wow! Craig and Chia-Lin still can't decide: Boxee Box, Roku or Apple TV? Netflix is now primarily a streaming video company Time Warner Cable loses another 155,000 subscribers; Comcast lost 275,000, blames economy. Denial? Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com

On Digital Media 115: NuCaptcha CEO, Michel Giasson Craig Calder interviews NuCaptcha CEO, Michel Giasson about the company's anti-spam and marketing platform at AdTech New York 2010.

On Digital Media 114: AdSafe CEO, Kent Wakeford Craig Calder interviews AdSafe CEO, Kent Wakeford about the company’s newly announced partnership with AdMeld at AdTech New York 2010.

John Federico interviews Syncapse CEO, Michael Scissons, at AdTech NYC 2010. For the video interview visit http://odmcast.com/post/1488170166/syncapse-michael-scissons-adtech

On Digital Media 112: Stuck in Traffic In this episode,John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) chat about: Events: John will attend ad:tech on November 3rd and 4th. Craig recently attended the Fall 2010 Founder's Speaker Session with the founder of Seamless Web. He also attended the recent Silicon Alley 100 Event and will speak at The New School on Thursday, October 28th. The new MacBook Air Twitter now has 300 employees and a $1.6 Billion street price, according to some insiders Digg lays off 34% of staff, including a bunch of crack engineers The mySpace redesign actually looks pretty good Google to buy and entire New York City block FeedBurner has finally been refreshed, getting real-time updates and improved stats visualization Nookcolor eReader with Newspapers and Magazines. Meh. Walgreen's now selling a $100 Android tablet PlayOn now available on Roku Craig wants to know what to buy: Roku, Boxee or Apple TV? Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com

In this episode,John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder), Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) and Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts) chat about: Events: John attended Greg Verdino's (@gregverdino) microMarketing event. Craig attended the Yield Executive Summit, OMMA Global and SMX. Coming up: John and Craig will be at ad:tech, Craig will attend OMMA Performance and Chia-Lin will be on a panel at Digital Hollywood on October 21st discussing Micro-Transactions and Advertising on mobile devices. She'll also be attending "Under The Radar" on November 12th at the Microsoft campus in Silicon Valley. Steve will attend nothing, as usual. ;) .ly top-level domains in jeopardy as Libyan government exerts control Bit.ly close $10 million in series B round, still growing like crazy Google TV availability announced John got his Apple TV! We hash it out. Five bars! We're all on John's 3G Microcell. New Facebook Dashboard, Groups, "Download My Information" The Facebook location patent. Did they miss Crowley/Rainert/Dodgeball patent? Chia-Lin needs a replacement for her Motorola Droid. waiting for the Verizon iPhone announcement! Our music is Democracyfrom Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com.

On Digital Media 110: Facebook Fone Click to download In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) chat about: Visit MagicalTablet.com for iPad news, perspectives and reviews Events: John and Craig to attend the Yield Executive Summit in NYC on September 29th Ad Exchanges and Big Media Check out Adexchanger.com for the scoop on ad exchanges MobileEco Summit Recap Mobile Marketing vs. Mobile Advertising Smartphone penetration The market size for feature phones The Facebook Phone Zuckerberg to donate $100 million to Newark, NJ public schools; Cory Booker to swoon ;) Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com.

Click to download In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) chat about: Events: John will attend the MobileEco Summit on September 20th in New York City - and you should too! Use the code 'pluggedinventures' when registering to receive 30% your entry. Learn more here. http://www.pluggedinnyc.com/ Craig will attend the Yield Executive Summit on September 29th in New York City. Google Instant: How will effect SEO? How will affect AdWords? Google Scribe can write your blog posts for you! Gmail Priority Inbox helps you be productive - but what does it mean for email marketers? Amazon acquires the rest of Amie Street Boomerang plugin for Gmail New Apple TV, AirPlay, Game Center, new iPods, iPad software update - read all about it at MagicalTablet.com Will iPods ever see growth as in the past? Sulzberger: "Some day, The New York Times will stop being printed on paper." Craig has a theory about tablets and news content Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com.

On Digital Media107: Flipboarding Click to download In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) chat about: Flipboard Social Magazine for iPad: Is it legal? Will it scale? Rise of the "Enhanced" eBook Facebook now has 500 million members... ...but lower satisfaction ratings than the Airline Industry D'oh! Mark Zuckerberg to appear on an episode of The Simpsons, as himself Camera Plus has added some great features for exposure and focus Apple's "Antennagate" Press Conference Nexus One No More: Google is no longer in the smartphone hardware business Good News! The New York Times' ad revenue growth is flat. At least it's not negative... Why the Huffington Post will surpass The New York Times in readers and revenue Arianna Huffington moving to New York City Amazon eBooks now outselling hardcovers Amazon selling $1 Billion of products through mobile So, this whale jumps on a boat... Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com.

