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Liz Gannes at New Tee Vee reports on another live streaming deathcasting incident: In a striking display of the power of live video, Abraham K. Biggs committed suicide on Wednesday while broadcasting himself on video site Justin.tv. As we understand it from various forum posts, the 19-year-old Floridian was apparently egged on by commenters on Justin.tv [...]

WordPress is a great blogging/podcasting/videopodcasting platform, but there’s always something new to learn.  If you want to learn more about WordPress, you’ll want to check out Specky Boy’s comprehensive list of 100+ WordPress video tutorials. He says there are 100+, but we think the 100 jillion number may be more accurate.

Apple today introduced iPhone update 2.2. It’s a free update that adds a variety of new features, the most notable of which are adding street views to Google Maps and support for podcast downloads.  The updated podcasting features are welcome, but unfortunately Apple’s implementation of podcast downloads on the iPhone is a usability disaster.  Here’s a walkthrough [...]

It looks like Chicken Little is behind the wheel at Fortune magazine. Fortune’s Richard Siklos says that “User-generated video under siege,” and that it’s being sidelined by mainstream media’s move into internet media. What’s obviously happening here is the beginning of a monumental battle for online video viewers’ attention. YouTube or someone else may yet figure out how [...]