12cast - ReadWriteWeb http://www.readwriteweb.com/feeds/tag/12cast en Copyright 2012 Richard MacManus readwriteweb@gmail.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.35-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 12Seconds Launches New iPhone App: Video Voicemail for Twitter and Facebook 12secs_logo_iphone.jpg12seconds just launched 12mail, the company's newest iPhone app. 12mail is basically a video messaging app with a focus on person-to-person video messaging for Facebook and Twitter. The free app uses Apple's push notification system to alert users of incoming messages, which, true to the company's name, can't be longer than 12 seconds. Just like 12cast, 12seconds's other iPhone app, this new app doesn't require users to have a 12seconds account and will simply work with a user's Twitter and Facebook contact list. While 12seconds's earlier app was simply focused on sending videos to Twitter, 12mail now gives users the ability to send videos directly to their friends.

]]> The app works on all iPhones, including 1st generation phones, though it can obviously not send video messages from any other device but the 3GS. Users with 1st generation iPhones and the iPhone 3G can send a picture and record an audio message on top of that. It's also important to note that while 12mail supports both Twitter and Facebook, it does treat the two networks differently. On Twitter, 12mail will send direct messages to all the recipients. On Facebook, these messages will appear on a user's wall. Receivers who don't use the app can use a webcam and reply from 12seconds.tv's web service.

12mail_small.jpgWhile testing the app over the last few days, it pretty much worked as advertised. Messages arrived right in the app and as Twitter DMs and then played back smoothly in the iPhone's built-in video player. If you want to start to record a video, just flip the phone to the left and it will bring up the recorder (you can also just press a button, of course).

One feature that makes the app especially easy to use is the easy to use contacts manager that allows you to set up a group of 'favorites' - something that comes in very handy when you follow a few hundred Twitter users.

Video Voicemail Over Twitter & Facebook

There are, of course, already lots of other mobile and web-based services that can post videos to Twitter, but very few of them focus on actual person-to-person communication. With push notifications and the use of Twitter DMs, 12mail feels more like an email app than just another way to send videos to Twitter or Facebook.

]]> Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/12seconds_launches_new_iphone_app_video_voicemail.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/12seconds_launches_new_iphone_app_video_voicemail.php News Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:43:11 -0800 Frederic Lardinois Capture Your Summer with Great Mobile Video Apps video_mobile_aug09.jpg One of the first appearances of a mobile phone in a major Hollywood movie was in director Billy Wilder's 1954 Audrey Hepburn classic, "Sabrina". Today, millions of phone owners across the world could recreate "Sabrina" from start to finish from the comfort of their hand held devices. In fact, if we chose to, we could mobilize a global streaming event. But let's be honest, the last thing we want to do is sit inside story boarding a pre-existing movie. It's the summer! Get outside, grab your phone and capture some of the great moments happening around you. Below are some of our favorite mobile video services.

]]> video_mobile_aug09b.jpg1. Ustream: Ustream recently announced the launch of their Recording App for the iPhone 3GS. The app can syndicate video to Ustream, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. Ustream also lets mobile viewers discover new videos by common hashtags in the Media Feed. The company's recently launched a white label solution for conference and business broadcasting.

2. 12cast: After much anticipation, 12seconds.tv released their video application for the iPhone 3GS. The app allows users to create a short 12 second video clip and from here they can share the video's short URL with their friends through Twitter.

3. Twitvid and Posterous: Both Twitvid and Posterous allow users to create videos on their mobile phones and email them to be uploaded to the site. With Twitvid, friends receive a DM message with a link to the newest video. ReadWriteWeb recently covered Twitvid in a round up of Twitter video apps. Meanwhile, with Posterous, your files are instantly converted and embedded as a flash player on your site.

4.Livecast Bambuser and Flixwagon: Livecast, Bambuser and Flixwagon are all similar services that allow users to stream videos live to their channels, blogs and Facebook accounts. Depending on your community preference you can upload vlogs, short films and vignettes.


5. Qik: Qik allows users to stream live videos to their channels, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and Justin.tv accounts. One nice feature of the Qik video for Android is that users can trim their clips via their phones before uploading them. ReadWriteWeb named Qik one of the top 100 products of 2008.

6.Kyte: While it doesn't support live streaming, Kyte's iPhone 3GS app allows users to record video and upload it to their channels in an extremely easy manner. The service also offers branded mobile sites for big name celebrities.

We know we're only skimming the surface. If your favorite app isn't listed above, let us know about it in the comments.

]]> Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/capture_your_summer_with_great_mobile_video_apps.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/capture_your_summer_with_great_mobile_video_apps.php Mobile Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:00:00 -0800 Dana Oshiro