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Eye-Fi to launch wireless video uploads direct to YouTube

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Eye-Fi Inc., makers of the world’s first wireless memory card for digital cameras, is developing a way for users to wirelessly upload videos from their digital camera to YouTube and a home computer.

Eye-Fi is designing its video upload service to support full-resolution HD video, with newer cameras like the Nikon D90 capturing HD video and web sites including YouTube now testing display of HD video.

With Eye-Fi’s wireless SD memory cards for digital cameras, users can upload photos – and soon video – automatically through Wi-Fi networks. Eye-Fi hotspot subscribers can also upload their memories away from home at more than 10,000 Wayport and open hotspot locations across the U.S.

Originally posted on January 7, 2009 @ 11:58 am

KickApps launches next generation drag-and-drop video and widget authoring solution

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KickApps has released KickApps App Studio, its next generation of its drag-and-drop Widget and Video Player authoring solution. Users of the web-based KickApps App Studio can create highly customized embeddable Flash applications with drag-and-drop ease, including the ability to integrate best-of-breed third party applications, content and web services. The KickApps Widget and Player authoring tool already produces over 90 million app views per month.

Meebo and Yahoo! Maps represent the first third-party embeddable applications distributed via the KickApps platform. Meebo Rooms are available now and Meebo Community IM will be integrated into the KickApps Platform in the near future.

The KickApps App Studio offers tremendous opportunity for web publishers of all sizes to very efficiently create interactive applications that can be embedded on any page of their website or shared virally across the web. With a Photoshop-like interface, users simply drag applications and components (e.g. video players, photo slideshows, RSS feeds, chat, member lists, interactive ad units, rooms and maps) onto the canvas to customize every aspect of the appearance and functionality.

Originally posted on January 13, 2009 @ 11:07 am

Zappos offers “Cease and Desist” t-shirt

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918394-dOnline apparel and footwear online store Zappos.com is offering a limited edition “Cease and Desist” service and t-shirt designed exclusively for Zappos.com.

The rare collector’s item comes with a hefty price tag of $50,000 and a guarantee by Zappos to permanently disable a significant other’s Zappos.com account for life. In addition, the “Cease and Desist” t-shirt will be personally hand-delivered by a member of the Zappos Customer Loyalty Team.

The limited edition t-shirt is being introduced due to the tsunami of calls received in 2008 by the Zappos Customer Loyalty Team from spouses of loyal customers lamenting that the web site was causing relationship and financial strains.

Some of Zappos’ top customers spend well over $10,000 annually. The purchase of this limited edition t-shirt gives the buyer peace of mind in knowing his/her significant other will never be able to shop at Zappos.com again. It is the quintessential gift that keeps on giving.

The limited edition “Cease and Desist” t-shirt is available in five colors and choices suitable for wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend or “it’s complicated.”

Originally posted on January 7, 2009 @ 11:40 am

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