Burt’s videos were always a staff favorite at Qik. It is with heavy hearts that we note the passing of the beloved Burt the Dog, of Hockey Buzz fame. We offer our deepest sympathies to Eklund and his family, and our sincere appreciation for of all of Burt’s videos over the last year and a half.
Best wishes,
Qik staff
Peace, Burt. See you on the other side.
A new version of the Windows Mobile touch client (version 4.09) is now available. With this version you can even share videos taken from the camera application on your mobile phone. This version can be downloaded from http://qik.com/dl/418.
Additional features include:
- Ability to switch between private and public during streaming
- Ability to set Title
- Ability to share using SMS and email
So, give this a try and let us know your thoughts at winmo@qik.com
Qik for Android was updated today (version 0.1.2.1) and is now available from the Android Marketplace. This update contains numerous bug fixes, improved quality, enhanced sharing capabilities, and better location support.
Enhanced Sharing
You can now setup your sharing preferences for Twitter, Facebook and YouTube from the Settings>Sharing menu in the client.
- Facebook: Setup your preference to automatically share all your public videos to Facebook.
- Twitter: Here you can setup preferences to toggle tweeting all your videos, setup a default text to be used for your tweets and be prompted to enter the text for your tweet every time you share to Twitter.
- YouTube: Change your preference to automatically share all your public videos to YouTube.
Better location support using cell id
Apart from the GPS, with now also use the cell id information to provide better location support.
So, give this version and spin and let us know what you think at android@qik.com.
We have been receiving a number of requests on integrate Qik into various applications – web, desktop and mobile. Based on this interest, we have been working on developing a Push platform that is able to push real-time data to any application, on any device. This Push platform comes with a set of Push APIs that enable application developers to integrate real-time data around Qik videos into their applications.
Qik Push APIs are light-weight, transport-neutral APIs that enable web, desktop and phone applications to subscribe to various categories of information and get pushed with real-time data whenever there’s new information available about it. Say for example you have Twitter, Facebook application and would like to be informed whenever there are new videos that go live on Qik (view example), get notified when there’s a new video from people you follow (view example), you would like to be informed whenever a specific Qik user goes live (view example).
These APIs are currently in private beta and can be previewed at http://qikapi.pbwiki.com.
If you are interested in participating in this private beta, you can request your API key by sending an email to api@qik.com. You can also subscribe to our Developer email list at api.subscribe@qik.com
A refresh is now available for Alpha users on Samsung Omnia i900, i910. This new version can be downloaded by visiting http://qik.com/dl/412 from the browser on your Omnia.
Apart from various bug fixes, the features in this release contain:
- Track locations precisely with GPS
- Upload remaining videos in the background
- Turn flashlight on/of while streaming
- Ability to select storage of remaining videos on extended memory
Upcoming features:
- Share videos from the phone using SMS, Email
- Switch between public/private while streaming
- Ability to set Title of your videos
As usual, would love to get your feedback. Please send all your thoughts and comments to winmo@qik.com.
Qik is pleased to announce that we have closed another round of funding, comprised of investments from Quest Venture Partners, CampVentures, and strategic individuals. A total of $5.5 million has been raised to continue Qik’s growth. We are also excited to welcome Marcus Ogawa to Qik’s board of directors, and Justin Camp as a board observer.
Marcus Ogawa of Quest Venture Partners has this to say about their investment in Qik:
We as a society continue to ravenously consume engagement media. I feel strongly that mobile video is on the cusp of exploding into the mainstream. I believe Qik, with its support for many different mobile platforms and engagement options, is poised to lead this charge.
To share your July 4th moments live, we are rolling out alpha support for the cool, Windows Mobile, touch-screen Samsung Omnia i900 and i910. This alpha version can be downloaded from the browser on your mobile phone by visiting http://qik.com/dl/409.
Features in this release:
- Cool, new touch interface to stream live and share (images below)
- Support for VGA quality (640×480)
- Better audio quality
- Share to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube with one click
- Switch between auto-sharing of all videos to sharing them individually by holding the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube icon for > 2seconds.
Upcoming features:
- Sharing using SMS and Email
- Ability to harness GPS for street and precise location tracking
- Turn Flashlight On/Off while streaming
As usual we would love to hear from you. So, please send your feedback to winmo@qik.com.