Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) is announcing launch of MediaStory,
a unique slideshow creator application for iPhones, Android Phones and
Facebook.
CyberLink MediaStory
allows consumers to create slideshows from their smart phone photos in
three easy steps. The application comes with pre-designed slideshow
templates with various themes that can be applied to turn photos into
animated slideshows on-the-fly. The slideshows can be played on the
smart phone or uploaded to their Facebook walls to share with friends.
“Smart phones today come with good quality image capturing cameras,”
said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “People can conveniently snapshot
images of their daily life and CyberLink MediaStory
gives them the convenience to turn their photos into spectacular stories
presented in a stylish slideshow to share with their friends on
Facebook.”
Aside from the smart phone application, CyberLink MediaStory
is also available as a Facebook app where consumers can create animated
slideshows from photos in their albums.
Once the slideshows are shared on Facebook walls, friends can leave
comments and initiate a conversation on Facebook. CyberLinkMediaStory
also gives consumers an option to share their slideshows on the Showcase
allowing a wider audience to be able to view their creations.
- Create slideshows from Facebook photos, iPhones and Android phones.
- Upload slideshows to Facebook direct from iPhone and Android phones
- Animate slideshows with creative themed templates and background music
- Personalize slideshows with subtitles
- Share slideshows on Facebook wall and allow sharing comments with
friends
- Option to display slideshows on Showcase to reach a wider audience
Pricing and Availability
CyberLink MediaStory
is available in 9 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish,
Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.
CyberLink MediaStory
for smart phones can be purchased from the iTunes App Store and Android
Market. The smart phone version comes with 6 pre-designed templates for
various occasions. MediaStory
can be purchased at US$2.99.
CyberLink MediaStory
for Facebook is a free app. It comes with 3 pre-designed templates to
animate photos. Consumers can purchase additional templates at US$0.99
each.
About CyberLink
CyberLink
Corp is the leader and pioneer in enabling digital multimedia on
PCs, CEs and mobile devices through the use of video
editing software, video
player software, and other multimedia
solutions. Backed by a group of high-caliber software engineers,
CyberLink owns its core codec and a number of patented technologies.
CyberLink has built a solid reputation for delivering high-quality,
interoperable, and fast time-to-market solutions that keep our OEM
partners on the leading edge. Our business partners include leaders in
the PC industry: top-5 desktop and notebook providers, optical drive
manufacturers and graphic-card makers. Today, CyberLink’s software
solutions include: complete applications for Blu-ray
Disc playback and creation; digital
home entertainment; and
touch-enabled media solution.
With customers spanning from multi-national corporations to
small/medium-sized businesses, and from power users to home users,
CyberLink has enjoyed rapid and consistent growth leading to a record
breaking IPO in 2000 on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC:
5203). Currently, CyberLink is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange
(ticker symbol: 5203.TW). CyberLink's worldwide headquarters is located
in Taipei. To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in
North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, including Japan. For
more information, please visit CyberLink's website at www.cyberlink.com.