Pluggd gets new name, launches video publishing platform
Pluggd, a company that has already developed audio and video search technology, is launching a back-end software service designed for high-end online video publishing. The new service, what the company calls a video platform, integrates the existing search capabilities to let publishers more easily identify parts of a video that they want to highlight to their viewers.
Seattle, Wash.-based Pluggd, which is renaming itself Delve Networks, says that its new service’s combination of audio and… Continue Reading
Pluggd raises $6M for audio-video word search
Pluggd, a Seattle company that lets you search audio and video files for words or themes, has raised just under $6 million in financing.
Pluggd is a hot company because it does something well that few others have been able to match. You can search for “iPhone,” and Pluggd will give you a heat map showing all the places in the video file where iPhone is mentioned or even themes related to the iPhone. Click on… Continue Reading
Pluggd begins delivery of better audio search
Pluggd, a Seattle company, has delivered a widget that lets you search audio (and soon, video) on third-party sites in more sophisticated ways.
It has been working away on a technology that allows you to search for specific terms or themes within audio. We wrote about the company six months ago, when it launched a few test audio files to search.
The service debuts on CNET. Pluggd is signing up other partners too. Notably, the service… Continue Reading
Veotag raises $750,000 for video time-stamp tagging
New York company Veotag has raised an angel round of $750,000 to build out its nifty video time-stamp tagging feature.
By time-stamp tags, we mean that Veotag lets you list the different events or subjects appearing in your video — according to the exact time they appear in the video.
The concept is instantly understood by clicking on the screenshot below, or here to see a demo of how it works. Surprise — an attractive blonde… Continue Reading
Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more
Here’s the latest wrap-up of Silicon Valley tech news:
Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name — Who cares? If Apple loses, it will come up with a different name. Like, ApplePhone, or iPodPhone. Details of suit.
Yahoo signs deal with Akimbo to deliver video to televisions — Just the latest move in a huge number of deals pushing video to your TV. More details here.
Avvenu shares music via link in email — Avvenu, a Palo Alto start-up has been around… Continue Reading
Pluggd “perfects” audio and video search, raises $1.65M
Declaring it has “perfected the user experience” for audio and visual search, Seattle start-up Pluggd has raised $1.65 million from Intel and angel investors to help it start distributing its technology.
If you haven’t played with Pluggd, you should. It provides that “wow” experience, giving you what you intuitively want when searching video: a way to skip forward to the exact part of the audio or video file you are looking for. We’ll be hearing more… Continue Reading