Thank You! Socialcam Passes 1 Million Downloads
Thank you to each and every Socialcam user. Today, we're proud to announce that we've surpassed the 1 million download mark. Those of you who haven't yet tried it out, please do so now.
Check out the coverage in TechCrunch.
We're also releasing the latest version of the iPhone application (v2.3) today. We are comitted to our original value proposition: Socialcam is the easiest way to share videos with friends. We've also talked with a lot of you, our users, about features you want. Taken together, these two directives have produced a clear product roadmap that makes the app even better.
See below for the newest features. We're already working on hard on the next iteration, and it's coming soon. Stay tuned!
New Features in v2.3
- Activity feed. It’s now easier to see what your friends are up to. We created a new activity feed so you can see what your friends are commenting, liking and following in the app at a glance (see screenshot below).
- Trim feature. Our users told us they wanted some basic editing functionality. As a first step, we’re rolling out a simple “trim” feature so that you can select only the best footage while in the creation flow (see screenshot below).
- Tap-to-focus. This is another simple feature to help make the video content a little better, and easier to capture.
Other Recent Features
- Multiple log-in options. The original app required Facebook authentication. You can now create a fresh Socialcam account with your email address.
- More sharing options. The list now includes Facebook, Twitter, Email, SMS, Posterous, Tumblr and save to DropBox.
- More Friend Discovery. People want friends to share their videos with. In the original app, finding friends was not so easy. We heard the users loud and clear, and created a way to scan your Facebook friends, Twitter followers, and your entire address book.
- Translations. The US is still by far and away our biggest geo, but we found that Europe, Asia and the Middle East are also huge. So we've done a batch of translations in order to give these folks a native app in their own languages. French, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, and more.
