Filed under: Internet, Video, Windows, Macintosh, Beta
Joost signs up 1 million users
by Brad Linder Jul 25th 2007 at 11:00AM
Joost co-founder Niklas Zennström says more than a million people have signed up to beta test Joost. The service from the makers of Skype and Kazaa is still invitation only, but a few months ago Joost removed restrictions on how many invitations users could send out.Of course, having 1 million registered users doesn't mean there are that many people using the P2P video application on a daily basis. Shortly after the company launched its unlimited invitation phase, Joost's servers were hammered by increased traffic, a problem that has since been fixed.
But it'll be interesting to see what happens when the service launches publicly. Zennström says that could happen by the end of the year.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
gopanthers said 11:21AM on 7-25-2007
What in the world is that screen grab? You watching European porn?
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R said 11:53AM on 7-25-2007
Joost is pretty neat. But I really wish they would work on their video compression. It's pretty bad in scenes where there's a lot of motion, like car chase scenes.
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westudi said 11:53AM on 7-25-2007
Isn't the screen shot from that lame sci-fi show, Lexx?
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happyguy290 said 12:05PM on 7-25-2007
id rather use a browser and different websites, such as tv-links
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Matias said 10:33AM on 7-26-2007
Any chance for an invite? I would like to see what all the fuss is about.
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