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?

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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!

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On Digital Media 110: Facebook Fone

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 ;)

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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

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On Digital Media107: Flipboarding

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...

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On Digital Media 108: The Check-In Game

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

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On Digital Media 106: Smells Like Old Spice

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...

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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"

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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.

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