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Zynga’s Social Media Snoop Dogg Promotion Breaks UStream Record
Last Thursday, Zynga hired Snoop Doggy Dogg to blow up a 4 ton armored truck in the middle of a desert in Nevada. The explosion video was part of a promotion for Zynga’s new social game Mafia Wars Las Vegas.
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Categories Alex Tse, Mafia Wars, Mafia Wars Las Vegas, UStream, UStream.TV, Zynga
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UStream iPhone Application Hits App Store With Live Streaming
The UStream iPhone application has hit the iTunes App Store and I’m shocked that it has live streaming. Before it was impossible to have live streaming on your iPhone unless the phone was jailbroken. Now the UStream Live Broadcaster is live and it doesn’t have to be on just WiFi, 3G is supported.
When the iPhone 3G S was released, one of the features Apple touted was the video recording capabilities. These videos could only be uploaded to UStream up until now. This is the first time I have heard of an approved iPhone application that supports video to be streamed on the web as it is being recorded.
The application has the ability to report where and when you are recording a video. This includes sending out tweets and Facebook messages. Geo-location is supported so that you can report where you are recording from. Qik has had a live-streaming application for a while, but it was not available on the App Store. To download the free UStream app, click here [iTunes link]
Categories Apple App Store, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G S, UStream.TV
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Marc Horowitz and Peter Baldes Go On Virtual Road Trip Using Google Street View [Video]
Marc Horowitz and Peter Baldes went on a Google Maps Road Trip. This was the first cross country virtual road trip which took about 9 days. Marc and Peter explored the country using Google Street View and they used the arrows to drive across the country without actually physically driving a car. Marc has done many social experiments in the past.
The trip started in Los Angeles and the final destination was Peter’s actual house in Richmond, Virginia. The whole trip was broadcast on UStream. Pete was on his iPhone and used all of his 4,000 rollover minutes. The trip was made as realistic as possible. For example if the pair arrived at a landmark, they would pull up a YouTube video about it.
When they would stop at a restaurant on the virtual map, they would actually run out to a local fast food place and grab actual food and bring up the background of the restaurant and talk. When they would stop to sleep, the pair would call up a hotel. Since the whole broadcast was live on UStream, there was a chat room where people would enter and give some suggestions of places to go. Essentially the pair picked up about 150 “virtual hitchhikers.” A lot of people spent the whole trip with them in the chat room.
Categories Google, Google Maps, Google Street View, Marc Horowitz, Peter Baldes, UStream.TV, YouTube
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Ustream iPhone Application Allows You To Upload Recorded Video To The Web
Video recording service Ustream is best known for streaming live video on the web. To complement the web service, Ustream also launched an iPhone application so that users could watch services that are streaming on the website already. There was a rumor floating around that the company was planning to upgrade their application so that iPhone users could stream video themselves.
That rumor has become invalid after it was revealed that Ustream has announced a new application called Ustream Recorder. Ustream Recorder is a free application on the iTunes App Store that allows users to upload recorded video on the iPhone to the Ustream website.
The problem with streaming video from the iPhone is the bandwidth costs that AT&T has to deal with. AT&T has bandwidth caps which limits the power Apple can give to developers.
Along with the ability to upload video on the Ustream website, videos can be shared on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. Videos that you have already uploaded on Ustream can be edited and managed by the application too. To edit them, the videos have to be downloaded.
