Veveo

Infobox_Company
company_name = Veveo Inc
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = vTap - Web videos at your finger tips
foundation = flagicon|USA Andover, Massachusetts flagicon|IND Bangalore, India
(November, 2004)
location_city = Andover, Massachusetts
location_country = USA
industry = Mobile Search & Mobile Video & Internet Services
key_people = Murali Aravamudan, Co-Founder and CEO & Ajit Rajashekharan, Co-Founder and VP - Engg
homepage = [http://www.vtap.com/ vtap.com]

Veveo, Inc., is venture capitalist [cite news
title = Coming soon: Outstanding mobile video search from Veveo
url = http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9765471-2.html
work = Webware] funded startup headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, that has developed a recently beta-launched video search engine [http://vtap.com vtap.com] [ cite news
title = Startup Veveo Mines Mobile Search
url = http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3593263
work = ABC News] designed for enhanced user experience on broadband enabled phones. The company claims [http://vtap.com vtap.com] has a huge index of web videos comparable [cite news
title = First look: cool cell phone video app
url = http://scobleizer.com/2007/09/08/first-look-cool-cell-phone-video-app/
work = Scobleizer] to the biggest video portals, and provides a search-and-browse system [ cite news
title = Vtap, easy mobile search
url = http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/23/vtap-easy-mobile-search/
work = Venture Beat] that enables finding videos from a huge network database even using devices such as phones and TVs in an easy and intuitive manner. In addition, a video selected by a user from the [http://vtap.com vtap.com] can be played on a number of phones inlcuding iPhones [ cite news
title = Possibly the best iPhone Web app yet: vtap trumps built-in iPhone YouTube app
url = http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2007/11/02/possibly-the-best-iphone-web-app-yet-vtap-trumps-built-in-iphone-youtube-app
work = iPhoneAtlas] , Windows mobile phones [cite news
title = Profile: Veveo Simplifies Mobile Video With Vtap
url = http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=429&doc_id=133394
work = Contentinople] , as well as several Nokia phones [cite news
title = Killer iPhone (and other Mobile phone) video search
url = http://scobleizer.com/2007/08/24/killer-iphone-and-other-mobile-phone-video-search/
work = Scobleizer] and the BlackBerry wireless device. [cite news
title = Interview with Veveo's VP/GM on vTap for BlackBerry
url = http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/47079-interview_veveos_vp_gm_vtap_blackberry.html
work = Pinstack.com] .

One of the key features claimed is that even though the videos in [http://vtap.com vtap.com] are from thousands of sites and the online videos themselves come in various formats that dont readily play on phones, Veveo's network servers convert the original format on-the-fly into a format that can stream and play on the specific phone in question.

Veveo's basic search technology is not specific to videos and the [http://vtap.com vtap.com] service in fact also provides a phone-enhanced Wikipedia search service. The same technology can also be used to enhance remote-control based TV Listings and VOD search [cite news
title = Veveo Powers IPTV Content Search
url = http://www.dailyiptv.com/features/veveo-iptv-content-search-100807/
work = Daily IPTV] being offered by IPTV and Cable TV Operators.

References

External links

* [http://www.vtap.com vtap.com]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_19/b4083000515921.htm Business Week magazine article]