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- Discovery of faster-than-light particles would leave Einstein scratching his head (Yahoo! News)
- Pandora gets a facelift, goes unlimited for free streaming music (Yahoo! News)
- Video-Sharing iPhone App Limits Users to 1-Minute Clips (Mashable)
- Al Gore lets slip that iPhones (more than one) are coming in October (Appolicious)
- Spotify to start dropping invite-only, will offer 6-month trials (Digital Trends)
| Discovery of faster-than-light particles would leave Einstein scratching his head (Yahoo! News) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:25 PM PDT |
| Pandora gets a facelift, goes unlimited for free streaming music (Yahoo! News) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 06:21 PM PDT |
| Video-Sharing iPhone App Limits Users to 1-Minute Clips (Mashable) Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:52 PM PDT The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Klip [More from Mashable: KeepRecipes Is Like Instapaper for Food] Quick Pitch: Klip lets users capture, share, discover and view mobile videos on iPhone. Genius Idea: One-minute video clips. [More from Mashable: Get Rewarded For Your Indie Movie Taste With Prescreen]
If mobile video sharing is to follow in the footsteps of its more desirable mobile photo-sharing cousin, which application will users want to use to shoot, share and discover video clips? It's too soon to tell, but startup Klip joins the fray and is now vying for your video attention. The startup released its application for iPhone on Monday with a focus on letting users share super-short 1-minute video clips -- on Klip or with Facebook, Twitter and Youtube -- and helping users discover clips from friends or other users based on topics of interests. "Klip re-invents the way consumers experience the world by organizing mobile videos in real time and by connecting consumers with the people and the topics that interest them," the company says.
The iPhone application boasts a few provocative quirks that set it apart from similarly-purposed apps such as SocialCam, Vlix and Viddy. You can fire up the application and shake your phone to get instant previews of all the videos on your homepage view, for instance. Or, you can slide your finger through any clip to fast-forward and take a glimpse at its content. Klip even repurposes the hashtag concept popularized by Twitter, letting users add tags to videos and filter videos by topic or interest. The application struggles a bit in rhyme and reason. It's clear from the get-go that this is an app for uploading, sharing and finding videos, and its user interface is pleasant and intuitive enough. But, it's lacking a hook -- it needs an inescapable quality that grabs the user by his senses. As such, Klip will falter in converting video-sharers already tied to other applications, and it will likely fail to entice those still uncertain about the video-sharing movement. The nascent startup, launched in April by repeat entrepreneur Alain Rossman, could still find its way. Rossman, after all, has plenty of experience in risky video endeavors -- he was previously the longtime chairman of Vudu, a video-streaming service acquired by Walmart. Klip is based in Palo Alto. The 20-person company has raised $2 million in funding.
Series Supported by Microsoft BizSpark The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark, a startup program that gives you three-year access to the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as connecting you to a nationwide network of investors and incubators. There are no upfront costs, so if your business is privately owned, less than three years old, and generates less than U.S.$1 million in annual revenue, you can sign up today. This story originally published on Mashable here. |
| Al Gore lets slip that iPhones (more than one) are coming in October (Appolicious) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:51 AM PDT |
| Spotify to start dropping invite-only, will offer 6-month trials (Digital Trends) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:51 PM PDT
Boasting over 10 million users in Europe, Spotify's launch in the US was eagerly anticipated earlier this year. However, those who didn't want to shell out the $4.99 for subscription were cast off into invite-only land. Now, according to TechCrunch that may have all changed. Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek says the the invite-only hassle will be getting dropped in the US. "For music to be inherently social it needs to be an open model, and that's why we decided to do it today," Spotify representive Angela Watts stated. Unpaid users, both internationally and in the United States, will have no barriers to using the services. Members will have to sign in to their Facebook account in order to circumvent the need for an invite. Once the six months expire, free users will most likely lose offline playback and have to suffer through ads. Free limits users to a monthly playback allotment of 10 hour, so be wary that using the Facebook Spotify app will count to that limit. If you decide that the service is worth paying for, Spotify has a $4.99 ad-free plan and the $9.99 premium. Spotify made its debut in the US earlier this year on July 14. Once it landed here, 1.4 million joined the service in less than a month with more than half paying for subscription. Recently, Pandora revamped their website and removed the 40-hour listening limit to keep up with music streaming competition it was facing. |
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