Former executives from Disney and EA have joined forces to form QVIVO, a company that aims to release a free social media centre app that allow users to play and stream movies and music while interacting with their Facebook friends.
Former Disney man Jon Niermann and Liam McCallum, who were both serving as executives for EA’s Asian branch, are hoping that the QVIVO app will attract social networking addicts who want to buy, organize and stream their video and audio content.
The app is free for PC and Mac, but extenders for other devices such as phones will be paid for. It is described as ‘a free social media app for your PC and Mac. It organises your media into beautiful libraries, plays anything you can think of and even shares your fun with friends’.
(Source: Techradar.com)
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Despite speculation Apple would introduce a cloud-based version of its iTunes digital music service sometime this summer, the project is apparently on hold, with the computing giant reportedly telling record label execs that any cloud music efforts introduced in the next few months will be “modest in scope” and offer none of the more advanced features outlined in earlier discussions with the music industry, e.g. storing consumers’ content on its servers. CNet reports the circumstances behind the holdup are unclear, but notes that Apple has yet to negotiate the licensing agreements necessary to offer a streaming music solution.
Some insiders believe Apple has delayed the cloud service to expand the initiative into video streaming – sources inside Hollywood studios indicate Apple plans to offer “digital shelves” enabling consumers to store movies and television content on the company’s servers. Others speculate the holdup is directly related to the server farm Apple is building in North Carolina, scheduled for completion by the end of 2010. Multiple sources have said the servers will make up the backbone of the cloud solution.
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