tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88699930358723549232009-11-24T11:56:09.249+05:30Upload and share PowerPoint on your blog, iPod or YouTubeHarmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08850570898898664621noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-65149698837678490742009-11-17T09:55:00.000+05:302009-11-17T09:55:35.084+05:30

Now that you have created great slideshow mashups using authorSTREAM desktop, which lets you insert YouTube videos and images from Bing, it's time that we give you more. You can now insert videos from your desktop to PowerPoint presentation and they will just play fine as they play in PowerPoint slide show. You must be aware of that linked media files never go along with PowerPoint presentations

Sukhpreet Kaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913557460278554795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-13826120856658016952009-11-07T11:43:00.012+05:302009-11-09T18:19:00.853+05:30

Signing in to authorSTREAM is super easy now as we have recently enabled logging in through Google accounts. When you sign in using your Google account, you are asked to connect your Google id with authorSTREAM. Existing users can also sign in using their Google ids.Yes, you see twitter and Facebook icons too but these are not enabled yet. We will announce them here as soon as they are up and

Sukhpreet Kaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913557460278554795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-17774139369533289232009-10-27T18:15:00.003+05:302009-10-27T18:56:06.262+05:30

We have discovered that PowerPoint is a very powerful greetings-creation tool so we want to share this ability with our users by increasing activity on the presentation greeting cards section, through which you can share PowerPoint presentation greetings with your contacts.In line with this idea, we have recently also implemented the address book feature in the greetings section, which enables

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This is an announcement for a special education discount for teachers and students. Starting today and ending on the 30th of September, teachers and students can avail a discount of over 90% on authorSTREAM's Premium Pro services. A Pro membership, which costs $300 (yearly) will be available for only $24.95.With this offer, you will get up to 500 private presentation uploads, ad-free browsing and

Sukhpreet Kaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913557460278554795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-21186927702527217582009-09-08T14:39:00.012+05:302009-09-08T17:17:26.079+05:30

Yesterday, we implemented Creative Commons attribution options for your presentations on authorSTREAM, with which you can assign copyright licenses to your presentations.This means that presentation authors now have a choice from the default six CC licenses and an "All Rights Reserved" option for their presentations. You can choose a license when you are uploading a presentation or you can

Sukhpreet Kaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913557460278554795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-76622870028059090442009-08-20T18:57:00.003+05:302009-08-20T19:15:14.920+05:30

Rafael Marsiglia's presentation got attention from the folks promoting Shakira's upcoming album She-Wolf in India at www.shewolf.inThey will be using the presentation for the promotion of their campaign in India. The slideshow mashup looks good. What do you think?From shakira to she wolfUploaded on authorSTREAM by rmarsiglia | Upload your own presentationIf your presentation has earned you extra

Jagdeep S Pannunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-61651560253449727162009-08-03T13:50:00.000+05:302009-08-03T13:51:42.009+05:30

We just changed authorSTREAM's home interface for clarity of purpose and a more organized and user-friendly browsing interface.The home page is now primarily focused to provide information about the main authoring and sharing features available to presentation authors. You can browse presentations on the slideshows page, which features interesting presentations in some exciting categories. These

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We are currently down for maintenance and will be up and going in a while. Meanwhile, you might like to explore the blog to find out more about authorSTREAM.Thanks for your patience!The Team at authorSTREAM

Adminnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-88749710897515879322009-07-21T15:17:00.013+05:302009-08-03T17:05:58.446+05:30

What's a SlideShow Mashup?It's all in the cloud. Imagine an online slide-show having Web images, YouTube videos, text, links and all the frills and thrills of a PowerPoint presentation--all in one. Possible? YES! Watch this one and read on..iJustineUploaded on authorSTREAM by caliber | Upload your own presentationHow to create a SlideShow MashupThe recently launched authorSTREAM Desktop is a

Jagdeep S Pannunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-48064221372611701192009-07-14T11:00:00.000+05:302009-07-14T11:32:23.522+05:30

authorSTREAM Desktop has been launched and we are very excited about it. The application can search and fetch images from Microsoft Bing, and video from Google's YouTube within PowerPoint, while you are creating a presentation. You can then choose the ones that you like and insert them in your slides.You can also access your account on authorSTREAM.com using this PowerPoint add-in and upload your

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Keeping in view the overwhelming response we are getting for presentation channels, we've come up with a few feature improvements on the basis of your feedback. You can now add any public presentation to your channels. This feature will let you enhance your channels by adding themed, quality presentations uploaded by other users of authorSTREAM.Now you also can choose from permission options for

Jagdeep S Pannunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-41139586661704054092009-07-08T13:10:00.012+05:302009-07-09T00:56:57.913+05:30

We just improved the way you can convert PowerPoint to video files. Considering recent requests from users for multiple platform support, we just added this improvement. Read on...PowerPoint to video conversionNow you can convert your PowerPoint files to different video file formats like AVI, WMV, FLV and MP4 using your video credits at authorSTREAM. You need to select a target platform like TV/

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authorSTREAM is down for maintenance. We shall be back within half an hour. Inconvenience regretted.Update: authorSTREAM is Live now.

