WebbAlert
By MorganWebb
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Podcast Description
WebbAlert is the website and daily videocast of the popular TV host Morgan Webb, covering the day's developments in tech news, video gaming, gadgetry, and digital culture. Succinct, articulate, and visually engaging, it's engineered to keep the busy tech executive and the avid tech consumer current on industry news and trends with a small investment of just a few minutes per day. Morgan Webb also hosts the popular TV program X-Play. Available in over 62 million homes and well past its 500th episode, X-Play is TV's longest-running and most-watched series focused on videogames. A web engineer before stumbling into a career in television, Ms. Webb has been building and modifying her own computers for years, and is a lifelong hardcore gamer.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoWebbAlert - January 21, 2009 | The TED conference lets us explore the origins and meaning of the World Wide Web. | 1/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoWebbAlert - January 19, 2009 | TED Talks: Joy and Fun | 1/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoWebbAlert - January 15, 2009 | Wonderful Things on the Web: Wonderful Transportation | 1/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoWebbAlert - January 12, 2009 | A selection from the top ten TED talks. | 1/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoWebbAlert - January 8, 2009 | The TED conference is on! I share some of my favorite talks about our oceans. | 1/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoWebbAlert - January 6, 2009 | Ted speakers use statistics to look at our world in a whole new way. | 1/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoWebbAlert - January 2, 2009 | The Conference of Technology, Entertainment, and Design, or TED, brings fascinating talks on how we can take the lessons of evolution and design robots and tools for our future. | 1/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoWebbAlert - December 30, 2008 | Focus on the TED conference. Three speakers explore the science and theory behind radical life extension. | 12/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoWebbAlert - December 26, 2008 | Viral Video Special. Watch as people survive what they really shouldn't in our Darwin Awards. | 12/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoWebbAlert - December 22, 2008 | Viral Video Edition. It's all about the Mac as we check out spoofs and raps. | 12/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoWebbAlert - December 19, 2008 | Magnet curtains. Recycled Train Tickets in Tokyo as art. Shape Shifting Building. Keyboards as Art. Web Urbanist. | 12/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoWebbAlert - December 15, 2008 | Tech Crunch's Layoff Tracker passes 100,000, A new survey shows that 20 percent of teens have posted nude pictures and/or videos of themselves on the Internet, Details emerge about Sony's new touchscreen Walkman, Intel is being urged to get into the elect | 12/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoWebbAlert - December 11, 2008 | PlayStation 3 users can now call Home home, Google plans to bring Chrome out of beta soon, Google starts adding magazines to its Book Search database, Some answers have emerged to explain all of those disappearing movies on iTunes and Netflix, TiVo adds P | 12/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoWebbAlert - December 10, 2008 | Internet-only news publications now eligible for Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, Lawyers try to have Google Earth banned in India, Wal-mart could sell as many iPhones next year as Apple retail stores, Jimmy Fallon starts a new nightly video blog for his u | 12/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoWebbAlert - December 9, 2008 | Movie studios look to add new interactive features to Blu-ray DVDs, Layoffs expected to be handed down at Yahoo tomorrow, The highest percentage of jailed members of the press are Internet journalists and bloggers, A new technology can turn footsteps into | 12/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoWebbAlert - December 8, 2008 | Massive layoffs hit AT&T, Adobe and possibly Intel as well, Rumor has it that Wal-Mart might start selling a 4GB iPhone for $99, Truphone's new app lets you make calls from your iPod touch, The second Google Android-powered smartphone is now available for | 12/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoWebbAlert - December 4, 2008 | A new top-level domain (.tel) has been established, Pandora's app tops Apple's list of most downloaded free apps of the year, Vlingo releases an impressive voice-recognition app for iPhones and Blackberries, CBS takes over Yahoo's Launchcast music service | 12/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoWebbAlert - December 3, 2008 | Nokia reveals its new flagship smartphone, Clearwire and Sprint-Nextel have formed a new company to create a new nationwide wireless network, YouTube is give aspiring classical musicians the chance to perform at Carnegie Hall, Beer dispenser + LCD screen | 12/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoWebbAlert - December 2, 2008 | Facebook starts spreading the word about its new Facebook Connect service, The FCC wants to create a free and porn-less wireless network, The Criterion Collection starts its own video streaming service, The Huffington Post raises $25 million in financing, | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoWebbAlert - December 1, 2008 | Linux has finally made its way to the iPhone and the iPod touch, Apple's app store has over 10,000 apps, Xbox 360 sales have surpassed those of the original Xbox, More than half