Invasion of the podcasting people?

Podcasting is the transmission of audio via an internet connection which is sent to mp3 players. The way that it has emerged is reminiscent of ham radio operators who would do personal broadcasts with the pleasure of no commercials. The term podcasting came about due to the overwhelming popularity of the Apple I-Pod, though podcasting has no direct connection the Apple Computers.

According to Christine Boese, "The idea was a gleam in the eye of the former 1980s MTV veejay Adam Curry, who worked out the technical details with Dave Winer, a co-creator of RSS, the Web feed syndication system that launched a gazillion blogs." This phenomenon has yet to be tapped for commercial use, but with the widespread usage of mp3 players it most likely won't take long for this to occur. Currently, podcasting is being looked at for music, audio books, and for use by teachers to broadcast classes.

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