March 2009 - Posts
We recently worked the SXSW in Austin Texas where we had a lot of fun talking with people about our new API for ooVoo. Basically the API allows developers to embed ooVoo video functionality into their websites. We are headed to the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco and we are excited to meet with more folks interested in using our video capabilities.
We heard that developers want the ability to be able to size the ooVoo video windows. Our development team isn’t wasting any time, we are on it! We expect to deliver this capability as early as May. In addition we have request for an API for our MAC developers. Hang tight, we may even be able to demo this for you at Web 2.0!!
Keep the feedback coming. Our goal at ooVoo is to dramatically enhance the user experience on our platform and on developer sites.
We are also finding that the ooVoo web video call functionality we introduced along with our newest version is getting used a lot, big numbers! We appreciate this very much.
We have also made some dramatic improvements on our site with our new category “How to ooVoo”. Check it out and tell friends about it. We have some videos to help new users get started even faster. To name a few: Video Calling, Web Video Call, Video Chat Rooms, Video Call Recording, and Video Messages.
We are open to more suggestions on how we can improve ooVoo. So don’t hesitate to send us your thoughts, either by video messages, post to our forums, whatever way you are most comfortable, we want to hear from you.
Thanks again and we really appreciate you using ooVoo.
Marty.
ooVoo sponsored a NYC community, Maydalleh, for their celebration of Purim on Monday, March 9th. Several ooVoo NYC employees attended the celebration including our CEO, Philippe! The guests danced to Hebrew music at Cain Luxe – a nightclub at 544 W 27th street NYC.
ooVoo is committed to connecting people from all around the world with their families and friends, especially during holidays and special events.
We’re heading off to South by Southwest this weekend (March 14th) where our team -- Marty, Rodger and Cole -- will be announcing our new API and a developer contest (I won’t be there since I have a newborn son at home but look for me at Web 2.0 in SF!). ooVoo 2.0 is a great new release for us and as the designated evangelist for our APIs I’m excited to introduce my other “newborn” to the developer community. I think it so great that you can now build applications that include video chat using ooVoo's award-wining video quality. Some preliminary samples are here:
http://www.oovoo.com/Developers/Samples.aspx
We’ve also decided to sweeten the deal a bit and offer $2500 to the developer who comes up with the best web site to demonstrate the ooVoo Video Chat application in action. Details of our contest and the submission form are here:
http://www.oovoo.com/developers/developerscontest.aspx
If you have any questions, please don't hestitate to contact me at developer@oovoo.com and if you’re attending SxSW, come by booth #231.
Tom
VP Product Marketing and API Evangelist
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Tom Herman
ooVoo VP Web Strategy
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