of Atlantic Records' revenue is generated by digital content, Nokia abandons | 12/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoWebbAlert - November 26, 2008 | TED - What Inspires Us | 11/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoWebbAlert - November 25, 2008 | The Army will spend millions of dollars on video games to train soldiers, Google may or may not be involved in sketchy layoff procedures, Facebook and Twitter ditch buyout deal, Microsoft buys rights to distribute web show "The Guild," Say hello to the wo | 11/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoWebbAlert - November 24, 2008 | The Blackberry Storm hits but doesn't rain on iPhone's parade, A new iPhone app lets you find out information about pretty much anything just by taking a picture of it, Google wants to start pre-loading Chrome on computers next year, Google's new SearchWi | 11/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoWebbAlert - November 20, 2008 | Microsoft to offer a free security suite next year, PC Magazine to go all digital in February, HP reveals its new touch screen notebook, Monty Python now has its own YouTube channel, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club will start selling iPhones next month, Kodak acc | 11/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoWebbAlert - November 19, 2008 | Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to step down, Microsoft launches the New Xbox Experience, Google's voice activated search app now available, Google is working to bring Life Magazine's entire photo archives online, Six Apart offers free Type Pad accounts for struggli | 11/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoWebbAlert - November 18, 2008 | Hulu predicted to match YouTube's ad revenue next year, Mark Cuban gets charged with insider trading by the SEC, TiVo partners with Domino's to let subscribers order pizza through their TVs, New mobile app lets you connect directly to someone's voice mail | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoWebbAlert - November 17, 2008 | Apple is expected to release Google's voice recognition search app today, Sun Microsystems makes huge job cuts, President-elect Barack Obama has launched his first weekly video "fireside" chat, Explore ancient Rome with a new 3D layer for Google Earth, Ne | 11/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoWebbAlert - November 13, 2008 | Google rolls out video and voice chat, Flu Trends lets you stay ahead of flu outbreaks, Early build of Windows 7 gets mixed reviews, TroopTube is the U.S. military's in-house answer to YouTube, Slingbox to offer software-free Internet video streaming, A g | 11/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoWebbAlert - November 12, 2008 | Facebook rolls out a new ad format, Google adds a translation feature to Reader, Video game sales dip in Japan, Engineers develop a bionic contact lens, The Phoenix Mars lander dies, NASA remodels the International Space Station and gives it its first ref | 11/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoWebbAlert - November 11, 2008 | YouTube makes a deal with MGM to stream feature length movies and TV shows, T-Mobile and Google flood AOL's ad network with G1 phone ads, iPhones have been found to be twice as reliable as Blackberries and they are now the top selling phone in the U.S., C | 11/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoWebbAlert - November 10, 2008 | Microsoft advises Yahoo to get over the idea of a possible buyout, Windows 7 is scheduled to be released by the end of next year, Craigslist cracks down on prostitution, A new iPhone app lets you play sweet Ocarina music for all the world to hear, Apple p | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoWebbAlert - November 6, 2008 | Google abandons Yahoo ad deal, The FCC approves the use of white space in TV spectrum for Wi-Fi, Microsoft's BizSpark gives startups free access to Microsoft applications and services, Verizon gets the green light to buy Altell Wireless, Internet traffic | 11/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoWebbAlert - November 5, 2008 | Google and Yahoo rework ad deal, Engineers make flexible speakers out of carbon nanotubes, Co-creator of the iPod steps down, Neflix to stop selling used DVDs, Amazon launches new Frustration-Free Packaging program, THQ closes sevearl studios and cuts bac | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoWebbAlert - November 4, 2008 | MTV Networks works to get ad embedded in illegally uploaded videos, Netflix brings video streaming to TiVo, Panasonic may or may not be buying Sanyo, GE has developed appliances that think for themsevles to save you money, The U.S. military is very inter | 11/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoWebbAlert - November 3, 2008 | Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have thrown their support behind protecting Internet freedom and privacy around the world, Australia plans to block Internet access to offensive material, London has been named the Wi-Fi capital of the world, New bombproof tras | 11/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoWebbAlert - October 30, 2008 | Microsoft plans to release web-based versions of Office applications, Early reviews of the New Xbox Experience start rolling in, MTV launches a new music video site, The Christian Science Monitor goes almost entirely paperless, World of Warcraft now has o | 10/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoWebbAlert - October 28, 2008 | Google Earth comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch, Mac users will soon be able to stream videos from Netflix, YouTube adds deep-linking feature to videos, Microsoft opens up Surface to developers, Two words: robot