Pond5 seeks to be the premier stock footage provider for the video world. For producers who need that perfect shot or simply find themselves pressed for time, enter Pond5. This recent start-up already has a library of 50,000 stock clips available in broadcast quality for modest prices.

In this episode of Technology Today, Zoom In Online's Mike Raffensperger sat down with Pond5 CEO Tom Bennett to discuss his company's philosophy, how anyone can submit footage to the site and stand to profit, and their planned expansion of video formats and subject matter.

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Credits:

Host: Mike Raffensperger
Editor: Nick Carbone

Frontline has received two Webby People's Voice Awards for Best Online Documentary Series and Best Individual Episode in a News & Politics Series. Guest host Andy Beach interviewed Joe Rubin, producer, curator and host of Frontline/World's iWitness, their new series which airs on the web. He shows how new technologies are used to connect people from around globe and help them report events often missed by mainstream media, including a reporter from the virtual world Second Life. He also explains the basic premise of the series, how technology is used for its realization, and the ultimate impact it has made.

This episode of Technology Today is a co-production with Inlet Technologies.

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Credits:

Host: Andy Beach
Editor: Nam Choi

At FITC Toronto 2008 Zachary Lieberman presented his installation on the visualization of voice using creative coding in c++. Zachary creates interactive installations and performances that stimulate the imagination of artists and children alike, showing how the voice can be shaped in different visual manifestations and how live painted forms can be animated. He goes on to demonstrate how disabled students in England expressed themselves by interacting with his program.

Pinnacle Systems has been a staple of the growth in digital media over the past two decades. Their upgrade for Studio 12 features more audio controls, ready-to-go templates, and Magic Bullet plugins.

Zoom In's Mike Raffensperger sat down with Senior Product Manager Travis White to discuss Studio 12's new features, the profile of current and potential users, and what distinguishes it from other editing systems.

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Credits:

Host: Mike Raffensperger
Editor: Nam Choi

The web browser Flock was released for the public in late 2007. Based off of Mozilla's Firefox codebase, it stands alone in the way it integrates social networking and media services such as Facebook, Gmail, Flickr, and YouTube. Flock has already won several awards since its recent public debut, including a Webby in Social Networking.

In this episode of Technology Today, Zoom In Online’s Mike Raffensperger sits down with Shawn Hardin, CEO of Flock, to discuss the browser's special features, the company's quick rise to the top, and what to expect next.

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Credits:

Host: Mike Raffensperger
Producer: Aanarev Sareen
Editor: Nam Choi