Twitmatic version 2 takes Twitter video search seriously
Many applications, websites and services are adding Twitter search features. Twitter content is both popular and technically easy to handle. But not all applications create a value-add beyond “Hey, you can search Twitter.”
Twitmatic, created by San Francisco startup Ffwd (pronounced “fast forward”) debuted a Twitter video search in March. Twitmatic makes it easy to call up the videos linked from Twitter posts. The application creates automatic channels based on Twitter’s “trending topics” links, and allows… Continue Reading
DEMOfall 08: ffwd goes live with its video programming for the Internet
Ffwd has gone live with its service of presenting videos to you in a more relevant way than other Internet sources.
Patrick Koppula, chief executive of ffwd, says its easier to deliver a relevant video to someone via the channel metaphor in ffwd. You can create your own channel or subscribe to someone else who has very similar tastes to you. You can also discover videos that are linked to the videos or channels that you… Continue Reading
ffwd offers a personalized video channel that adapts to your tastes
Five years from now, Patrick Koppula figured it would be impossible to find any useful videos on the web, unless something changed.
So he started a company, ffwd, to do that something. It is a new web site that provides tools to help viewers navigate through web video more easily. In doing so, Koppula said in an interview that his company can help improve engagement and audience size for everyone in video entertainment.
The San Francisco company… Continue Reading