maid, Motorola unveils new $2,000 cell phon | 10/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoWebbAlert - October 27, 2008 | Oprah spreads her love for Amazon's Kindle, The U.S. government wants to give robots the ability to hunt down humans, 4G mobile network speed tests yield blazing results, Thirty-million people have fallen for anti-virus scams, Researchers have found major | 10/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoWebbAlert - October 23, 2008 | Yahoo releases firing figures, Apple reveals strong fourth quarter earnings, Google releases Android source code, Wal-Mart launches new DRM-free MP3 site, YouTube may or may not be launching a streaming video service next month, Microsoft Surface applicat | 10/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoWebbAlert - October 21, 2008 | Motorola is working on its own Google Android cell phone, Major layoffs are expected from Yahoo this week, Microsoft patents a technology that can censor streaming audio in real-time, Apple mocks Microsoft's advertising budget through yet another witty se | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoWebbAlert - October 20, 2008 | Reviews of T-Mobile's G1 Android cell phone arrive online, Layoff Tracker lets you follow job losses in the tech industry, Tesla Motors workers found out they were being fired thanks to a blog post, New technology designed to prevent you from talking on y | 10/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoWebbAlert - October 16, 2008 | Microsoft creatively names its next operating system Windows 7, Popular Mechanics gives out tech awards, Fog machine + compact light show + Rock Band = personal concert, Apple reveals new MacBooks, New one-inch chip can store 500,000 gigabytes of data, Fa | 10/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoWebbAlert - October 14, 2008 | MyAds adds sophisticated ad service to MySpace, The FCC says free wireless Internet won't interfere with existing networks, Mozilla's mobile version of Firefox browser on the horizon, Artificial intelligence test almost passed for the first time, Hotel of | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoWebbAlert - October 13, 2008 | Apple MacBook rumors are now one day from being confirmed/dispelled, YouTube to offer full-length CBS shows, Microsoft could buy Blackberry maker RIM, Microsoft's Touchless turns your web-cam into multi-touch display, Ford's MyKey gives parents more contr | 10/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoWebbAlert - October 8, 2008 | Some notable TED talks about the animal kingdom. | 10/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoWebbAlert - October 7, 2008 | Some of my favorite TED talks surrounding photography | 10/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoWebbAlert - October 6, 2008 | The TED conference lets us explore the origins and meaning of the World Wide Web. | 10/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoWebbAlert - October 2, 2008 | Could higher royalty rates kill iTunes?, Apple drops iPhone NDA, Lawsuits fly between Real and MPAA, Google offers glimpse into the Internet's past, Facebook closes in on MySpace's U.S. dominance, Microsoft tries to keep search engine wars alive by buying | 10/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoWebbAlert - October 1, 2008 | Amazon to blame for Adobe security flaw?, Internet radio lives to see another day thanks to new royalty bill, Wal-Mart nabs exclusivity deal for Rock Band's upcoming AC/DC title, YouTube ups file size limit, LiquidTV brings TiVo functionality to your PC, | 10/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoWebbAlert - September 29, 2008 | Magnet curtains. Recycled Train Tickets in Tokyo as art. Shape Shifting Building. Keyboards as Art. Web Urbanist. | 9/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoWebbAlert - September 25, 2008 | The music industry and online music services agree on royalties, Apple keeps fighting for complete control of mobile apps, eBay says goodbye to cash payments, Google cuts through the political spin with In Quotes, New device looks to get under criminals' | 9/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoWebbAlert - September 24, 2008 | T-Mobile officially reveals its Android-powered G1 phone, AmazonMP3 will be the G1's music provider, Everything you always wanted to know about blogs but were afraid to ask, TimesPeople brings social networking to the New York Times, College studetns fail | 9/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoWebbAlert - September 23, 2008 | Your webcam is watching you, CERN's LHC loses bang for at least two months, No flying car yet but space elevator on the way, Microsoft buys even more of itself, Music industry to distribute digital music on memory cards, Apple pulls plug on iPhone power a | 9/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | VideoWebbAlert - September 22, 2008 | Bill O'Reilly gets hacked for hack attack, eBay is looking to recover from StumbleUpon, Google co-founder blog surprisingly moving and personal, Apple's app store bears golden fruit for developers, Microsoft's new ad campaign moves into phase two, Pizza v | 9/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | VideoWebbAlert - September 18, 2008 | Shocker: Kids love video games, DJ Hero to help scratch your scratching itch, Users miss their old Facebook, Google Android coming October 17, Scrounge through Wikipedia's dumpster, Canon announces new HD digital camera, Google and Valve still just friend | 9/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | VideoWebbAlert - September 17, 2008 | New MacBooks are on the way, Google's first Android phone closer than ever, IMDB streams movies and TV shows, Story of new BlackBerry is