VTap.com Watch web movies from your mobile phone
Veveo Inc., is venture capitalist funded start-up headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, that has developed a recently beta-launched video search engine vtap designed for enhanced user experience on broadband enabled phones. The company claims vTap has a huge index of web videos comparable to the biggest video portals, and provides a search-and-browse system that enables finding videos from a huge network database even using devices such as phones and TVs in an easy and intuitive manner. In addition, a video selected by a user from the vTap can be played on a number of phones including phones, Windows mobile phones, as well as several Nokia phones and Blackberry's. One of the key features claimed is that even though the videos in vTap are from thousands of sites and the online videos themselves come in various formats that don’t readily play on phones, Veveo's network servers convert the original format on-the-fly into a format that can stream and play on the specific phone in question. Veveo's basic search technology is not specific to videos and the vTap service also provides a phone-enhanced Wikipedia search service. The same technology can also be used to enhance remote-control based TV Listings and VOD search being offered by IPTV and Cable TV Operators.
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Veveo’s vTap makes finding and viewing web videos on input and/or display constrained devices super quick and easy. Just type in the beginning letters of a title, an actor’s name or any other clue you can think of. vTap’s highly-advanced, proprietary algorithms take it from there—pulling and arranging results so you can quickly view and select the one you want—even on a small device with limited display and navigation capabilities. With vTap's unique character-based incremental search—where results are returned with every character entered—you can perform searches using just a few characters instead of whole keywords. Simply stop typing characters once the video you are looking for is found. vTap can even detect spelling errors and automatically correct them and display the most relevant results. Even if you don't have a specific keyword in mind, vTap lets you browse for a video you like. Veveo's specialized web crawlers are focused on video, resulting in a web video index that is one of the deepest and fastest growing in the web today - providing an abundance of web videos at the fingertips of consumers. With vTap, content creators and distributors can drive more revenues from their web-based video asset libraries. Mobile operators can deliver a satisfying web video experience, attract more subscribers and boost data revenues. TV and cable providers can do all of the above while providing web video viewing for their subscribers right on the TV, instead of on the PC.
vTap.com in the News
Mobile Marketer, January 9, 2008
“Motorola to carry Veveo Web video app, vTap”, by Mickey Alam Khan
Webware, Nov 2, 2007
“WEEKEND WEBWARE: IF YOU OWN AN IPHONE, BOOKMARK VTAP”, by Josh Lowensohn
iPhone Atlas, Nov 2, 2007
“Possibly the best iPhone Web app yet: vtap trumps built-in iPhone YouTube app”, by Ben Wilson
Dallas/Fort Worth | Channel 8 WFAA.com , Oct 19, 2007
“The omnipotent cellphone”, by Walt Zwirko
DailyIPTV, Oct 8, 2007
“Veveo Powers IPTV Content Search”, by David Cotriss
Pinstack.com, Oct 3, 2007
“Interview with Veveo's VP/GM on vTap for BlackBerry”, by Hayden
Beet.TV, Sept 12, 2007
“Consuming Video on Mobile is an "Impromptu Experience" Says Veveo's Murali Aravamudan”, by Andy Plesser
Associated Press, Sept 12, 2007
“Startup Veveo Mines Mobile Search”, by Brian Bergstein
Telephonyonline, Sept 12, 2007
“VTap takes Web video browsing mobile”, by Sarah Reedy
Beet.TV, Sept 10, 2007
“The "Walled Garden" of Video on Mobile Phones is Smashed: Tens of Millions of Videos Play on Mobile Phones as vTap Goes Live”, by Andy Plesser
Scobleizer, Sept 8, 2007
“First look: cool cell phone video app”, by Robert Scoble
Contentinople, Sept 7, 2007
“Profile: Veveo Simplifies Mobile Video with Vtap”, by A. L. Friedman
Xconomy, Aug 29, 2007
“Sure, You Can Watch Video on Your Phone-If You Can Find It; Andover-based Veveo wants to Help”, by Wade Roush
REDHERRING, Aug 29, 2007
“Video Searching on Mobile Phones Made Easier”, by Falguni Bhuta
NewTeeVee, Aug 24, 2007
“Veveo Wants to Bring All Video to iPhone”, by Om Malik
Scobleizer, Aug 24, 2007
“Killer iPhone (and other Mobile phone) video search”, by Robert Scobleizer
MSEARCHGroove, Aug 24, 2007
“Veveo Breaks On The Scene With vTap Mobile Video Search”, by Peggy Anne Salz
Webware, Aug 23, 2007
“Coming soon: Outstanding mobile video search from Veveo”, by Rafe Needleman
VentureBeat, Aug 23, 2007
“Vtap, easy mobile search”, by Matt Marshall
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- 40 Shattuck Road
- Suite #303
- Andover, MA 01810 US
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