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Yahoo Live!

Published on: February 11, 2008 by Paul Boag

Yahoo have launched a new live webcam broadcasting service that has some real potential.

Yahoo! Live enables you to quickly and easy start broadcasting live video streams. As you can see from the example below it is also incredibly easy to embed in your site. What is more they provide an API that allows for the creation of more sophisticated web applications. It will be interesting to see what people do with it.

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  • Post by Micah on February 11, 2008 1:56 PM

    Just waiting for you to pick your nose...

  • Post by Ryan on February 11, 2008 2:11 PM

    I just get not broadcasting...

  • Post by Marcus Scheller on February 11, 2008 2:16 PM

    :o

    nice :)

  • Post by Dinu on February 11, 2008 2:47 PM

    Haha...Don't you feel weird doing that?

  • Post by Greg Tangey on February 11, 2008 2:51 PM

    Not only do i get to listen to you online, now i can stal... i mean watch you too.

    haha, doesnt it feel weird knowing currently 14 people are watching your every move while you pretend to work :P

  • Post by Paul Boag on February 11, 2008 2:52 PM

    @Ryan... you might have viewed when I wasnt broadcasting :)

    @Dinu... Yeah, I can tell this wont last for long. Nice experiment though. Might point it out the window instead.

  • Post by Greg Tangey on February 11, 2008 2:54 PM

    I can see you watching yourself, that's just weirder!

  • Post by Roberto on February 11, 2008 4:47 PM

    Any chance we'll see the "Making of the Boagworld podcast"?

  • Post by Grant McAllister on February 11, 2008 4:55 PM

    Hi Paul, I think Y!Live sucks to be host. The good think about uStream.tv Is that it is more flexable. The users work with the company to allow more flexibility, and more interaction on the stream and chats. Take live.pirillo.com for example.

  • Post by Chip Cullen on February 13, 2008 11:27 AM

    What would be really interesting would be an easy way to switch from the webcam view to a screen cast view. You could quickly and easily do tutorials, display projects to clients, show stuff to friends in other parts of the world. Sort of like iChat, but you would go back and forth.

  • Post by Simon Brookes on February 13, 2008 10:09 PM

    Paul I see you have Marcus Brigstocke working in your office now (http://www.marcusbrigstocke.com/)!

  • Post by Si on February 14, 2008 9:53 AM

    Wow, if I reduce the window size and put it in the corner of my screen, it's like working alongside you... spooky, now I feel like I work at Headscape!

    How did your Moo cards get on, btw?

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