On Digital Media 108: The Check-In Game Click to download In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) chat about: Apple owns the U.S. tablet market. Who will compete? Steve got a bumper! R.I.P. Google Wave Check-in on Foursquare automatically! Or not. Shopkick turns the check-in knob to eleven. Best Buy joins them. MeetMoi NOW alerts you when romance is in the air. Or around the block. The "new" Consumer Tracking Industry and Rupert Murdoch's campaign to convince you that paywalls are better than advertising. The WSJ has succumbed to the Murdoch influence, jumps the shark Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com.

On Digital Media 106: Smells Like Old Spice Click to download In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) chat about: The Fast Company Influencer Project: Why it doesn't work The Old Spice Guy video messaging: Why it does work Google TV to support AllVid, the FCC's new IP Gateway Hulu Plus exclusively available on Sony Playstation until the end of 2010 Free Web Video = More Ads. Video You Pay For? You Get Ads With That, Too. More... Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com.

On Digital Media 105: 20 Media Truths In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy) and Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) review Craig's presentation for Agora in Warsaw, Poland on "The 20 Media Truths" Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send comments or questions to comments@odmcast.com.

On Digital Media 104: Incensed In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) chat about: Conferences: John will be attending (and speaking) at the DPA Conference and covering the MOB Conference. Craig will also be at the DPA Conference. (Shhhh. For a complimentary pass to DPA, use the code ZINIO.) We're planning a LIVE and IN-PERSON episode of ODM in NYC in September. Looking for space right now. Would you join us? Can you recommend a location? Apple sells 600,000 iPhone 4 devices in one day, Apple.com and ATT.com brought to their proverbial knees. Steve (Hatch) is incensed by the poor customer experience. We hash it out. Maybe you want to cancel that iPhone 4 order? Rumors of an iPhone on Verizon in Q4 2010 pop up, yet again. Multitasking in iOS 4 is not a magical sparkle pony. Will make the AT&T network even worse. Free WiFi coming to all Starbucks U.S. locations in July. John thinks AT&T and iPhone 4 had something to do with it. AOL (Aol?) sells Bebo for ~$10MM - after buying it for $850MM two years ago. Steve Case weighs in. (Do you think the irony is lost on him? Then again, does he care?) The Skiff eReader is dead but the backend lives on in News Corp. Jason Hirschhorn (seen here at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference) is out as Co-CEO at MySpace. "Hulu for Magazines" gets a CEO in Morgan Guenther, former TiVo Exec. Good luck with that. It's all about the Streaming. Logitech Revue announced with support for Google TV. Netflix for iPhone 4 to support both 3G and the Boxee Box is delayed until Fall 2010. Rut roh, George. We discuss the likelihood of Boxee's success in the face of competition from Google TV. Our music is Democracy from Alexandr Blu. Send us tips, comments, questions or gripes to comments@odmcast.com. For partner or sponsor information, contact John Federico at http://newrules.com.

On Digital Media 103: Exchange Rate In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy) and Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) discuss: Visit MagicalTablet.com for news and views on the iPad and tablet computing Zinio is giving away a Kodak Playsport ZX3 Waterproof HD Camera. Learn how to win. AT&T Kills Unlimited Data Plans. Dead. Done. Gone. And takes Drive Time streaming radio with it. The opportunity for the independent Howard Stern morning show is no more. 98% Percent of iPhone Customers use less than 200 MB of data - it's the remaining 2% that ruin it for everyone! ;) Internet Week New York starts next week (#IWNY) Yahoo, and #IWNY sponsor, has built a free iPhone app for the event Invite Media has been acquired by Google for ~$70 million. Craig schools us on ad exchanges, DSP's, SSP's and the other P's in the ad exchange ecosystem. Hearst acquires iCrossing Amazon Kindle will be sold at Target. Same price point. Borders takes the low-cost lead with the Aluratek Libre eReader priced at $120 Adobe announces digital magazine publishing platform for iPad Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to leave a comment and subscribe. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

