Yap.TV a virtual living room for show lovers
Startup Yap.TV believes that whether shows are streamed over the Internet, airwaves, or cable lines people will always want to talk about what they are watching.
Yap.TV software for Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices lets show watchers engage in real time on Twitter, Facebook or the firm’s own social network.
“We mated the television programme category_ide with the Twitter stream and social networks to basically allow you to see what everyone in the world is talking about right now,” Yap.TV co-founder Shawn Cunningham told AFP on Friday.
“So when you zap into a show, you are immersed in the experience.” The San Francisco-based firm is working on versions of the “social TV” platform for computer Web browsers and smartphones or tablets running on Google’s Android software. Yap.TV backers include former Apple executive David Austin, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is an adviser to the startup.
I already have a variety of friends looking to yap about different broadcasts! We do it the old fashioned way–by yapping on the phone while watching them on the tube. I like it that way but there is DEFINITELY a market for this service! It offers various other outlets to perform this action with.
Half the time, I sign off bc I cannot engage in this nonactivity for too long. There are just too many other much more important things to do with my limited time.
Personally, I believe that there is far too much yapping going on in the world to date. I cannot imagine anymore, really!!