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Humanity Unveiled

Voice to the voiceless. Stories told in their own words. Not filtered through others. We see and hear now. From those never before heard. Humanity unveiled.

Just Like Magic

Sometimes we launch a feature that seems like magic. Here’s one we just launched: Once a video has gone through a moderation process and is marked “approved” the embedded player is automatically updated. That means that the browser doesn’t have to be refreshed for the video to pop up.So like magic, an approved video can […]

Ziggeo Founders Discuss HTML5 Video Recorder

Oliver Friedmann and Susan Danziger discuss Ziggeo’s HTML5 video recorder. Ziggeo uses webRTC for browsers that support it; for other browsers, Ziggeo defaults to Flash. Check out their conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYwwQQ0eCBU For more information on our HTML5 video recording, see here on Ziggeo.

4 Reasons Why Video Messaging is the Badass of Video Communication

Live video has gotten all the attention. But recorded (asynchronous) video messages — now that’s the badass of video communication. Here’s why: It’s a huge time-saver — watch just a few seconds of video without being rude (can you imagine doing the same on Skype?) Time limits on recordings make people self-edit — and there’s […]

Good to Go (for Moderation)

We’ve just added a moderation filter that lets videos be marked “final”; that way, moderators can know which videos are ready for moderation. Here’s how it works: through your UX/UI, the person submitting a video can indicate if a video has been finalized for submission. A final submission flag will then be indicated by the […]

Turn Your Blog Into a Vlog

Susan Danziger and Oliver Friedmann discuss Ziggeo’s WordPress plugin to easily incorporate video comments and video posts to create a vlog. Here’s the video: You can read more about our WordPress plugin here on Ziggeo. Happy vlogging!

Looking for Beta Testers

We’re about to release an awesome new video player. If you’re interested in testing it out, contact dev@ziggeo.com Be one of the first to check out our new player’s awesomeness.

Ho, Ho, Ho

What a whirlwind 2015 has been. Check out highlights and some worthwhile reading for your holiday travels. Just Released Here’s our new Quick Start tutorial to get you quickly up and running with Ziggeo. Looking for Beta Testers We’re super excited about the brand new player we’re about to release. Be one of the first […]

If At First We Don’t Succeed…

If our webhooks don’t succeed in notifying your receiving server of an event, not to worry. We’ve released an automatic retry of webhooks. That means our webhooks will try to notify your server again, and again, and again. So, for instance, if your server is down, you’ll still be notified that e.g. videos have been […]

6 Reasons to Capture Candidate Videos

Create an instant first round of interviews Get immediate insight into personality and cultural fit Increase the pool of diverse candidates Use as a pipeline to figure out who’s worth an in-person meeting or live video chat Share videos and get company-wide feedback Some candidates don’t fit the job description — videos create opportunities that […]