Chat issues solved

Some of you might have had problems accessing the Bambuser chat lately. We solved the problem today so you should be back in the game now. Sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused.

Adobe recently released version 9.0.124.0 of their flash browser plugin. From this version on, Adobe started enforcing their new more restrictive security policies regulating how a flash application is allowed to talk back to servers. The Bambuser chat widget happened to be affected as it is flash based and depends on usage of sockets when communicating with the chat server. Since Adobe does not push out updates automatically, we did not get reports of the problem right away.

Chat issues

Seems Adobe has rolled out a new flash version (9.0.124.0) which seems to have issues connecting to the chatserver.

We're working on resolving this asap.

Top 25 Swedish Entrepreneurs according to Internetworld

Swedish e-business magazine Internetworld names the hottest entrepreneurs of 2008 in it's latest issue (3 / 2008). We are proud to find Bambuser founder Måns Adler as #7 on the list.

Big congrats to Måns from the rest of Bambuser crew!

SvD starts using Bambuser

The Swedish newspaper SvD has started using Bambuser, and starts with Mindpark streaming a interview with Martin Jönsson (Editor in Chief for the Business section) from the Mindpark couch.

Live-mix your own multi camera productions

A core vision from the start with Bambuser has been not only to empower everyone with the ability to broadcast live from a device that fits in a pocket, but also to give these mobile broadcasters the means to get together and create multi-camera productions, in order to allow for even better, more creative story-telling.

Today we take a few more steps on the path towards that goal, by introducing the Bambuser Live Mixer. UPDATE: The Live Mixer was discontinued in December 2009.



Early on we introduced the concept of events on bambuser.com, as a way of letting people pre-announce when they intend to broadcast things of importance.

Just little over a week ago we started pushing the event functionality more by giving it presence on the front page. We also added a way for people add their cameras to other's events. This concept of events and multiple cameras present on an event is what we extend today.

The user who sets up the event has access to the live mixer, which can be found by clicking a link on the event page. When launching the mixer all cameras are automatically loaded in, the event owner's camera being the default one.

When visiting the event owner's channel during the event (or an embedded player on blogs and other external sites) the visitors are presented with the mixed version of the broadcast i.e. visiting the event page is not necessary to get the enhanced experience.



To summarize, this is how you get started with the live mixer:

1. Create a Bambuser account
   
2. Log in and familiarize yourself with how to broadcast from your mobile phone or computer's webcam
3. Set up an event
4. Ask others to add their cameras to the event
5. Go to the event page and open the mixer window from there

We like to hear what you think of the live mixer and it's workflow in this initial form - Don't hesitate to give us feedback.

France24 is testing Bambuser

Tomorrow at 3pm Paris time France24 will do an interview with the authors behind "Netocracy".
Check it out here

Twitter/Bambuser date...

One of our wonderful dutch users "gabemac" had set up a date with a girl on twitter. It was their first date and everything was streamed over bambuser, also a long string of updates followed on twitter. It was an amazing step in the area of presence and social media. The story was also on national radio in holland.


Check out more here:
- Marlooz
- Datingfacts

Bambuser on Ericsson.com

Bambuser was invited to give a presentation about our service and our view on what the market calls "emotional bandwidth". Jonas was att their headquarter in Kista, Stockholm. Have a look at it here. Or watch it on ericsson.com

Bambuser Search

Since content is growing rapidly on Bambuser, the long awaited search function is now up and running. Look for a friend or search for certain key words.

Mobile Bambuser Player

Would you like the option to completely detach the Bambuser experience from the desktop? What's been missing is a way to watch broadcasts on your phone - until now!

If you have a Flash Lite 3 capable phone, try out our mobile player. Further instructions at http://alpha.bambuser.com/flashlite

More handsets supported!

Not only did we release Bambuserworld and updated embed-players for your blogs- but we've also been working on maximizing our supported handsets. Today we can announce the release of the developer build Bambuser_v2008-04-01.sis. Enjoy!