Everyone has switched into fall mode and that has translated into a huge jump in podcast interest in the Zune Podcast Marketplace software . This is an annual rite of passage, that summer is the time when podcast usage dips and then it comes stampeding back in the Fall and Winter. Well, this year is no exception and we have seen a 30% or more jump in new podcast subscriptions from August to September . This heightened activity around podcasts involves Zune users discovering great new podcasts in...

The 4th Annual New Media Expo (formerly called the Podcast & Portable Media Expo) starts today, August 14-16 in hot Las Vegas. I am sitting in the lobby of the Hilton next to the Las Vegas Convention Center and podcasters from all over the country are coming to town to meet-up with old friends and are here to learn about what is new with podcasting. This year, I have been able to pull together a major Zune sponsorship and exhibition at the show. This is a great opportunity to for Zune to establish...

Zune Marketplace team has just started posting FREE to download videos from Comic-Con 2008 that are being produced by the Xbox Live Marketplace team. I am making this post from the Xbox Live control center that is across the street from the San Diego Convention Center. Zune and MSN are the only other places besides Xbox that will allow you to get access to this great daily content coming out of Comic-Con . I am hearing here that Comic-Con will have about 150,000 attendees over the four day run (July...

Lots of folks have asked lots of questions since we announced and I haven't had a chance to answer them until now - here we go: Accessories - we're using the same size USB input, so most of the accessories you got for Zune 30 will work with Zune 30, Zune 80, Zune 4, and Zune 8. Accessories like a Zune 30 case obviously won't work, but accessories like docks and FM transmitters will. The new additions to the family will come with some pre-loaded content - stay tuned for a post on that. I believe the...