Seesmic
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Seesmic is a video micro blogging web application in pre-alpha stage being developed by French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur[1] to make video uploading easier for those using webcams.[2] Seesmic made its debut at the Demo tech conference where it was called the "Twitter of video", however conversations will not take place in real time.[3] The service has 20,000 users to date and 70,000 viewers per month.[1]
LeMeur moved from Paris to San Francisco to launch Seesmic due to the perception that it would stand a better chance of success there. It is backed by a number of investors, the primary one being Atomico, a venture group that includes Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who sold Skype to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 billion.[4]
On April 3, 2008, Seesmic announced that it had purchased Twhirl, an Adobe AIR based Twitter client.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Victor Keegan (2008-01-24). "Making the Global Village a Reality". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Don Clark (2008-02). "Why Can't Computers (Fill in the Blank)?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Edward C. Baig (2008-01-30). "Demo Conference Intrigues, But Doesn't Electrify". USA Today. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Bobbie Johnson (2008-01-29). "Silicon Valley 'Refuses to Take Europe Seriously'". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ Mark Hendrickson (2008-04-03). "Seesmic Acquires Popular Twitter AIR Client Twhirl". Tech Crunch. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
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