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Video Hack Day 3 Teaser

Be the future. March 11th, 2107. NYC. Enough said. http://videohackday.com

Ziggeo Showcases Its Video API Technology at AWS: Reinvent

Ziggeo’s founder, Oliver Friedmann, will be on hand at AWS: Reinvent to showcase Ziggeo’s award-winning video API technology. Come meet Oliver and check out Ziggeo’s new releases on the Expo floor in the dev section of the Venetian.

Pushing Videos to Google Drive

Ziggeo now lets you push videos to Google Drive. That’s in additional to all the other places you can push your videos. Here’s a recap of where your videos can be pushed: Google Drive YouTube Vimeo Dropbox FTP servers S3 buckets You can find more information on pushing videos to Google Drive here on Ziggeo.

When a Hurdle to Recruiting Turns Out To Be A Good Thing

Turns out setting up hurdles in recruiting can be a good thing. As one of our customers, an employer looking for an account manager, explained, when they posted a job on CraigsList, they got hundreds of responses. They had little idea whom to invite in for an interview. Then the employer asked each candidate to […]

Announcing Video Hack Day 3

Mark your calendars! Video Hack Day 3 is on for March 11th, 2017 in NYC. We’re expecting a big crowd so sign up now to reserve your space.

Ziggeo Launches Push to Vimeo

Videos recorded using Ziggeo’s video API can now be pushed to Vimeo. That means you now have the option to push videos to: Vimeo YouTube Dropbox Your FTP site Your S3 bucket Once pushed, your videos can automatically be erased from Ziggeo — or continue using Ziggeo for hosting, video playback, etc. We’re always pushing […]

Revealing Body Language Makes Video Messaging Compelling

For millions of years, our ancestors relied on body language to communicate with one another. We are hard wired to understand facial gestures and sounds (e.g. grunts) without the use of words. Fast forward to today’s era, so much gets lost with text messages. Without seeing facial expressions so much is lost in the translation […]

To Display Or Not To Display (A Submit Button)

To display or not to display (a submit button): that is the question for developers. Ziggeo has now added the option of including a “submit” button. That is, once a video has been recorded, a “submit” button could be used to actually submit a video. That in turn would disable any further re-recordings.

Mirror, Mirror on the Screen…

Ziggeo has just launched a feature that give developers an option to mirror the web camera. That is, your head can turn left on the screen when you turn your head right. Or, your head can turn right when you turn your own head right. Either can be programmed.

Video is the Seductive Communication

“Video is much better at seduction” — so says Psychology Today It explains that reading is all about thinking — with our cognitive processors hard at work — while video is about getting us to feel. It explains: “if you want them to fall in love, send them a video.” Video creates an immersive […]