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We just added a new "Replace PPT" Feature. This option allows users to replace an existing PowerPoint presentation with a new one under the same URL and location without changing comments, views etc. associated with the presentation. The information associated with the PPT will remain the same and it will only replace the existing PPT file. Now you can easily modify your already uploaded, live

Sukhpreet Kaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913557460278554795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-81120744398737569432009-04-27T19:11:00.026+05:302009-05-20T17:06:28.177+05:30

Today, authorSTREAM has launched its synchronized video presentation service. This feature allows users to add presenter video narration from different devices such as web cameras, DV cams and mini DV cams, or to use supported audio and video media files as narration for presentations: .AVI .WMV .WAV and .WMA stored in the hard disk, USB or firewire based devices. Press release here: authorSTREAM

Ralf Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531007933616350532RafaMarsiglia@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-77734428889714284802009-04-14T23:20:00.005+05:302009-04-15T01:28:14.331+05:30

authorSTREAM just released Premium services today with a host of advanced options for presenters. Presenters can now upgrade their accounts to either Premium Plus, or Premium Pro memberships to enjoy a bunch of new benefits such as access to presentation statistics, increased private presentation uploads, more channel capacity, embed customization, ad-free presentations and videos, Flash

Ralf Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531007933616350532RafaMarsiglia@gmail.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-54998880312709636342009-04-14T21:22:00.005+05:302009-04-14T23:02:23.866+05:30

authorSTREAM is down for maintenance. We shall be back within an hour. Inconvenience regretted.Update: Maintenance will take slightly longer than expected; expect us to be back at appx. 10:30 PDTUpdate: We are up and going! If you are still getting a maintenance message, please refresh your browser (Use Ctrl +f5 on your keyboard)

Jagdeep S Pannunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-36610261564074981022009-03-17T16:07:00.016+05:302009-04-03T23:23:24.912+05:30

authorSTREAM has just launched Presentation Channels. This new function allows you to have a personalized Web page, in which you can showcase your presentations, by grouping them in categories. By categorizing the PPTs, people interested in a specific topic can go directly to the channel related to it. Moreover, you can also embed the channel in blogs and web pages, and even allow people to

Ralf Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531007933616350532RafaMarsiglia@gmail.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-5954290705013361352009-03-02T15:14:00.021+05:302009-03-02T20:08:28.524+05:30

Did you notice the change in authorSTREAM search results? We just upgraded authorSTREAM search to show up better (more relevant) results, much faster than before. Our Web dev team has done a nice job to make PowerPoint search on authorSTREAM an easy and quick operation, giving you enhanced usability with more sorting options.Better relevanceNow, e.g., if we type the word "Tennis" in the search

Ralf Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531007933616350532RafaMarsiglia@gmail.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-53316060838775142842009-02-25T17:43:00.002+05:302009-02-25T19:00:42.462+05:30

Update: authorSTREAM is back online. Thank you for your patience.authorSTREAM is currently down for scheduled maintenance. We'll be back in 60 minutes.

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We just announced the egreetings feature on authorSTREAM. Multimedia custom greetings that come from the heart are now just a PowerPoint presentation away!Now Custom Greetings in PPT Slideshows!Are you looking for an innovative way to say “I love you” to that special someone in your life? You have probably considered going to your local card store to find that perfect card for your significant

Jagdeep S Pannunoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-89125775389951380102009-01-08T17:22:00.017+05:302009-01-12T16:35:00.838+05:30

authorSTREAM has released its new player, with advanced features, which will be the default player for all new presentations to be uploaded from now on. This new advance allows you to see thumbnails of each slide of the PPT at the bottom of the presentation, just after clicking on “Show Thumbnails” during the slide show. This way, it lets you go straight to the slide that visually better calls

Ralf Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531007933616350532RafaMarsiglia@gmail.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-90585133439217411372009-01-07T18:58:00.007+05:302009-01-08T17:54:46.331+05:30

Updates from followed users on authorSTREAM now reflect in your console when you are signed in. The improved interface allows you to see what your contacts have being doing lately, instead of clicking each contact from the followed list separately, to see each one’s latest activity, like it was in the past.Every followed presenter shows in your dashboard with a little [+] icon to the left. If you

Ralf Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531007933616350532RafaMarsiglia@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-45647278708304582192009-01-05T11:49:00.013+05:302009-01-05T18:26:14.548+05:30

Now it is possible to upload several PowerPoint presentations in one go on authorSTREAM.com, thanks to the new Multiple uploads option.If you click on the option "upload presentation", you will be redirected to our multiple upload panel, where you can upload up to 10 PPT files at the same time, using a maximum of 1 GB (aggregate) capacity. Additionally, the names of the files will be suggested as

Ralf Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531007933616350532RafaMarsiglia@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869993035872354923.post-45439904277145628282008-12-16T12:53:00.010+05:302009-01-03T17:23:51.999+05:30

Have you noticed that sometimes, when you are using Present Live conferencing to discuss about a specific slide, some attendees jump to another slide, throwing the discussion off-balance? Well, now there is a solution for this issue.In the past, when you sent the link to chosen attendees, using the Present Live feature, everybody would have control by default over the slides. The more people you

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