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Delicately timed to coincide with those not-so-rosy financials and confirmation of those 1,000 job cuts, Yahoo released the first incarnation of a video broadcast tool that will let anyone have a go at being Justin.tv.
This is where the internet gets a bit Truman Show; if you remember, Justin.tv started as one guy videoing himself and broadcasting online 24 hours a day. That grew into a 'lifecasting' platform that anyone can join, and now Yahoo has followed them and Ustream.tv into that space.
"It's social TV, where you're the star!" said Yahoo in an internal note. "Create your own social broadcasting experience. Start by broadcasting yourself from your webcam, invite your friends to chat with you, they'll go live with you, and you're all on candid camera!"
Yahoo will release Yahoo Live publicly in early February.
Where will lifecasting go? Who knows. It could remain a very niche service for exhibitionists in Riddler outfits, or it could grow up to be the thing we never knew we needed but which we cannot live without. But that's why it's fun to play.
Source: Valleywag
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