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February 25, 2010
In December I wrote about Thwapr, a video-sharing service for mobile videos. Instead
of building apps for smartphones, Thwapr chose to make its videos auto-playable
on as many phones — smart or dumb — as possible without any software downloads,
including apps.
This week, Thwapr has added one-click Facebook and Twitter sharing to video clips
hosted at Thwapr, as well as a “Share to Phone” button to share with one or more mobile
phones.
By Paul Boutin in VentureBeat
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February 25, 2010
Some of you folks prefer actual applications downloaded to your phones and then
using the service. In my opinion, it is quite nice to get by fine without having
to execute any application. As you all know, we have worked closesly with the makers
of skySYNC.fm which is a service (in free beta now) that allows you to upload all
your music in their cloud, letting you stream your music anywhere, anytime without
the need of an actual application. Thwapr works quite similar, as you’ll access
everything you need through your web browser and native BlackBerry email client.
By Mac Jadalhack in PocketBerry
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March 1, 2010
This week FierceDeveloper profiles Thwapr, a free service developed to facilitate
video and photo sharing across virtually any mobile phone, regardless of manufacturer
or network.
While most mobile video solutions have focused on simplifying users' efforts to
post their clips to the Web, Thwapr is a free service developed to facilitate video
and photo sharing across virtually any mobile phone, regardless of manufacturer
or network. The patent-pending service enables users to email video "Thwaps" captured
with their device to their Thwapr account, selecting recipients for the clip via
mobile browser interface. From there, Thwapr transmits a text message containing
a URL link to the video, transcoded and converted to run on the device in question.
By Developer Workshop in Fierce Developer
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January 20, 2010
Thwapr, a mobile-to-mobile video-sharing program that launches its public beta today,
is focused on creating an easy-to-use cross-platform solution for sharing photos
and videos with other people, regardless of what type of phone they use.
The problem with current mobile-to-mobile video- or photo-sharing options is that
they don’t work reliably with different platforms. Sure, I can send an MMS message
to practically anyone, but that photo is often tied directly to my phone. If I switch
devices or lose my phone, my photos are gone too.
By Christina Warren in Mashable
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December 23, 2009
Thwapr is a very straightforward application that is aimed at mobile users. It will
enable them to share media that they have captured (like images and videos) without
having to download anything or engage into any unnecessarily complicated operation.
All that is needed is text messaging and mobile browsing to access the site, as
you take the picture or video and then share it with your friends by tapping it.
That is possible because the media itself is kept in the cloud, and that turns it
into something instantly accessible.
By Roger H in Killer Startups
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December 22, 2009
Mobile picture and video sharing network Thwapr launched its beta program last week.
Their product, which lets mobile phone users share photos and videos with one, two
or thirty friends by texting one another, works pretty well.
Yet the company made a startling decision: Despite having two Apple Quicktime veterans
in its CTO and COO slots, Thwapr deliberately chose not to start out with an iPhone
app.
By Paul Boutin in VentureBeat/New York Times
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December 22, 2009
For all that it promises to change in our daily lives, wireless technology still
comes up short far too often. We live in a world that's both fascinating and discouraging.
Just think, if we own the right car and the right mobile device, we can start our
car from thousands of miles away today. But try sending a video or picture message
cross-carrier and it may never be seen or heard of again. That's the world that
Thwapr finds itself in and if you take its leadership team's word on it, it wouldn't
have it any other way. After all, CTO Eric Hoffert and COO Duncan Kennedy played
an integral part in the development of Apple's QuickTime so they've been through
these technology hurdles before and came through with great success.
By Matt Kapko in RCR Wireless
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December 18, 2009
Sharing videos on the Web is easy: Upload to YouTube or Facebook, send out a link.
Sharing videos on mobile phones is still a pain. The iPhone tries to make it easier
by letting you upload directly to YouTube, but what if you want to share a video
privately? Sending videos between phones is cumbersome. A new service that just
launched in beta called Thwapr seeks to solve this problem by letting you simply
uploading videos from your phone to the Web and then texting or emailing a link
to your friends.
By Erick Schonfeld in TechCrunch
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December 18, 2009
Continuing the buildout of the mobile video ecosystem, Thwapr, a new mobile-to-mobile
content sharing platform, launched its beta this week. Duncan Kennedy, Thwapr's
COO told me that although there's been a proliferation of video capable smartphones,
there's currently no easy, fool-proof way of sharing videos from one device to another
(e.g. from an iPhone to a BlackBerry). Enter Thwapr, which lets the user upload
videos to Thwapr and then have them shared with their contacts. Thwapr identifies
the receiving phone's "user agent" so that it can dynamically decide the optimal
format the video should be viewed in. The user simply clicks on a link and the video
plays. I can attest that it worked beautifully on my BlackBerry Pearl.
By Will Richmond in VideoNuze
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