Motionbox Acquires Video Chat Service Viddyou

Video chat service Viddyou has been acquired by video sharing service Motionbox for an undisclosed sum. Viddyou launched in 2007 into the then new "video chat" space, eventually competing against sites including Phreadz and Seesmic. As the space ... continue

TweetDeck acquired by Seesmic?

A video posted by Seesmic founder and CEO Loic LeMuer today suggests that Seesmic has acquired TweetDeck. Having watched the video three times I'm not sure whether Loic (Seesmic) and Iain Dodsworth (TweetDeck) are joking or not, ... continue

Twitter desktop client Seesmic Desktop is worth another look

Twitter desktop client Seesmic Desktop launched back in April with limited features and like its predecessor Twhirl, was as ugly as sin lacked in the looks department. But things for the new comer are on the up. At ... continue

Seesmic Desktop drops new build with Facebook support

Some have suggested that with Facebook opening up and SPI for developers that they are changing the game. That maybe the case but Seesmic Desktop, the next generation version of Twhirl, just dropped version ... continue

TweetDeck Releases New Version; Seesmic Releases New Product

TweetDeck has released v0.25 of its desktop Twitter client today. The update, now available here, incorporates the Facebook functionality introduced in the latest beta edition. The update will also formally introduce the 12seconds integration tested in the ... continue

Seesmic Desktop (Twhirl) takes the good fight to TweetDeck

The new version of Twhirl, now known as Seesmic Desktop, was launched in San Francisco this evening and takes the good fight to popular Twitter client TweetDeck. Seesmic Desktop is a complete code rewrite, delivering a fresh user ... continue

Loic Lemeur Explains the Future of Seesmic [sxsw]

I was actually on my way to the blogger lounge to go catch up on the news yesterday, and fresh from his announcement with Facebook regarding the Seesmic application happened to be Loic Lemeur, founder of the ... continue

New Twhirl Preview Release Adds Seesmic Recording, Ping.fm Support

The next version of Twhirl, currently in preview release (so not yet available for download) adds a range of new features that brings the still popular Twitter client back into the ball game. Top of the releases is ... continue

Yawn****Twitter Search Meme****Yawn

There's apparently a flap this weekend over a suggestion from Seesmic CEO Loic LeMeur that Twitter should have authority search based on the number of followers a user has. I can see why people are upset, and I ... continue

Seesmic: someone has to defend Web 2.0’s most popular whipping boy

As the global economic crisis continues its merry ride of ups, downs, foreclosures and in the case of Iceland, possible starvation, the startup world of dreams and grand ideas has been replaced by one that is quickly ... continue

Could This Economic Downturn Be The Best Thing To Happen To Web 2.0?

Mark Evans put it more kindly than I would when he said in a post this morning that "Seesmic illustrates the ugly side of the Web 2.0 landscape". Mark's point being that there are a lot of ... continue

Seesmic lays off an additional seven employees

Tough times. Tough decisions.also read my blog post http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2008/10/tough-times-tou.html Social video service Seesmic has announced further job cuts today, in what founder Loic LeMeur describes as a getting "Seesmic ready for what most are anticipating to be a ... continue