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Revision3 COO David Prager Twitters & UStreams A Strange Man Entering His Home
David Prager seemed strangely calm when a strange man walked into his house and slept on his bed. Prager decided not to call the police, but decided instead to take a video and Twitter about the whole situation. While this situation was pretty entertaining for the Twitter and UStream community, I think that calling the police would have been the best thing to do. Regardless, below is some of the footage and some of the tweets that Prager sent out:
- ok – I think the drama is over – intruder is out – door is locked – think I finally need some sleepabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- if u haven’t been watching my ustream -the dude passed out in my bathroom and I just dragged him outabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- going inabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- http://www.ustream.tv/chann…about 8 hours ago from web
- ok – still haven’t done anything – he is still in there – gonna setup a ustream now I think – standbyabout 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- haven’t gone in yet ….. debating calling cops but just feel it’s not needed for some reason (and probably contrary to all logic)about 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok – have weapon if I need it – but don’t plan on any confrontation with it – about to go inabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- glad that GF wasn’t hereabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok – about to make move – putting shoes on firstabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- I’m now thinking maybe he’s passed out in my bathroom — I guess that’s better than violent — but I have no idea. time to freak out??about 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- but … I could be wrong about the harmless assumptionabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- hmmm — should I call the cops like you guys have recommended? find a blunt object before opening the door? my gut tells me he’s harmlessabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- there is no TP in my bathroom – wonder if that is complicating things for him – was gonna wait for him to come out and kick him outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- maybe I should mention I live in a relatively rustic studio apartment in SFabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- I’m thinking the hobo part cause I can smell BO – and I really am wondering why I haven’t freaked the F outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok – he’s still in the bathroom and Im now thinking a combo of hobo and drunk and sleepwalking dude – he seems late 20s – hmmm what next ?about 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- and I can’t believe I’m tweeting about it while he is still in there — in wonder of he is sleep walking – or if maybe I should freak outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
- ok, maybe I should lock my door – I swear a random dude just walked into my bathroom and I can’t believe I haven’t freaked outabout 9 hours ago from Tweetie
Below is the video:
Categories David Prager, Revision3, Twitter, UStream.TV
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Inauguration Day: Twitter Doubling Capacity, Microsoft Partners With CNN, Flickr Hosting A Wine Party, and Live Streaming Everywhere
Social media will be in full effect during Inauguration day. Tweets will be sent back-and-forth, Flickr enthusiasts will be snapping pictures away, live streams of the event will be all over the Internet, and people will be able to watch the event from their mobile phones.
Twitter: Tweet tweet! The amount of tweets being sent back-and-forth on Twitter tomorrow will be so substantial that the company is doubling their capacity. Current TV and Twitter have partnered to showcase interesting tweets throughout the day tomorrow.
Live Streaming: The New York Times, Hulu, Joost, and UStream.tv will be live streaming the inauguration event. Anyone that owns an iPhone can watch the inauguration on their phone using UStream’s iPhone application.
Flickr: Flickr will is hosting an event at a bar nearby the inauguration in Washington D.C. Photo enthusiasts will be able to see images pulled from the election and from the induction ceremony.
Microsoft and CNN are working on a way to release a digital panorama of the event using Microsoft’s Photosynth software. Microsoft is looking for professional photographs and user-generated photos to put together a final panorama of the event.
Facebook and CNN have put together an event that will publish status messages of users on CNN.com Live. The event is available at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=56799103571
iPhone Application: There is a free 2009 Presidential Inauguration Guide iPhone application available for those who are travelling to D.C. The application lets iPhone users look up public transit information, find Wi-Fi hot spots, and includes a Zagat guide for the city.
Categories Apple Inc., CNN, Facebook, Flickr, Hulu, Joost, Microsoft Corporation, Twitter, UStream.TV
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Rumor: UStream.TV Turning Down $50 Million From Microsoft; Wants To Work With VCs Instead
UStream.TV is a live, interactive video company that allows anyone with a fast Internet connection to stream and record shows. The company was founded by Brad Hunstable. UStream.TV is based in Los ALtos, Calif. Frank Cuafield and the Band of Angels are investors in UStream.TV. Caufield is a founder of Menlo Park, Calif. based venture capital company, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Valleywag has a source that UStream.TV is turning down a $50 million bid from Microsoft and wants to work with a VC firm instead. Angel investor, Chris Yeh stepped in as CEO of UStream, but then gave the position to founder of Esurance founder, Chuck Wallace.
If Valleywag’s source is correct, then this would be a foolish move for UStream.TV. I think that $50 million overvalues UStream’s worth given their traffic measurements.
Categories Microsoft Corporation, UStream.TV
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