MENLO PARK, August 28, 2006 (PodTech News) — Google today announced a partnership with eBay that makes Google the exclusive provider of text-based advertising for eBay’s international sites. While a similar contract for eBay’s domestic sites went to Yahoo Inc. earlier this year, one component of today’s deal is click-to-call, in which users can click on an advertisement or an eBay listing and talk to the seller via a VOIP call. “This deal is mostly about practicality,” said Gartner Inc. Research Director Andrew Frank. PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau interviewed Frank by phone from his office in New York.

MENLO PARK, August 24, 2006 (PodTech News) — Apple Computer Inc. today recalled 1.8 million lithium-ion laptop computer batteries built by Sony. The announcement came just 10 days after PC-maker Dell Inc.’s recall of over 4 million Sony-made notebook computer batteries because they could burst into flames. Sony’s statement on ...

MENLO PARK, August 8, 2006 (Podtech News) — Sprint Nextel today announced plans to develop and deploy a nationwide wireless broadband mobile network using WiMAX. Sprint said it will work with Intel on mobile WiMAX-enabled chipsets and with Motorola and Samsung on devices. PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau talked with Chris Thomas, ...

Dave Sifry the founder of Technorati the authority of the blogosphere released his ussual “State of the Blogosphere”. Great work by Dave and his team in getting these stats out. The conversation will continue no doubt on the TechMeme

Dave says “Today, the blogosphere is doubling ...

Six Apart founder Mena Trott says the blogosphere is probably smaller than most people think. She defines it as the space inhabited by people who are “the pundits” trying to get a lot of readers. The blogging universe is much larger comprised of anyone who uses blogging tools. Jason Lopez ...

The word is out via the blogosphere that PodTech is hiring Robert Scoble.  Some interesting speculation around.   The fact that the blogs launched this story is a testament to the work of Robert Scoble and the opportunity of PodTech’s media platform and business model.

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PodTech Exclusive from IBM’s World Headquarters: IBM Corporate Podcasting Team Talks with PodTech About Their Views on Podcasting. I travelled to Armonk NY to meet with IBM’s Corporate Podcasting Team, Ben Edwards and Christopher Barger in corporate communications, to discuss how IBM is using podcasting and how they ...

At BlogOn I sat down with McDonald’s senior exec to talk about their Blogging strategy. This is a great example of corporate marketers using the blogosphere to influence consumers and more importantly create a conversation and build a community.

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NextPage VP of Marketing Cydni Tetro talks about why she loves podcasting as a vehicle to talk to her customers and the new social media marketplace. Having a direct conversation with the blogosphere makes so much sense. NextPage is an innovative company using an innovate way to communicate ...