This Day in History: Steve Jobs unveils Podcasting at D3 (May 22, 2005)
Nowadays, everybody is familiar with podcasting. But back in 2005, only a few ‘elites’ were on the bandwagon. That all changed on May 22 2005 at All Things D3 when Steve Jobs announced Apple’s intention to include podcasting to the upcoming iTunes. Although Apple didn’t invent podcasting, it’s inclusion in iTunes 4.9 brought this new medium to the masses and kickstarted a digital revolution.
During his interview, Steve also dismissed to notion of having videos capability on the iPod. Less than five month later, Apple would introduce the iPod with video :) Steve would also be pressed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to talk about Apple’s plan for a phone, to which he wouldn’t confirm, but wouldn’t deny neither… Read More
