Video sites race to win Twitter users
Have you created an account on a video sharing site yet? Don’t bother. Popular sites including twitvid.io and 12seconds.tv are dropping their signup requirements. Instead, they’ll let you login with a Twitter username and password.
12seconds founder Sol Lipman explained in a video posted this… Continue Reading
12seconds crowd-sources commercials for a business model on top of Twitter
While Twitter itself may not have a final business model yet, the hot thing these days is for third-parties to use the service to create their own business models. Short-form video startup 12seconds is the latest to do this, rolling its users’ likelihood of tweeting… Continue Reading
FriendFeed says ‘SUP to some new services
We first wrote about FriendFeed working a new Really Simple Syndication (RSS) supplement that it was calling Simple Update Protocol (SUP) earlier this year. The idea was to speed up the way new content is pulled into the social aggregator. Today, FriendFeed has announced several… Continue Reading
12seconds prods the iPhone with a non-video video app
Up there on the list of complaints about the iPhone is that its camera doesn’t support video capture. Well, it can (more on that later), but Apple won’t turn it on or allow any applications in the App Store that use the camera for video…. Continue Reading
Roundup: Another record for cleantech, economy contracting, music news and more
Here’s the latest action:
Cleantech has another record quarter — A total of $1.6 billion went into cleantech during the most recent quarter. However, much of the money came in a few massive later-stage rounds, so the sector shouldn’t breathe easy in the face of… Continue Reading
12seconds wants everyone to talk like a pirate; more invites for all
In case you forgot, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day today — a day when a lot of websites and online networks get into the pirate spirit (check out Google Pirate). Recently launched 12seconds, a video website that limits all video posts to 12… Continue Reading
12seconds extends its 15 minutes of fame with an API
12seconds has a goal: It wants to be the go-to platform for video status updates. In order to make a good platform, you need a good application programming interface (API). Today, 12seconds is launching that API and announcing its first three partners.
TweetDeck, an Adobe… Continue Reading
SoCal earthquake a powerful reminder of Twitter’s potential
This morning a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California near Los Angeles. Well before the information was anywhere on the major news outlets, tweets (Twitter messages) were flowing in at a rapid clip. I say again, events such as this showcase the power of the… Continue Reading
12seconds enters alpha testing for its video status service
A month ago we wrote about 12seconds, a company that truly aims to be the “Twitter of video.” That is, it wants to be the goto site for video status updates. Now you can actually try it.
The service is entering its public alpha testing… Continue Reading
12seconds aims to be the true Twitter of video
When online video messaging service Seesmic first emerged last year it was dubbed by many (including us) as the “Twitter of video.” It’s an easy comparison to make, both are micro-messaging services of sorts. However it’s obvious that Seesmic is much more time-consuming than Twitter…. Continue Reading