Also, I take it you know what a Music Manager software is. Yep, same thing as photos but for mp3s, and all of the sorting principles are quite different with playlists, albums, DJing features, access to music stores, and mp3 player management etc.

Well you saw it coming, a Video Manager software is to bring you the same usefulness in the context of video tracks. That's what PUMP is, and the most notable feature dedicated to the shrine of Media Management Software, is...

PUMP's video sorting system, now introduced by the new release 0.7.6.

I wouldn't bet nobody ever thought of it before we did, but I honestly have never seen that implemented in any Video software, be it a manager, player, downloader of any kind. So enjoy...

You can download PUMP 0.7.6 from the check-for-upgrade system in the previous release or get it the official web-site: http://pump.vipeers.com/ using invite code: PUMP-ALL-IN-ONE

Here are the different kinds of videos that you can sort and describe with metadata fields. If we missed something, and you'd like to see some other fields or genres added, please let us know...

Type - filter switch menu - panel title

1. Personal video
   
   • Fields: Event, Date, Title, People, Tags
   • Genres: Family, Friends, Work, Sports
2. Web video
   • Fields: Track title, Duration, Date, Rating
   • Genres: News and politics, Animals, Entertainment, Education, Film & Animation, Comedy, Gaming, Music, People & Blogs, Science & Technology, Sports, Autos & Vehicles, Howto & Style, Travel & Events
3. Music video
   • Fields: Song or Gig title, Duration, Artist, Performance
   • Genres: None, Alternativ, Blues/R&B, Classic, Country, Dance, Speech, Easy Listening, Electronic, Folk, Freestyle, Hip Hop, House, Uncategorizable, Industrial, Jazz, Books and stories, Music for children, Religious music, Film music, World music, New Age, Pop, Rock, Techno, Trance, Hollidays, Vocals
4. Series
   • Fields: Series title, Season #, Episode #, Episode title, Featuring
   • Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film-Noir, History, Horror, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller, War, Western
5. Film
   • Fields: Movie title, Year, Genre, Director, Cast
   • Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film-Noir, History, Horror, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller, War, Western
6. Program
   • Fields: Program title, Date, Featuring, Tags
   • Genres: Talk show, Entertainment, Sports, Documentary, Commercials, News, Reality TV
7. Adult
   
   • Fields: Video title, Cast, Tags
   • Genres: you decide
     

We revealed PUMP-Preview-1 back in December 2008 to get feedback and we got tons of it. Since then we have taken a huge step. We made some great improvements and added a bunch of very cool features in this PUMP-Preview-2:

Click here for some high quality screenshots. Click here for the full changelog.

You can download PUMP (0.7.3) here with an invite code. The code DISCOVERPUMP will work 1000 100 times. If the code has expired you can leave a comment on this page and wait for the next invite distribution, or you can contact me on twitter: I will offer a 100-usage invite code to anyone who writes about PUMP on a blog or forum or elsewhere, whether it is a good or bad review.

We put a lot of work into this and I seize the opportunity to congratulate the team. We are very proud and we really hope you'll like it too!

Wanna have a look before you install? see this video screencast:

Yes, it is the first time we present PUMP on this blog and that's a sign. We are now en route for the public beta and we thought it was time to show some cards. So, what comes next?

• Finish the conversion feature: make it look better, and make it even more simple to use
• Finish the iPhone support
• Fix bugs, more bugs and even more bugs

Then what?

Well, it is our opinion that a great Video software must have sharing and socializing features built-in. Obviously, building that from the ground up is a tough task. Hey but wait, remember, we already have VIPeers: a file sharing platform, dubbed as a social network!

So, there you go, the next big step will see the integration of PUMP with the VIPeers network. Until then, please give as tons of feedback on the VIPeers forum or better yet, follow @vipeers on twitter.

Check out this app XmasCard for iPhone by zSlide (free).

The news broke this morning, maybe you saw it on my twitter: beyond this blog, VIPeers is now the codename of our new file sharing project.

As you must suspect, the term VIPeers is the combination of VIP and Peers. Our aim is to harness the power of P2P and add a quality of service that makes you feel special, hence VIP.

We have been working on this for quite a while and at last we have something to show that is worth getting feedback on. Speaking of which we got some awesome reviews by TorrentFreak (thanks Ernesto) and P2P-Blog (thanks Janko). The kind that really make us feel we're onto something. Go ahead and digg it by the way:

So, what is it all about, concretely?

In a nutshell, with VIPeers you will be able to:

Those who know Podmailing might recognize some common points. The difference is that beyond email and personal communications, we are now addressing the need to share publicly on the Web.

So the Podmailing software is still here to send large files and also upload files to VIPeers. Podmailing is not disappearing but merely being integrated into the whole VIPeers offer - and it's still free. Actually there is a new release of Podmailing (v0.11.0) out there, go ahead and grab it.

As a preview, a few invitations will be sent and may find their way into your hands... So what are you waiting for? Give VIPeers a try! I mean a real try: get one of those heavy files you hide under the sofa and test the endurance of our servers.

Also, since we are still in a beta stage, any feedback is of course welcome and really appreciated (don't hold anything back!) ;-).

So, let us know what you think here: feedback.vipeers.com.

"Last week our sales director, David Thomas, launched his restaurant, La Lucha Libre, which is located at the heart of Paris. For the occasion, the entire firm was invited to have a meal there (see all the pictures on Facebook).

After kilos of nachos swallowed and other Spanish specialties, we were asked to get off in the cellar... and fight each other in wrestling matches!

The fights were painful and unkind. Litres of sweat were burned to try to become the number 1 of the game.

So we wanted to share with you some of these amazing fights through our Pictogame Arm Fight! Will you be the winner? Let's fight!"

Chloe

Harry Tormey, the review author, also interviewed Louis Choquel on Podmailing, its functionalities, the policy to make it profitable... Besides, you can listen to this podcast here.

For information, the P2P Research Institute Blog is full of nice posts related to the Peer-to-Peer world. So I strongly recommend you to visit it if you are looking for quality analysis on this technology.

The telco Orange recently presented its 2008 Summer collection. This event was one of the most famous shows for the French High-Tech in July.

This new edition mainly focused on TV and mobile services (Mobile Phones, the Internet...).

In addition to the 3D TV and to the release of a GPS service, Orange also announced the launching of a Facebook extension for its TV Guide that you can now find here. This application allows users to check the TV schedule, to discover what their friends will watch and to recommend programs to them. This extension of the classic French Orange TV Guide also enables the access to the Orange VOD service, which is available 24/7.

We're talking about this application because it's developed by zSlide, and it represents therefore another step forward in our "Social Media" policy.

For further information on the products mentioned, you can check out the article on Echos Du Net and for a more detailled presentation of the Facebook app, you can go to the Apprendre Facebook blog (both in French).

We learn among other things that companies such as PPLive or PPStream earn more than 2 million euros per semester. Moreover Numerama compared China in which the market is in full bloom with the European market in which companies specialized in this domain have closed down one by one.

However the article indicates that some French firms manage to deal with the DAVDSI law and try to impose themselves in the P2P sector. Like you probably have guessed, talking about this topic is not innocent. Indeed the example given by Numerama to illustrate this topic is no other than zSlide.

We were touched by this wink because it is kind of a recognition for us who keep believing that this technology can bring a lot to the Internet and that it is not reduced to a piracy tool.