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Comet Technologies, LLC has offered live video streaming from cellular phones to the internet and other wireless devises to the enterprise for five years. Now they have entered the consumer market to bridge the gap between wireless, video and social network.

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Comet Technologies’ New FaceBook Application “Phlyr” Lets Your Friends See You Live On FaceBook

Cleveland, Ohio (September 2008) – Phlyr is your personal Live Video broadcasting network on FaceBook. Using Phlyr you can stream Live Video from your Apple or Windows computer directly into your FaceBook profile enabling your friends to see you anywhere in the world. Your friends can even Chat with you in real time making your Live Video fully interactive. Phlyr is the best way to see what your friends are doing right now, Live on FaceBook!
FaceBook users can add the Phlyr application from FaceBook Applications, find it in the FaceBook Applications Directory under Phlyr or add it from a friend who has added Phlyr.
“FaceBook has always enabled people to connect with their immediate social group and find friends from the past. Using Phlyr, the average FaceBook member evolves from passively viewing pictures and videos to broadcasting Live Video and Audio to their friends witha simple click of the mouse. Phlyr enables people, to live in the moment, and share it with their friends,” says Stephen Shapiro, Comet Technologies, chief executive officer. “Phlyr makes Streaming Live Video as easy as logging into your FaceBook Profile.”

From connecting with an old friend, to chatting with a work buddy, or turning on a camera at your next party, Phlyr makes Streaming Live Video and chatting with your friends simple. Phlyr uses Adobe Flash and is compatible with Apple and PC computers connected to the Internet. All that is required for broadcast is a video or web camera connected to your computer that can be recognized by Adobe’s Flash. All you need to view your friend’s Live video on FaceBook is a web browser with Adobe’s Flash installed.

FaceBook members can quickly and easily start broadcasting live video directly into their FaceBook profile. Sharing Phlyr is as easy as inviting your friends to use Phlyr. You have already found your friends on FaceBook, now show them what you are doing, Live on FaceBook.  

To use Phlyr, click: HERE, or look in the Applications Directory on FaceBook. For more information on Comet Technologies, visit www.cometview.com or email info@cometview.com.

Comet Technologies’ New Software Package Aids “Citizen Journalists” in Capturing the Story Through Real-Time Video and Photo Transmission

LAS VEGAS – NAB SHOW (April 2008) – A new kind of journalism has hit the television airwaves and online news mediums as “citizen journalists” take to the streets to deliver unfiltered and up-to-the-minute news to the general public using the tools of modern technology. Ordinary citizens with mobile phones are everywhere, now they can document breaking news with video, audio and still images that may get posted to a blog, uploaded to a web site and aired on the local, national or international television news.

Broadcast and online media outlets can now empower viewers to capture live, late-breaking news with cell phones through Comet Technologies’ new citizen journalism software package, enabling viewers’ cell phones to transmit real-time, live streaming video to the studio. The software also allows viewers to submit still photos, which media outlets frequently use on their online sites.

“With technology, the average citizen has evolved from audience member to journalist, with the power of reporting now in their hands. Our package further allows viewers to capture news as it happens and make it immediately available to broadcasters,” says Marv Steigman, Comet Technologies, chief operating officer. “Broadcast and online stations can extend their news-gathering capability, gaining a competitive advantage by being first to air with important stories.

“This is especially valuable to stations in a competitive market where they are working with tighter budgets and are challenged to deliver the news with fewer reporters and camera crews available,” Steigman adds.

From a car accident to a local disaster, live, immediate coverage of the event can be readily available with a small tool that fits easily inside a pocket, providing flexibility in broadcasting news when a camera crew is not able to be on the scene.

Comet’s new citizen journalism software package allows stations to provide software that viewers download directly onto their cell phones, enabling them to transmit live, streaming video into the stations’ studio. From there, studio personnel are able to manage multiple video streams and immediately decide what news goes live to air or web, or is made available for later online access. With Comet software, viewers automatically upload still images to the station's website.

For more information on Comet’s new citizen journalism software package, visit NAB Booth C1044, call (888) 320-6100 or visit www.first2air.com.