Mojo Evolution

A short time after the success with the Jonas Brothers for MTV, Flixwagon is now announcing that they are offering mobile carriers and media companies in-house solutions for streaming from mobile phones to web or television. For media companies it is important so secure the quality of service (QOS). Usually this means getting the stream servers on the inside of their own network. I know that Bambuser already are in a lot of discussion with media companies about this and I guess the same goes for competitors like Qik and Kyte.

Moving the servers in-house also means that it will be easier to brand your product. It will also increase the possibility to harness the power of the social web. I guess that this announcement will speed up and increase the competition for professional in-house solution for media companies.

The interesting part is that Flixwagon also offers a solution for integration against TV. Making them a competitor for SonyEricsson’s “Me on TV”. What Flixwagon is missing is a way to produce multiple mobile phones in one stream. Today we find these solution from Mogulus/Qik and Bambuser.

Read more about it at Flixwagons blog.

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Kyte.tv is now offering live streaming for mobile phones. At present this service is only available for beta testers, but I guess it will be a part of their public service pretty soon. I’ve applied for a beta tester status and will bring you a report when I get the chance to test it. Kyte.tv already has one of the best solutions for on demand video. It will be exciting to see if they can surpass the quality from Qik, Flixwagon and Bambuser.  It will be interesting to see if Kyte.tv will be able to offer viral solutions like Qik and Mogulus offer. In my opinion it will be crucial for mobile stream companies to offer viral video solutions other than pure embedding.

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If you’re working with camcorders and are editing on a laptop, sending your stuff to a client or your newsroom could be a problem. Large mails is particularly a problem in the corporate world. My employer has a size limit on my mailbox on 150 MB. Not much in a file sharing world. The solution for me have been FTP. If you think this is to complicated, sending your stuff home with Filemail is an excellent solution. The Norwegian company Filemail is offering a free service for sending large files home. You simply fill out their mail form and upload the files. You can send files up to 2 GB without registering. If you pay for their services, you can upload up to 25 GB in one upload. The files will be available in up to 60 days.

If you choose the advanced form, you can set a password for your files and check a box to receive an e-mail when the receiver has downloaded your files. You can also choose to zip files and put encryption on your file dump. Best off all - it’s free of charge. In my opinion Filemail is working a lot better for MOJOs than Depositfile and Raidshare.

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Today YouTube and the Pultizer Center launched Project: Report.  A contest for non-professional aspiring journalists. What they want them to do is ”to tell stories that might not otherwise be covered by traditional media”. The contest has three rounds and the reporters will be given an assignment to complete. This should be a great opportunity for  wannabe MOJOs. The prize is 10.000 dollars and technology.

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A lot of times when you’re working with your mobile phone as the main recorder, some accessories may come in handy. I’ve tried to summarize how I have accessorized my phone.

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According to Robert Scoble, YouTube is well aware of the fact that they are falling behind with their streaming serviceses. Their main concern is not services like Ustream and Justin.tv. The Scobleizer has talked to some YouTube engineers. Their main concern is that thay can’t offer mobile streaming. A present they can’t compete with Qik, Bambuser and Flixwagon with this sort of service. According to Scoble, YouTube are working on solution’s, but no one will talk public about it. All I can say is, it’s not a minute to soon. It’s been a long time since YouTube was an innovator on the streaming platform. When they release their solution, I hope it’s even better than Qik, Bambuser and Flixwagon. In worst case, they just buy one of the companies.

Read more at The Scobleizer.

What should a mobile streaming service from YouTube offer? Let’s give them som help develop a good service for MOJO’s!

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Flixwagon is a contender to Bambuser and Qik. Recently they set a new record in partnership with MTV’s Jonas Brothers. With more than six million streams in 36 hours and amazing 90.000 comments making it one of the more successful mobile streaming events this far.

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You might have observed a lot of new features on my site these days. I’m trying out Apture’s link magic in my posts. Just try to hold your pointer over links with for example a “w”. This indicates that you will be able to view an article from Wikipedia, even without having to leave my site. Apture also makes the job of finding video for embedding much easier. From my perspective as a blogger, this is one of the easiest way to add links and video I’ve tried ever. Hopefully giving this site added value. What do you think of this features? Too much, too little? Leave a comment with your opinions.

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The wide angle lens most mobile phones are equipped with isn’t very good when your point of interest is far away. On Ebay I found several types of telescope lenses. Since I haven’t tried it, I don’t know what sort of quality you can expect, but at least you will get some attention. The lens is mounted on a transparent case. You find these lenses for several types of mobile phones.

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JoikuSpot could be a handy piece of software to have on your mobile phone. It simply turns your phone into a WIFI hotspot. You can use your 3G, 3.5G or WIFI network as an access carrier. Giving you or others the ability to use your mobile phone as a hotspot for laptops.

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