Ben Werdmuller

Author: Ben Werdmuller

  • Video technology is hard; latakoo is simple

    Video technology is still underdeveloped on the web. Over at latakoo, we’ve just started a technology blog to talk about what we’re doing: We’re proud of what we’ve built. Yesterday, someone sent a 2gb HD video file from Myanmar over satellite phone in nine minutes. At TechCrunch Disrupt last September, a visitor to our stand […]

  • Here’s what Google+ could have been

    Confession: I want to like Google+. I think competition is a great thing, and Google is in a unique position to do something fascinating with social platforms. It’s also significant that a lot of really brilliant people from the decentralized web community – Chris Messina, Will Norris and Stephen Paul Weber, for example – now […]

  • You need to be wearing Google goggles to think this is a good idea

    Today, Google released this video of Google Glass, an augmented reality project: Beautiful, right? It’s a virtual assistant that sticks with you wherever you go. Exciting features debuted in the video include: Automatic geo-tracking of both you and your friends. Seamless photo-taking and live video broadcasting from anywhere you can put your head. A head-up […]

  • Check out our entry for the Knight News Challenge!

    We’re a part of the Knight News Challenge: 1. What do you propose to do? Speed up, simplify, economical sending and sharing of large video files from anywhere to aid journalists and others. 2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? Slow or expensive methods of video delivery exist, […]