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Ustream Announces Stats, New Funding, and a Four Star General On The BoardDecember 18th, 2007 at 8:47 amSource:CenterNetworks
Spotmerchant.com - The Complete Online Store Solution Spot Merchant offers templates to build and manage online stores, without the need to install software. They target small- and medium-sized web2.0 store owners. Users are able to choose from a list of functions and pricing models, ranging from $36 to $296 per month, that allow the owner to clearly display items, track inventory, and pay with Google Checkout and PayPal. Spot Merchant seeks to provide both the owner and customer with a template that is user-friendly and generates sales results. read more » Toggl.com - Free Online Time Tracking Any individual or business that needs to track time for clients but is reluctant to shell out premium prices for traditional timeslip software should check out Toggl. Toggl is a free online application that allows users to track time. The program organizes timeslips by clients, their tasks, and participants, and has the technology to produce reports based off of the information. read more » (check out our full Toggl review from last year) Beenverified.com - Prove Your Identity and Credentials Been Verified aims to eliminate fraud and anonymity on the internet by verifying user identity and background credentials. Been Verified targets freelancers and others who work online (such as eBay vendors), social networkers, as well as employers who want to use Been Verified in lieu of a traditional background check. Users pay a $9.95 monthly fee to join and can also pay to verify additional credentials, such as the successful completion of a university degree or previous employment. read more » — (check out our previous BeenVerified coverage) AgentCasts.com - Real Estate Video Tours AgentCasts delivers the benefits of real estate video, virtual tours, and podcasting directly to real estate agents within a smart, efficient and empowering platform. The AgentCasts range of video listing services enables property sellers to effectively employ powerful new web technologies easily, helping agents expand their brand’s marketing presence as well as their property listings across the web with a wider reach and greater return then ever before. read more » GorillaSpot.com - Edit Sweeney Todd and Other Trailers GorillaSpot is a new video editing app. Using it is a matter of dragging and dropping content into the timeline. You can give it a test drive using the Sweeney Todd trailer. On one side you have a screen containing editable elements: video, audio, transitions, titles, graphics and music. On the other side you’ve got the trailer itself and the preview screen. Pull in elements (video clips from the film, knife blade graphics, haunting tunes—the works) and insert them into the appropriate spaces below. read more »
They claim: more than 115,000 people have joined Ustream.TV broadcasting one million unique viewer hours per month. Each day, 5,000 hours of video are broadcast on Ustream.TV with up to 300 simultaneous broadcasts taking place, attracting hundreds of thousands of viewers. The Plain White T’s broadcasted a live concert on Ustream.TV to more than 150,000 fans worldwide. Ustream is also announcing additional funding from Western Technology Investors, the Band of Angels, and other prominent angel investors. They have also added four-star General Wesley Clark to Ustream.TV’s Board of Advisors. My guess based on General Clark’s comments is that Ustream is focusing on the political side of live video. While I am not into politics heavily, I can imagine that this would be a strong strategy as it might allow a "fan" to watch their selected politicians as they travel around their districts. So far the most fun I had on Ustream was the Techcrunch party this summer in California. It was fun to count the blue shirts and khaki pants with everyone in the chat and I even did a recap based on the interviews that took place.
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