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May 19, 2023:
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The Podnews Weekly Review this week includes interviews with Mark Asquith of Captivate on the company's new monetisation tools, Oscar Merry of Fountain on the new version of the app, and Martin Mouritzen on the new version of Podfriend.
April 24, 2023:
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Podfriend v2 will support the
podfollow feature, a proposed way for creators to recommend other podcasts within their RSS feed.
December 26, 2022:
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Or, try downloading a new podcast app, like Fountain, Podverse or Podfriend, and start rewarding the podcasters you like with value 4 value
June 3, 2022:
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Podfriends calls itself "the first NFT project dedicated specifically to audio enthusiasts". It's a utility NFT, offering discounts on future events: 0.5 ETH is about US$900.
February 28, 2022:
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Cross-app comments were demonstrated by The Podcast Index running in both Podverse and Podfriend. (Would comments be useful for Podnews? We'd be interested in trying to code comments for our web version.)
November 8, 2021:
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Cross-app comments are now testing in some podcast apps. The
podcast:social tag will allow listeners to leave comments on a variety of platforms, some of which may be directly visible within podcast apps. Here is the proposed specification for more. The first cross-app comments went live in last Friday's Podcasting 2.0 episode; you can view the comments, after opening the player in the bottom, in the comments tab for the latest episode in Podfriend.
September 30, 2021:
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The FCC has fined ViacomCBS and Pluto TV for violating closed-captioning rules. Closed-captions obligations have applied to online services since 2012, but this is the first enforcement action. Captivate's new player has inbuilt transcripts, while podcast players like Podfriend have (if you open the player at the bottom) real-time closed captions, both made possible by the new podcast:transcript tag.
August 16, 2021:
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The founder of Podfriend, Martin Mouritzen, is a guest on Podland this week, about boostagrams.
August 9, 2021:
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Using Podcasting 2.0 apps like CurioCaster or Podfriend, listeners can share small amounts of cryptocurrency with the podcasts they listen to. Now, so-called "Boostagrams", like those seen above, allow listeners to send messages to podcasters, too, along with a tip. Here's how to get started with accepting cryptocurrency for your podcast
July 26, 2021:
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Podcast Index is working on cross-app comments; Podfriend has some test code. The tests use the ActivityPub standard.
May 11, 2021:
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It looks like it's as simple as adding a
t attribute in seconds to an episode link - the above link ends &t=513. Pocket Casts timestamp links work identically, as do Podfriend timestamp links. Is accepting ?t=:seconds a defacto standard that everyone can build?
April 26, 2021:
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Podland this week has Sam Sethi and our Editor, James Cridland, talk about Apple and Spotify's plans for podcasting. Listen on Podfriend and try value4value for yourself.
April 6, 2021:
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Emerging podcast app Podfriend has enabled micropayments for podcasters, allowing everyone to earn cryptocurrency while people listen to their podcast. We've updated our guide on how to earn Bitcoin from your podcast.
January 11, 2021:
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Martin Mouritzen, the developer for Podfriend, is on the Podcasting 2.0 podcast this week.
January 7, 2021:
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Podfriend has just launched a native Mac app. One of the most complete Podcast 2.0 apps, it's available in alpha today.
October 26, 2020:
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Podfriend now supports the funding tag. (It's in our feed, too, if you want to see how it works).
October 12, 2020:
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Podfriend has added a "Tinder for podcasts" feature, allowing you to listen to random new episodes. Swipe left for "nope"; swipe right to add to a list of podcasts you'd like to be a little more, cough, acquainted with.
October 5, 2020:
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We have added the web version of Podfriend to our list of podcast apps on our podcast pages. The service uses Podcast Index.
September 30, 2020:
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Podfriend, a podcast app that uses Adam Curry's Podcast Index, has launched a web version, which also works as a PWA on mobile.
September 28, 2020:
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Podfriend is "the world's friendliest podcast app". Out for Windows 10, with more platforms on the way, it's powered by the Podcast Index. We're an especial fan of the podcast they're listening to on desktop on the site's front page.