Host a video conferencing party on your phone
Host a video conferencing party on your phone
I’m looking at a cell phone screen and four faces are looking back. It’s CTIA 2008, the biggest wireless and cell phone trade show of the year, and the CEO of iVisit, a multiparty video conferencing app for PCs, Macs, and mobile phones, is demoing the product, iVisit Teleport. I must say, the slick, feature-rich app looks pretty cool on Orang Diamaleh’s large-screen smartphone.
iVisit Teleport's feature-rich app manages to avoid distraction.
The simplest way to think about iVisit Teleport is as a P2P social network that lets you call, chat, video conference, and transfer multimedia for up to 8 contacts at a time. You sign up for an account and can start adding any contact who has also registered with the service. Conferencing starts when you enter a room, after which you have an array of controls to launch multimedia sharing functions with a one-button click; that is, tap or click the interface to chat, start a video conference using the phone’s camera as the lens, send a file, and see a buddy’s GPS location on a map.
I like the glossy black interface, which packs in a lot of features without making the app feel overcrowded. The video quality wasn’t too shabby either, and definitely an improvement over other video software I’ve seen, but a lot of that input will depend on the capabilities of the phone itself. On mobile phones, iVisit Teleport supports 120×160, 320×240 video. It will be interesting to see how iVisit Teleport plays out on an actual conference call when the app’s beta release goes live in April on Windows Mobile phones, and if the pricing will appeal more to consumers or small businesses. In the meantime, anyone can pre-register for the iVisit Teleport private beta or iVisit desktop for Windows and Mac.
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Obama - the new digital web strategy
Filed under: Internet, News, Social Software, web 2.0
While both campaigns hope to eat each other’s lunch through typical traditional media buys, Obama harnesses the full capabilities of the internet to his advantage, according to Rishad Tobaccowala, chief innovation officer of the media buying division of Publicis, the French advertising giant. For example, the Obama campaign uses email to keep supporters informed up to the minute on matters ranging from “Watch the debate now,” to fundraising challenges synchronized to Hillary’s own fundraising efforts.
While Hillary’s strategy is almost entirely reliant on traditional media, the Obama campaign pulls in from the blogosphere and co-ops content that is not just campaign generated, effecting a more credible grassroots movement where people have a voice from the bottom up. One example is the Black Eyed Peas music video which garners over a million views a day and is featured on the Obama website, although not created by the campaign.
It seems Obama is more in tune with the idea that in today’s digital world, the buyer is in control and he deftly adapts his message to this reality. His campaign uses the words “you and me” which are inclusive. Hillary’s campaign is more in line with the seller is in control. Her language is “I and me”, which in this new era of the wisdom of crowds is not resonating as well.
“Experience from day one” versus “We are the change we seek.” What do you think? Which one speaks to today’s digital reality?
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