We like to watch people trying to be famous. And we're so desperate for a shred of authenticity that we'll watch just about anyone doing anything, as long as it's live and on the Internet. Hence the lifecasting phenomenon.
In January, Yahoo launched Yahoo Live, "social TV, where you're the star!" Ten months later, Yahoo Live currently has 1,381 people watching 47 live channels. No surprise that Yahoo's going to pull the plug next month. Boilerplate bogosity by Yahoo techie Keith Thornhill: "Without all of you, Y!Live would not have…
The Twitter account for updates from Yahoo's Live video service has a respectable 2,025 followers (worth a combined $3786.75 according to the latest estimates). However, the account is following 6,744 users. Which means the Live team is either really, really interested in what you each and every one of you ate for…
Yahoo's move into live video could have kneecapped startups like Justin.tv and Ustream.tv. Instead, its botched launch just proved that serving up streams is a harder business than it looks — and got Yahoo rivals like YouTube interested. We hear Ustream.tv is now leaning strongly against taking Microsoft's $50…
Yahoo's lifecasting service has "launched" — if you can call it that. As we reported, Yahoo Live allows users to stream live video for users to watch, similar to the services of startups Ustream.tv and Justin.tv. This marks the first time that a major company has gotten into the lifecasting space. At launch, the…
"Reduced," "reallocated," "redeployed," "realigned." Can Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang not find the words to describe Yahoo's anticipated 1,000 layoffs? Here's a suggestion: The Yahoos who lose their jobs should use Yahoo Live, the Web portal's new employees-only lifecasting service, to record their meetings with HR as they…
Yahoo is launching a new video service called Yahoo Live. Initially available for Yahoo employees only, the service allows users to create their own "social broadcasting experience." Translation: Yahoo is the first major company to get into the lifecasting space currently occupied by startups like Ustream.tv and …
