Video Broadcasting Archive

  • Palm webOS 1.4 SDK released to developers, allows apps to record video

    Palm webOS 1.4 SDK released to developers, allows apps to record video

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s a bit different than the “developers get the new firmware first” mentality we’ve grown used to from those other guys, but Palm has now released the SDK for webOS 1.4. The flagship feature of webOS 1.4 (besides Adobe Flash support, which isn’t available just yet) is its new found ability to record video. With [...]

    Full Story

  • Apple Loosens The Reins A Bit, Sends Handslaps Rather Than Rejections

    Apple Loosens The Reins A Bit, Sends Handslaps Rather Than Rejections

    Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
    It’s tough at the top. When you’ve got tens of thousands of developers vying for your acceptance, your every decision is scrutinized and criticized. Such is the case with Apple; if they approve a thousand applications and deny one, that one that got cut off will be the one you hear about. It looks like Apple [...]

    Full Story

  • Qik to come preloaded on the Samsung Omnia II

    Qik to come preloaded on the Samsung Omnia II

    Posted on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
    We like to keep an eye on the adoption of mobile video broadcasting applications around these parts. It’s a mighty competitive space, with Qik, Kyte, Flixwagon, UStream and a number of others all taking a stab at what is essentially the same idea. While the idea as a whole has yet to really take off [...]

    Full Story

  • Qik Bumps Up The Recording Resolution For The Droid

    Qik Bumps Up The Recording Resolution For The Droid

    Posted on November 10, 2009 | No Comments
    As the number of Android-powered handsets on the market continues to expand, so do the technical capabilities of the applications that run on the platform. The Droid, for example, is the first handset to introduce video recording at a resolution 720x480 (more than double that of the 320x240 recording found on most other handsets), and app makers are already swooping in to take advantage of it. The first off the bat is the mobile video broadcasting service Qik, who will later tonight be announcing beta support for the increased resolution.

    Full Story