CNN using iChat AV
that CNN has begun using iChat AV to conduct face-to-face interviews. A new show called Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is testing the technology for the network. CNN describes the show as using "...the newest innovative online resources, making the entire process of newsgathering more transparent and placing the latest news and information at the viewers' fingertips." Joi Ito was one of the first iChat interviewees, and he blogged his experience.
I hate to say it, because I'm sure I'm going to jinx the whole works, but is Apple finally being taken seriously as a technology company? We've got an international news network using Apple technology to conduct interviews, people buying iPods like their lives literally depend on the little devices, gushing praise for Tiger coming from outside the network of fanboys and the word "podcast" showing up everywhere, from cable news outlets to NASA. Ten or fifteen years ago, having a website was the epitome of cool. Today, websites are a dime a dozen, and it's having a podcast that gets you on the A-list. It's all very strange. I'm almost afraid to say anything, lest the other shoe will drop.
[Via Macworld UK]
