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Skype Officially Introduces Video Messaging “Visual Voicemail”

Jasmine Greene — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:22:12 +0000

Skype has announced that their video messaging features is now ready for release on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry. Although one of the most popular VoIP service, Skype continues to improve their features in order to keep customer retention high. The newest addition is the much awaited video messaging feature. This feature had been available by beta since February, but after testing and feedback, Skype has finally announced the official release. The video messaging feature allows users to record a message for a contact that they can view later on. A sort of video voicemail so to speak. The beta version had a cap on the number of messages in place for free users, though premium subscribers had access to unlimited use.

Vuclip Increasing Its Reach in the Mobile Video Streaming Network

Jasmine Greene — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:45:05 +0000

Vuclip has nearly doubled its traffic size over the last four months and is looking to expand its reach even further by buying more assets. While YouTube is definitely the undisputed champion of the online video network scene with 1 billion unique monthly visitors, there are other many other services that are beginning to carve out their own niche video service. One of the more successful companies is Vuclip. The service focuses more on emerging markets with a specific focus on mobile. As of today, the company has reported that it has 80 million monthly unique visitors, 1.5 billion minutes of mobile video served across 700 channels of content from Disney, Sony and other providers. Sine its inception, Vuclup has been backed by $27 million from companies like NEA and SingTel.

Apple iOS 7 Brings Numerous APIs for Game Developers

Jasmine Greene — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:06:45 +0000

Apple’s iOS 7, announced at WWDC, has added a number of new APIs for game developers to utilize for a better gaming experience. Among the many announcements from WWDC one of the major ones was the introduction of the Apple iOS 7. The new OS will feature 1,500 new APIs that developers can take advantage of. Several of these new APIs will revolve around new gaming technologies to improve experiences for both gamers and the developers. One of the biggest addition to iOS 7 for game developers is the newly added support for iPhone, iPod and iPad program-compatible controller hardware. Basically, this will allow developers access to system-leves tools that will build in support for a wide range of devices from accessory manufacturers.

Opinion: Why Malware as an Anti-Piracy Method is Doomed to Fail

Drew Wilson — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:43:49 +0000

Late last month, a report by the IP Commission caused a stir amongst advocates. Among the recommendations was the call to hack into an alleged copyright infringer’s computer and either delete infringing material, lock down the computer altogether, or physically destroy the computer entirely. Drew Wilson offers his thoughts on the subject of malware as an anti-piracy measure as mentioned in this report. BoingBoing covered this story and pointed to 2 paragraphs in the 84 page PDF file. These paragraphs are found on page 81 in the PDF file. They are: Additionally, software can be written that will allow only authorized users to open files containing valuable information. If an unauthorized person accesses the information, a range of actions might then occur.

BuzzFeed Partners with CNN to YouTube News Channel

Jasmine Greene — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:12:18 +0000

Popular news and meme aggregator BuzzFeed has announced a partnership with CNN and YouTube to create an online-video channel called CNN BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed is one of the largest and most popular social news site and meme aggregator with 25 million monthly unique visitors. CNN is one of the largest news networks with 62 million monthly unique visitors. In order to expand their reach and keep up with the constantly changing face of news, CNN has partnered with BuzzFeed and YouTube to create a new online-video channel called CNN BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed itself plans on investing a low eight-digit sum over the next two years into this video platform.

Twitter Amplify Offers Real-Time Videos in Its Stream

Jasmine Greene — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:28:33 +0000

Twitter partners with BBC, Fox, Fuse and the Weather Channel in order to offer real-time videos in the Twitter Amplify stream. In terms of real-time chatter on the internet, Twitter is the place to go. Today, the giant social media company made a push in its bid to bring in more advertising by releasing Twitter Amplify. The new service focuses on bringing real-time video to site. The initial partners are BBC America, Fox, Fuse and the Weather Channel. Twitter Amplify is hoping to improve the TV experience, not replace it. The in-stream videos will round up timely content to remind users to tune in. Interestingly enough, it appears that Twitter will limit use of Twitter Amplify to paying users.

Tumblr Officially Bought Out By Yahoo for $1.1 Billion

Jasmine Greene — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:53 +0000

After a week of rumors, Yahoo! officially announces its buyout of Tumblr for $1.1 billion with vows to keep the service independent. It’s official. Yahoo is buying out the up and coming blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, mostly in cash. This acquisition, of course, was met with numerous negative comments from Tumblr users during the week leading up to the deal. In fact WordPress, Tumblr’s main competitor, has actually noted that they have had 72,000 post imports on Sunday. To put this into perspective, WordPress generally only sees 400-500 daily post imports. Despite all of the negative comments from users that Yahoo will change Tumblr, both companies have noted that Tumblr itself will remain independent.

Mt. Gox Dwolla Facing Financial Issues with US Authorities

Jasmine Greene — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:34:50 +0000

Feds seize assets from Mt. Gox Dwolla account and accuse the service of violating money transfer regulations. Bitcoin is growing rapidly with several companies investing thousands of dollars on the venture. The Japanese startup Mt. Gox is one of the largest Bitcoin exchange services that allow users to convert USD to bitcoins and vice versa. Their most popular service is Dwolla – an e-wallet that allows real time transfers between individuals and companies. As of yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security has seized all of the assets in the Mt. Gox Dwolla account for violating money transfer regulations. Dwolla had no choice but to acquiesce to the request. As a currency exchange service, Mt.

Brightcove Announces Live Streaming Module for Its Platform

Jasmine Greene — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:18 +0000

New Brightcove Video Cloud Live module will allow Brightcove users to easily stream live events on a wide variety of devices. In order to be competitive in the video streaming service, companies need to stand out from streaming giants like Netflix. In order to carve out a niche, many video distributors are now offering live streaming online and mobile video. Unfortunately, many companies have not been able to properly integrate the live streaming system into the on-demand video streams. Enter Brightcove. Unlike other companies, Brightcove’s new module, named the Brightcove Video Cloud Live, offers and easy way for customers to push out live video streams to a wide variety of devices.

Google Combines Paid and Free Storage for It’s Platforms

Jasmine Greene — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:07:58 +0000

Google web users now have access to 15GB of storage shared between Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos. Until recently, Google users needed to keep track of free storage on all Google products separately. Today, Google has unified storage on their numerous platforms to make it easier for users to see how much storage they have left. Web users will have 15GB of free storage shared between Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos while app customers will have 30GB. Not only will it make it easier to keep track of storage, it also allows more flexibility in use for these products. Since the storage is shared across the board for Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos, users can decide how they want to partition of the storage space.