Podtech takes on more debt — but must decide whether fish or fowl
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Plenty is being written about the woes of podcast company Podtech.
Now the company tells us it is taking on more debt, and will be making an announcement soon. This follows a recent $2 million round of fresh capital reported last week.
Podtech, a San Mateo, Calif. launched more than a year ago to create content that could be streamed to viewers, and planned to find advertising to insert inside of the content.
It was never clear… Continue Reading
SonicMountain acquires podcasting company Odeo, reportedly for more than $1M
New York’s SonicMountain, a new podcasting start-up that has yet to launch, has acquired Odeo, the early San Francisco podcasting site that launched in July 2005.
Odeo had become less of a focus for its owner, Evan Williams of late. Williams has launched a holding company, called Obvious, and has found more interest in other projects, including Twitter, also now under the Obvious roof. However, it has remained a destination for people interested in podcasts,… Continue Reading
Voicethread launches group audio blogging
Voicethread has just launched an impressively designed service that allows groups of people to simply add voice or text comments to image albums.
The creator of an image album can tell his/her story using voice, text or by drawing on pictures. Visitors can add to the story using the same tools. (Here is an example. And another sweet example.). The comments are in the form of a back and forth conversation (”voicethreads”) around the images. The… Continue Reading
Roundup: OpenID, Rupture, Startupping, Confabb, Trulia and more
Here’s the latest action:
OpenID is gaining ground — OpenID is a service that lets you use your URL as your username anytime you have to login to a site that requires username and password. Until now, it has been slow to catch on — Web sites have taken their time to allow it. But an increasing number of sites are doing so, because it’s convenient for users. Here’s how it works: You use the URL as… Continue Reading