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AT&T Introduces New Social Networking and Mobile Media Applications from Juice Wireless and Buzzwire

AT&T is introducing new social media tools and platforms for some of its mobile devices.

JuiceCaster 6.0 and Buzzwire — that keep you connected to your online world. JuiceCaster 6.0 enables you to use your AT&T wireless device to instantly share and post your mobile videos and photos with your favorite online communities — including exclusive mobile video postings to YouTube and Flickr. With Buzzwire, you can access and customize an extensive streaming media library that spans popular video and audio content, as well as live Internet radio, directly from AT&T phones.

JuiceCaster 6.0

This unique application from Juice Wireless lets you share videos and pictures from your wireless device to the Web's most popular social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. AT&T customers also have exclusive access to post directly to YouTube and Flickr as well. Family and friends can instantly view, rate and comment on content directly from their own phones or directly from an online social-networking site.

AT&T customers can use JuiceCaster to:

• Post mobile pictures and video to popular social-networking Web sites and blogs, including Blogger, Facebook, LiveJournal, MySpace, Twitter and Xanga

• Set your status to update automatically on Facebook and Twitter, and receive friends' status updates on their own phones

• Broadcast existing or new mobile videos and photos to global audiences using YouTube and Flickr, without requiring a computer or Internet connection

• Make content public or create custom groups by adding and connecting with friends directly from AOL, JuiceCaster, Gmail, Hotmail, MS Outlook and Yahoo!

Meet new friends within the JuiceCaster community
JuiceCaster 6.0 is available for $2.99 a month on compatible 2G and 3G AT&T handsets. AT&T customers can simply text Juice to 386 to begin connecting and communicating in a rich social- networking environment that includes profiles, pictures, videos, friend lists, comments, ratings and personal status updates. For more information on JuiceCaster, visit www.att.com/mediamall. 

YouTube Comes to the Big Screen Via AppleTV

Watch YouTube videos in a whole new way: on your widescreen TV via AppleTV

You can enjoy millions of free videos, including the top featured, most viewed, and top rated.

Thousands of new videos arrive every day, so there’s always something cool to see.

Oh....be sure to see my YouTube videos by clicking here.

How To Upgrade Your AppleTV

Upgrading your AppleTV to include its latest features is really easy.

All you have to do is go to Settings, and just follow the menu items. 

The whole upgrade process took about 15 minutes, allowing for download time.

Once you upgrade, you'll have movie rentals, a music store, Flickr photo streams, YouTube videos and more.

Click here to learn more about upgrading the software from Apple's site.

33 Ways to Watch Free TV Online....

Found on Mashable....33 ways to watch free TV online.

Catchy headline, huh?

No, I am not proposing that you dump your HD TV and start watching TV like this. 

It's just interesting to see how many new types of free services and media platforms are available for you to watch traditional and alternative programming.

How I Watch Internet Television

How do I watch Internet Televion?

See it here on YouTube....

I entered Jeff Pulver's "How I Watch Internet TV" contest.

I entered Jeff Pulver's "How I Watch Internet TV" contest.

Here is my entry on his blog!

Check it out and let me know what you think. 

To date, there have been something like sixty entries.  I have seen many and I am amazed at the creative and original work that has been submitted. 

Next week, Jeff's VON  Spring takes place and I will be there   catching up with friends, and learning about the power and disruption of video, user generated content and macro trends in Web 2.0.

Sure, there's lots of conferences and events, but having been going to VON for almost a decade, VON is unique because no matter how large or "professional" it gets, there is still a unique spirit that you won't find at other shows.

Om Blogs About This Blog

If you want some of the best daily reporting on technology trends, and specifically on ITPV, check out GigaOM.

Om Malik has written a story on AT&T's U-verse roll out and refers to me at the end citing this blog and the video I have posted on YouTube showing how I now can watch both IPTV and InternetTV on a Windows Media Computer running Vista.

Steve Colbert Illustrates How AT&T Put Itself Back Together Again

Steve Colbert has a great video that you can view on YouTube illustrating how SA-based AT&T put itself back together again.  I found this on Jeff Pulver's blog.  One snafu...they left off the old PacTel and Southern New England Telecommunications in the chart.  Great fun!

Microsoft Joins the Internet Video Sharing Sapce

So now, Microsoft gets into the Internet video sharing.  Though somewhat of a late entrant, they do have the MSN platform, and brand name, to enter the space.

You can apply to be a Beta Tester of their new Soapbox .