Podcasting

Podcasting is similar to RSS ( Real Simple Syndication).
RSS can be used for subscribing to a web page and for the web page to send you any new contents they have uploaded.

With podcasting you have a set of subscriptions to pages but instead of readinng them on your computer screen, you listen to them on your IPod.

The format used for podcasting is RSS 2.0






Some programs which are used for podcasting are:

      *Audacity- A free program for Widows and Lynux in which you can record your voice and add soundtracks to create a podcast.


     *Garageband- Another podcasting program for Mac.

     *MP3- The most widely used format for sound tracks and podcasts.  

Technology Article

Recently, Blackberry's usage dominance is being decreased by a greater numbr of IPhone users. A survey conducted by iPass shows that the IPhone is now the top smartphone being used in the business with 45% marketshare compared to Blackberry's 35%.

 
Evan Kaplan, president and CEO of iPass said that, while Blackberry marketshare only declined by 3% between 2010 and 2011, other smartphone platforms, such as Apple iPhone and Google Android devices, have grown faster. Furthermore he said that: "In 2012, it looks like iPhone will continue to lead in the enterprise, followed by Android smartphones with Microsoft Windows Phone smartphones a distant third,”

Concluding, experts said that tablet use will grow greatly in the following years, and businesses will have to pay their workers' internet bills because of the amount  of downloading they will need to do.