Ustream partners with Telestream to broadcasters of all stripes live video production tools

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Last month, Ustream has launched its streaming service on the iPad video. As Jason in that time, the application allows users to view live and recorded streaming content via the Internet and even upload their own images directly from their iPad 2s.

This step was a big step forward for live streaming video on a tablet device, especially that last function allows users to be couch videographers. Of course since last year, Ustream, there are a number of applications that give users additional value features that can make the sofa videographers in the Pro video creators for video editing.

Today Ustream announced partnership with Telestream, creator of digital media and solutions for workflows that will bring Telestream Wirecast live video production technology for all subscribers of Ustream and add another layer of Ustream and video editing solutions.

Last year, Ustream started the first product in its line of "manufacturer of Studio", whose purpose is to make the user's computer in live video production studio with editing tools that add professional video watch custom streams. Since its initial launch in 2010, the Ustream producer products attracted over 600 thousand downloads. Today Ustream and Telestream has jointly developed the version 2.0 of its family of desktop applications, streaming media, which adds a bunch of updates for all producers and sees Kit, expanding to a total of three flavors.

Sorting now includes Ustream producer, which can be used by anyone free of charge, Ustream producer Pro, more complex applications, available for $ 199 and new Studio producer, an application for the pros, starting from $ 549.

Each version of Ustream producer will include recently renovated "the leading desktop, which allows the users desktop screencast any computer within the LAN in broadcasts. Version 2.0 also adds audio feature that enables leading desktop, for example, as a client for Skype web talk show who are likely to be of particular interest to those involved in growing gamecasting space.

The manufacturer uses the new h. 264 codec MainConcept, as well as built-in bandwidth meter, which works to ensure transmission in high quality video. In addition, some cool new features new Studio Ustream producer include audio mixer with delay, synchronization, native support for HDV and IP cameras integrated scoreboards for sport fans, which can be viewed on the air, and the lower third of the new catalog to help make the gears a bit more professional look.

The best part is that now the amateur and professional videographers will use streaming content that includes music, pictures, transitions, and picture-in-picture capabilities with a few clicks. The inclusion of Telestream Wirecast in architecture in Ustream product now will provide users with the tools for scalable, high-quality video production on both Mac and PC — and to create custom productions, regardless of their level of knowledge.

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Music search startup SoundHound partners with Spotify for instant streaming

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Music search and discovery company SoundHound has signed a contract with the provider of digital music Spotify to allow SoundHound in Europe with instant access to the last directory (more than 15 million tracks). From the sound of it partnership does not allow users outside Europe to bridge this specific just yet.

Today, SoundHound iOS users and Android devices that also subscribe to Spotify premium will be paid to the option "Play now in Spotify" after identifying a song via the service discovery and music recognition. This goes for users, both free and paid apps SoundHound.

SoundHound users in Europe do not subscribe to the Spotify premium will be redirected to a page inviting them to become Spotify users before listening to the track.

Direct competitor Shazam (bis), SoundHound "Sound2Sound» tech looking for sound against sound, thus bypassing the traditional transformation sound in text.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, SoundHound is backed by global catalyst partners, TransLink capital, Walden venture capital and other investors, Silicon Valley.

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StackMob, Heroku for mobile devices», partners with ... Heroku!

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We wrote about the StackMob twice, both times, calling it "Heroku Mobile" in the title. Yes "X by Y" titles really lame. But I mean that quite a lot, that's exactly what StackMob is and they cover. In fact, they cover, so that now they are announcing a key partnership with ... wait for it… Heroku!

StackMob integration with Heroku as an optional component that extends mobile platform all Ruby developers on Heroku. This means APIs, OAuth, push notifications and Analytics for mobile devices, all coming in integration. With this easy-to-implement solutions developers can spend less time worrying about backend development for desktop and mobile and more time worrying about the frontend implementation.

«Mobile market continues to grow, we see not only build more data-driven applications, but also with more complex data, "said StackMob CEO and co-founder of Amell Ty. "These highly interactive applications need a code to handle the data on servers, not on devices. Heroku add-on allows StackMob to extend its technology to Ruby developers, so they can focus on creating rich applications ".

StackMob said that other features such as social integration and support for Node.js will soon. They also offer a $ 1000 prize for the best mobile applications created by using StackMob and Heroku during Dreamforce Hackathon.

Even if StackMob is in private beta, Heroku for all users who want access will get it with the partnership.

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Smartling partners with CloudFlare security package and the language for the user

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Finalist of the TechCrunch Disrupt CloudFlare is real-time collaboration website translation service, users can convert their Smartling websites into any language. As you probably know, CloudFlare offers a service that protects websites against network threats, promises and increase the speed of loading pages and more.

Smartling offers a large scale SEO-friendly real-time translation services Web sites. The company has a hybrid model, which allows you to choose between professional translators, translation machines and crowdsourced translations.

Smartling now offer applications for all users of Cloudflare, which allows these translations together with security and stabilization of their site. This is the first partnership of this kind for Smartling, who helped Foursquare, survey monkey and Scribd translate their sites. In fact, Smartling cloud-based platform is currently used in CloudFlare translate your website and applications in 27 languages to run. Norwegian, Portuguese, German and Indonesian sites is in full swing.

Smartling just raised $ 10 million in new funding sources. CloudFare recently made waves when it emerged that the security service is used by the infamous LulzSec. And CloudFare just announced $ 20 million round of financing.

Smartling is a service of website translation in real time. They offer several options that best meet the needs of different sites. This combination of speed, accuracy and price.

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CloudFlare is a service that does one thing: to improve Web sites. With a change in DNS instantly sites are protected from a wide range of Internet threats, see ...

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