I just got wind via Mashable of a new live streaming service called Twitcam (formerly known as Mogulus). I had a bit of a play with it and found it exceptionally easy to use. Just login with your Twitter credentials, allow Twitcam to access your webcamera and start broadcasting. The service then pulls your data from Twitter to create a Twitcam profile – mine is here – including your followers and those you are following.
While broadcasting you’re automatically recorded for later playback. You can also quickly …

Things just got interesting in the realm of live streaming.  Several months back rumours began to circulate that YouTube was planning to enter the market with their own release.  To existing players the implications of this at the time were significant.  Google’s cash pools combined with YouTube’s user base would represent a formidable opponent which would arguably take over the niche.
The rumour began in February 2008 with a statement by YouTube co-founder, Steve Chen, who was quoted by Pop17’s Saray Meyers as saying “Live video is something we’ve always wanted …

Mashable ran a poll yesterday (“The Daily Poll: Live Video – Who Will Win?“) to gather reader opinions on the topic of which live streaming offering will come out ahead when the dust settles. Not unexpectedly, YouTube came out on top – by a MASSIVE amount (171 out of 234 votes, or 73%).
What is incredibly surprising though was what polled as number two: Someone Else.
The margin between the last 4 choices was not large by any means, but with Yahoo! Live and Ustream.tv among the contenders you would …

Via Read/Write/Web (“YouTube Launching Live Video This Year, Chen Confirms“, 28 February 2008):
“YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has confirmed that the service will use Google’s vast resources to launch live streaming functionality this year, according to a video interview on Sarah Meyer’s new show Pop17.”
This is definitely a story to keep an eye on. With YouTube slated to enter the rapidly crowding live streaming niche later this year, currently populated by the likes of Yahoo! Live and Ustream.tv, the field is going to top out extremely quickly and will give …