BlogTV goes mobile
February 11, 2008
BlogTV, a blogvideo streaming service (live & pre-recorded), is the latest social platform rushing over to offer its services mobile. Their new site m.blogtv.com offers live streaming to almost any ‘video’ capable phone with the exclusion of the iPhone.
BlogTV enables the host and viewers to communicate and therefore create a more engaging experience rather then just providing pre-recorded video content. They claim that the entire interaction experience is available on most modern phones.
popurls - nice web aggregator
February 11, 2008
If you are wanting to find out what currently the best content or conversations are on the web then head over to popurls.com. This is a smart little web aggregates that collects the headlines and latest (popular) material from a host of different news, social, and sharing websites.
It is available directly via your web browser or directly to mobile, iPhone, PSP, PS3, twitter, jaiku and Wii.
Basically popurl is a nice GUI of RSS feeds that you don’t have to set up yourself, anyone who uses RSS will understand the logic behind it buy ultimately use their own setup. If you are wishing to explain how RSS feeds work, this is a great place to take people as an example.l
youTube joins the mobile revolution
January 25, 2008
It seems that everyone is adding a mobile channel to their platforms. youTube has just launched m.youtube.com which enables users of 3G and WiFi phones to log in and view video content.
To use the mobile channel you need to download a mobile application which is only available for a limited number of late model phones including the iPhone
For more information visit the youtube blog
What’s big for newmedia in 2008
January 1, 2008
Its a question that we at emersive have been asked a lot recently so I thought I’d start the new year with my prediction for what is going to be big in 2008. I have four, yes four, I could not slim it down to one as I believe all of these advances are as important as each other.
Google Launches Mobile Platform
November 15, 2007
Google has launched new mobile platform called Android which is an open platform for mobile devices. It enables the development of connectivity tools to be developed that links mobile to the internet. Google has also announced a $10million prize pool for develpers who build innovative apps for the platform.
So if you take all the technical mumbo jumbo away what does ‘Android‘ mean to consumers, business and markets. It simply comes down to one simple concept.
The ability to be digitally connected from any location. [Read more]
The Rise and Rise of Presence Applications
October 20, 2007
Whether you call it micro-blogging, mini-blogging or a presence application (PA), one thing is for certain it is changing the way we connect and interact. PA’s like Twitter and Jaiku (to name a few) have extremely simple interfaces, are easy to comprehend and are highly addictive. Although PA’s are not new it seems that they are gaining traction because they offer an advantage over traditional digital expression technologies, the ability to interact via the interface of choice, be it a browser, IM, plugin, custom app or mobile phone. But I believe that mobile blogging can be attributed to the fast take-up and continuity of use that PA’s are currently experiencing. So how is this technology changing the way we connect and interact? [Read more]