On Digital Media 102: Disruption In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter:@ccalder) and Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts) discuss: The TechCrunch Disrupt Conference in New York City Carol Bartz to Mike Arrington: "F-off" uJam Betterment Plantly Audioo Fred Wilson changes his mind about the iPad NBC Universal and Time Warner won't retool their sites to support HTML5 - and the iPad Wired Magazine App sells 24,000 units in 24 Hours! Apple Surpasses Microsoft as Most Valuable Tech Company Google Poaches Palm's Head of User Experience Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to leave a comment and subscribe. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) are joined by special guests Kip Voytek, SVP, IconNicholson (twitter: @kipbot) and James Andrews, VP and Director of Interactive, Ketchum (twitter: @keyinfluencer). In this episode: James just returned from Sao Paolo John will be attending BlogWell in San Jose on October 28th Plastic Logic’s new e-reader vs. the Amazon Kindle. Is there a market for both? Kip just bought the new LG/Netflix Box, primarily for the Blu-Ray player The SlingBox HD is out! James owns one. Steve is arguing his perspective on discs vs. downloads Apple has 200 million television episodes on the iTunes store along with new HD programming from large broadcasters. MySpace officially unveils MyAds, their answer to the FaceBook advertising program Are all these ad programs creating silos that will make it more difficult to aggregate and measure this media? Internet Advertising grows 15% in first half of 2008 AdBrite cut 40% of its employees, including two execs Joost launches to compete with Hulu and all the other flash video sites Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) discuss. Our next LIVE episode happens on November 21st! Amazon/Audible is hiring developers. Go here to learn more. Ken Gellman is unexpectedly available. He’d make a great addition to your team. Snatch him up while you can! John is interviewing Deb Schultz on November 18th at 1 PM EST for On Digital Media LIVE on BlogTalkRadio Facebook membership surges to 120 million users iPhone 2.2 Screenshots Show Full Podcast Interface, OTA podcast downloads AT&T Acquires Wi-Fi Operator Wayport For $275 Million; Opportunity To Offload More Traffic Steve thinks you should check out the AT&T Family Tree AT&T-Approved iPhone-to-Laptop Tethering Coming Soon Lower-Income Mobile Users Look to iPhone for Internet, Entertainment Hello? Steve? It’s Jerry…Jerry Yang. Sure, I Can Hold Until You Stop Laughing… Ballmer Is Wrong About Android Lala offers a new way to listen to music Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), interviews Deborah Schultz (twitter: @debs) about her recent projects with Procter & Gamble, her keynote at Web 2.0 Expo NY entitle “Death of the Grand Gesture” and her thoughts on new and social media today. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) discuss. Internet Advertising Revenues in Q3 ‘08 at Nearly $5.9 Billion Wizzard Media Continues Impressive Growth Revision3 Reports Tripled Earnings for 2008 YouTube’s New Business Model: Selling Search Terms Facebook Rolls Out Verified App Program, Plus One Hell Of A Revenue Model For Themselves Hulu To Be Bigger Than YouTube Next Year? Google’s Lively Dies “Jerry Couldn’t Make Decision To Save Life” — Yahoos Dead Kennedys for Rock Band Amazon Debuts CloudFront Content Delivery Network Service Amazon Kindle Wins Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” for 2008 in the Gadget Category Mobile Ad Firm Says iPhone Now Top Mobile Handset Worldwide Print in Crisis: NYTimes Offers Web Advertisers Free Paper Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy) interviews Sam Lessin and Mike Singleton about updates to the drop.io service, usability, privacy, file sharing and their growing enterprise business. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), KenGellman (twitter: @kengellman), Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) and Matt Snodgrass (twitter: @mattsnod) discuss. Obama Was Right; New Media Now The MostTrusted Source For News Matt tells us about the work he did last year with Pepsiand the deaf community, including the Super Bowl Commercial Opening Its Home Page, NYT Goes ForAggregation; WSJ Now Offering Ad Space On Front Page Cox Enterprises Merging Newspapers, TV, Radio Into Cox Media Group; 100-Plus Digital Services Sony, Kindle E-Reader Sales Grow BeforeChristmas; But Still No ‘iPod Moment’ Random House To Double Size Of Its DigitalBook Catalog boxee hearts Netflix Smartphone numbers are in: iPhone sales exceed Windows Mobile sales for first time Apple, Walmart to do $99 4GB iPhone? Our music is Democracyfrom Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visitus and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.comto complete our listener survey - we'd really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) discuss their predictions for 2009. Topics include: Boxee acquired by…? Google LinkedIn acquired by….? Twitter The Digital Living Room Online Advertising and the continuing slow death of newspapers Microsoft Yahoo The New York Times Online Video Municipal WiFi Podcasting iPhone Apple Windows Mobile Android Smartphones Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) discuss: U.S. Airways Crash Twitter The Palm Pre Steve Jobs Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and special guest, Evan Brown (twitter: @internetcases)discuss: The Facebook TOS fiasco Kindle Text-to-Speech kerfuffle Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and “become a fan.” Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.