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    YouTube Streams Live Video: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / April 16, 2011

    social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

    What's New This Week?

    YouTube Offers Live Video:  YouTube Live allows you to “find the most compelling live events happening on YouTube and add events to your calendar. Subscribe to your favorite YouTube live-streaming partners to be notified of upcoming live streams on your customized homepage.”  This beta program offers live streaming to clients “in good standing.”

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    Watch live events, concerts and interviews on YouTube Live.

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    Blaving: This is a new social network that “allows you to record and share instant voice messages. Blaving allows you to follow your favorite music bands, shows, celebrities, friends and listen to what they have to say.”

    Bambuser: A live mobile video streaming service available for iPhone and Android. Read how this tool was used to document recent protests in Egypt and Bahrain.

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    Bambuser is partnering with websites and reporters across the web, enabling bloggers to broadcast and share live video with their fans via mobile street teams.

    Lanyrd: This social media event directory allows you to “see what your friends are going to or speaking at, find conferences near you or browse conferences by topic.”

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    Log in with Twitter and check out the social media events of interest to your friends.

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    What social media news caught your interest this week? Please share your comments below.

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    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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