Rounds updates movie talk app, lets users browse the web together (movie)
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Rounds is doing the rounds (natch!) this morning with a significant update to its movie calling and instant messaging app. The company teamed up with Channel.me to add co-browsing to an already broad list of features. Users can now browse the web together during a movie talk and see / control the same page at the same time. In terms of security, the practice mimics two people surfing the web in the same location (usernames are visible but passwords are hidden. for example). While users can come in any URL, the app also includes an icon grid of compatible sites, such as Google (for search), Wikipedia, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, Amazon and eBay — to name a few. As a refresher, Rounds lets friends observe YouTube movies and play games together during a movie talk and even apply filters and scribble over each-others live movie rivulets. It also supports instant messaging and photo sharing and ties it all together with Facebook Login. The app is available for most Android and iOS devices but is optimized to run on phones. Hit the break for the promo movie and obligatory PR.
ROUNDS ADDS CO-BROWSING TO ITS MOBILE HANGOUT NETWORK; Very first TO LET FRIENDS SURF THE WEB TOGETHER Inwards MOBILE Movie Talks
For the Very first Time, Users Can Navigate the Same Webpage at the Same Time To Shop, See TV, Play Games or Take Photos Together Whilst Movie Talking
TEL AVIV (June Eighteen, 2013) – Rounds (www.rounds.com) launched a fresh update to its popular Rounds Movie Talk Hangout mobile app for iOS and Android today, becoming the very first hangout network to let friends securely surf the web together during live movie conversations.
The result of a partnership with Dutch startup, Channel.me, Rounds’ fresh co-browsing feature synchronizes the touchscreen activity inbetween users while web surfing during mobile movie talking. Rounds users can now navigate the same webpage at the same time with their friends, with both of them able to control the practice – including clicking links and typing in fresh URLs. Users see each other’s live movie rivulets in thumbnail form during co-browsing, permitting their live reactions to add a feeling of togetherness.
"Adding co-browsing to Rounds fits with our vision for providing friends an online hangout practices as true as real life," said Rounds CEO and co-founder Dany Fishel. "When teenagers suspend out in the real world, they do more than just talk – they do activities like watching TV, shopping, and taking or sharing photos together. Rounds is bringing all these activities inwards movie communication for the very first time."
The feature is an "open URL" practice, meaning users are not restricted to which sites they visit when co-browsing during movie conversations. The co-browsing practice is now compatible with Google Search, Wikipedia, Preen.Me, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, Amazon, eBay, ESPN, The Huffington Post, wanelo, Imgur and TheFancy.
Security-wise, the practice resembles two friends surfing the web together on one computer in the same location. Usernames and email addresses are visible during the login process, but passwords are not. Rounds requires pre-existing Facebook friendship for users to launch movie talks with each other, providing the fresh co-browsing feature a built-in layer of protection. For the very first time, friends can browse and shop the web together from their mobile devices anywhere.
"With the growth of sales via mobile devices it becomes more significant for mobile apps to create innovative services that support m-commerce and the unique behavior patterns of a mobile consumer," says Roger Entner, Founder and Lead Analyst at Recon Analytics.
Building on its signature characteristic of providing online entertainment and joy activities to teenagers during live movie communication, co-browsing joins Rounds’ other interactive features, including playing HTML5 games during movie talks, watching YouTube movies together, adding Instagram-like effects and scribbling over each other’s live movie flows, uploading photos for joint viewing across devices, and switching view modes.
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Rounds is doing the rounds (natch!) this morning with a significant update to its movie calling and instant messaging app. The company teamed up with Channel.me to add co-browsing to an already broad list of features. Users can now browse the web together during a movie talk and see / control the same page at the same time. In terms of security, the practice mimics two people surfing the web in the same location (usernames are visible but passwords are hidden. for example). While users can come in any URL, the app also includes an icon grid of compatible sites, such as Google (for search), Wikipedia, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, Amazon and eBay — to name a few. As a refresher, Rounds lets friends witness YouTube movies and play games together during a movie talk and even apply filters and scribble over each-others live movie rivulets. It also supports instant messaging and photo sharing and ties it all together with Facebook Login. The app is available for most Android and iOS devices but is optimized to run on phones. Hit the break for the promo movie and obligatory PR.
ROUNDS ADDS CO-BROWSING TO ITS MOBILE HANGOUT NETWORK; Very first TO LET FRIENDS SURF THE WEB TOGETHER Inwards MOBILE Movie Talks
For the Very first Time, Users Can Navigate the Same Webpage at the Same Time To Shop, Witness TV, Play Games or Take Photos Together Whilst Movie Talking
TEL AVIV (June Eighteen, 2013) – Rounds (www.rounds.com) launched a fresh update to its popular Rounds Movie Talk Hangout mobile app for iOS and Android today, becoming the very first hangout network to let friends securely surf the web together during live movie conversations.
The result of a partnership with Dutch startup, Channel.me, Rounds’ fresh co-browsing feature synchronizes the touchscreen activity inbetween users while web surfing during mobile movie talking. Rounds users can now navigate the same webpage at the same time with their friends, with both of them able to control the practice – including clicking links and typing in fresh URLs. Users see each other’s live movie flows in thumbnail form during co-browsing, permitting their live reactions to add a feeling of togetherness.
"Adding co-browsing to Rounds fits with our vision for providing friends an online hangout practices as true as real life," said Rounds CEO and co-founder Dany Fishel. "When teenagers drape out in the real world, they do more than just talk – they do activities like watching TV, shopping, and taking or sharing photos together. Rounds is bringing all these activities inwards movie communication for the very first time."
The feature is an "open URL" practice, meaning users are not restricted to which sites they visit when co-browsing during movie conversations. The co-browsing practice is now compatible with Google Search, Wikipedia, Preen.Me, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, Amazon, eBay, ESPN, The Huffington Post, wanelo, Imgur and TheFancy.
Security-wise, the practice resembles two friends surfing the web together on one computer in the same location. Usernames and email addresses are visible during the login process, but passwords are not. Rounds requires pre-existing Facebook friendship for users to launch movie talks with each other, providing the fresh co-browsing feature a built-in layer of protection. For the very first time, friends can browse and shop the web together from their mobile devices anywhere.
"With the growth of sales via mobile devices it becomes more significant for mobile apps to create innovative services that support m-commerce and the unique behavior patterns of a mobile consumer," says Roger Entner, Founder and Lead Analyst at Recon Analytics.
Building on its signature characteristic of providing online entertainment and joy activities to teenagers during live movie communication, co-browsing joins Rounds’ other interactive features, including playing HTML5 games during movie talks, watching YouTube movies together, adding Instagram-like effects and scribbling over each other’s live movie flows, uploading photos for joint viewing across devices, and switching view modes.