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Video sharing: great networked homeland security tool!
By WDavidStephenson | July 24, 2007
It’s in its infancy, but I suspect that video-sharing for video phones is going to be a great tool for networked homeland security.
As Carolyn Johnson reports, AT & T launched its new
Video Share service yesterday in nearly 160 markets. It will let users who have compatible phones (at this point it works with 3 Samsung phones) share videos on a real-time basis just by pressing a button during the call.
The article also mentions that Aylus Networks Inc. is developing a platform so mobile users can stream video during calls.
Obviously, this new service is in its infancy, but it seems to me (especially as built-in video becomes the norm, not the exception — remember waaay back in 2001 when there were almost no camera phones? ‘nuf said) that real-time video may become one of the real killer apps for my networked homeland security vision. CONTINUED…
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