Apple has been a big supporter of Podcasts by putting a directory for them in the iTunes Store, and on the 14th, Apple published a patent application for “podmaps.“ This could be a method for delivering maps and other media files associated with a podcast. Podcasts have become very popular over the last few years and I even host my own podcast. Something that is becoming more popular is geo-tagging. Geo-tagging is tagging a photo or blog post about a city. You could geotag a photo, by putting a location of where it was taken.
These two adapting technologies could be used by Apple to create so called, “podmaps”. Apple may have requested this patent to make podcasts more popular by enabling listeners to find relevant content based on their location. Another analyst Thomas Claburn, has a different idea, “...a subscriber has no control over the content provided in or with podcasts.“ This also may allow listeners to customize what they listen to on a podcast and make a listening experience much better.
Overall, this may mean that Apple is looking for a way to capitalize on users’ affinity for geographic data through iTunes.
These two adapting technologies could be used by Apple to create so called, “podmaps”. Apple may have requested this patent to make podcasts more popular by enabling listeners to find relevant content based on their location. Another analyst Thomas Claburn, has a different idea, “...a subscriber has no control over the content provided in or with podcasts.“ This also may allow listeners to customize what they listen to on a podcast and make a listening experience much better.
Overall, this may mean that Apple is looking for a way to capitalize on users’ affinity for geographic data through iTunes.
Via [news.yahoo.com]
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