VTap
Logo in 2011 | |
Type of site | Video search engine |
|---|---|
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 10 September 2007 |
| Current status | Defunct |
VTap was a video search engine launched on 10 September 2007. It was designed for broadband-enabled phones[1] and developed by venture capitalist firm Veveo.[2] The company claimed VTap had a huge index of web videos comparable to the biggest video portals,[3] providing a search-and-browse system that enabled finding videos from a huge network database even using devices such as phones and televisions.[4] Videos could be played on a number of phones including iPhones, Windows Mobile phones, several Nokia phones. and the BlackBerry wireless device.[5] [6][7][8] Veveo's network servers converted the original format on-the-fly into a format that could stream and play on the specific phone in question.
VTap's basic search technology was not specific to videos. The service also provided a phone-enhanced Wikipedia search service. The same technology could also be used to enhance remote-control based TV Listings and VOD search offered by IPTV and cable television operators.[9]
References
- ^ "Startup Veveo Mines Mobile Search". ABC News.
- ^ "Coming soon: Outstanding mobile video search from Veveo". Webware.
- ^ "First look: cool cell phone video app". Scobleizer.
- ^ "Vtap, easy mobile search". Venture Beat.
- ^ "Possibly the best iPhone Web app yet: vtap trumps built-in iPhone YouTube app". iPhoneAtlas.
- ^ "Profile: Veveo Simplifies Mobile Video With Vtap". Contentinople.
- ^ "Killer iPhone (and other Mobile phone) video search". Scobleizer.
- ^ "Interview with Veveo's VP/GM on vTap for BlackBerry". Pinstack.com.
- ^ "Veveo Powers IPTV Content Search". Daily IPTV.