touching, Social networks more popular than Internet porn?, WOW gets terrorized, Yahoo goes purple for new ads. | 9/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | VideoWebbAlert - September 16, 2008 | Best Buy downloads Napster ownership, EA and Take-Two go their separate ways, In-flight porn lacks protection, Social networks becoming new resume supplement, Web creator wants to put the "worldwide" back in "World Wide Web," Wall Street Journal bridges g | 9/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | VideoWebbAlert - September 15, 2008 | Amazon to sell wine, Spore reviews go extinct on Amazon, Yahoo finally asks for outside help, Will MySpace Music be the new MTV?, Family Guy creator conquers YouTube, Microsoft ads still confusing, HP OS a go? | 9/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | VideoWebbAlert - September 11, 2008 | Microsoft to exterminate laser mice, Video searching gets more Kevin Bacon-y, You'll flip over the new BlackBerry, You've got (all of your) mail, Putting the NBC back in iTunes..bc, Kindle gets political with First Lady bios, Wasting away in email-checkin | 9/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | VideoWebbAlert - September 10, 2008 | Google gets Universal Ad deal, Apple reveals new iPods, New Zune news brings joy to all six users, Esquire's E-ink cover leaves a mark, HBO web series for internet celebs only. | 9/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | VideoWebbAlert - September 9, 2008 | The digital newspaper of the future - today, Who Really Invented the iPod?, Amazon joins global laptop initiative, Avoid jail with legal DVD burning software, Google secures better spying technology, The CIA wants to be your friend, How much of the web is | 9/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | VideoWebbAlert - September 8, 2008 | Amazon streams Videos on Demand, Legally download Michael Moore's new movie for free, Final pre-release iPod Nano pic?, 3G device usage high in US than in Europe, Joost will soon only be in-browser, What's the deal with Microsoft's new Seinfeld ad campaig | 9/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | VideoWebbAlert - September 4, 2008 | Google Chrome needs buffing, but still quite fast. New service adds subtitles to YouTube videos. Sell ads on your Twitter page. New iPods next week? IE 8 beta fatter than XP. | 9/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | VideoWebbAlert - September 3, 2008 | Google releases web browser. Nokia's Comes with Music package gives customers unlimited music downloads for a year. Apple's interactive CD booklet app to kill CDs for good? Cops Twitter residents with safety updates. New cell phone charger plugs into you. | 9/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | VideoWebbAlert - September 2, 2008 | New Android Apps take the stage. Someone wins a copyright case - for now. Comcast to set bandwidth limits - don't worry, there's still room for WebbAlert. | 9/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | VideoWebbAlert - August 28, 2008 | Cisco buys Postpath. New Microsoft Mouse. WB returns online. Google Earth Helps Athlete Win Gold. 3D Camera Flash. Make Magazine Contest for Inventors. Mysterious iPhone Girl Identified. | 8/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | VideoWebbAlert - August 27, 2008 | Google Android is REALLY coming. iPhones selling like hotcakes. Obama's text message. Cows point North. Ninjas arrested. | 8/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | VideoWebbAlert - August 26, 2008 | 3G issues from networks not iPhone. India gets the iPhone. Kindle gets collegic, Gold Farming becoming big business, George Orwell blogs, Google ignores No Trespassing signs | 8/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 69 | VideoWebbAlert - August 25, 2008 | China blocks iTunes. Kevin Rose predicts iPod changes. Google and Verizon near deal. Obama & McCain sharing on Google Reader. Injecting transmitters to prevent kidnapping in Mexico. Sushi is not labeled right. | 8/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 69 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Webb does it right.
Morgan Webb brings us a short daily news show, almost reminiscent of the good 'ol TechTV days. No need for the flashy graphics and gimmicks that some networks use in their news roundups. She gets to the point, but keeps it light and fun with her witty humor that we've come to love from The Screensavers and Xplay.
Excellent Show
I heard an interview with Morgan Webb on KGO in San Francisco; she’s intelligent, articulate and a great web personality. I hope that she continues to produce great work.
Someone up there must have been listening.
When I first discovered X-Play about two years ago while flipping through my newly upgraded digital cable, it was the quirky humor and timely sarcasm which drew me in. The same can be said for this podcast. Morgan Webb takes what, to an average person, can be seen as somewhat dull and trivial news, and makes it interesting to hear. I was never much a tech authority, nor a gaming master (if this can give you a clear idea, I often found myself groveling to my older brother for help with battles of Pokemon) before I was introduced to what is now G4 TV. I can't exactly say I'll be beating Ninja Gaiden anytime soon, but with the informative and oftentimes comical help of X-Play and AOTS' Game Break, I became much more involved in the tech and video game cosmos. And now that I've discovered WebbAlert, I'm thinking videogaming could become interesting to a whole new audience. This enlightening podcast could perhaps even open up a world of opportunity for the industry. The only beef I do have with this podcast is this ... We need more! ^^ Thanks again Miss Webb.
