Apple Adds Color, Embraces Podcasting

NEW YORK – On Tuesday, Apple Computer made good on recent promises by Chief Executive Steve Jobs to release a new version of its iTunes music player software that supports podcasting.

Users of iTunes 4.9, which is available for free, can now subscribe to some 3,000 podcasts–essentially pre-recorded audio programs–from within the iTunes music software. ITunes is the software that users on both Apple’s Macintosh computers and machines running Microsoft’s Windows use to manage their music libraries stored on their iPod MP3 players and purchase music downloads from Apple’s iTunes Music Store.

Wow, that’s great news. POD casting is growing in popularity quickly, so now there’s another reason to use iTunes I guess. Read all about it at Forbes.