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March 8, 2011 08:48 am GMT

Nyoombl Slips Back Into Stealth To Create A Hybrid Of Skype And YouTube

If you've seen the name Nyoombl before, it's for one of two reasons. First, it's a really weird way to spell a word that sounds like "Nimble". Or second, they launched at DEMO last spring as one of the 65 startups. At the time, they were working on a dead-simplesolutionfor videoconferencing on your television. But that space is both tricky and now crowded with the likes of Cisco. So about five months ago, founderOladayo Olagunju decided it was time for a don't-call-it-a-pivot-pivot. He decided to take what he had learned about the video conferencing space and transfer it over to a new, unexplored area. And his team has been working hard on this new Nyoombl ever since.But it's not ready yet. And Olagunju is reluctant to share much about their plans until it's ready. But here's what we do know: it's going to be a completely new service that's a sort of hybrid of Skype and YouTube. In other words, it will allow any two people to take a video conversation and share it with the world, for all to see on the web. But think: debates and interviews, rather than straight up chats. "We are a broadcasting technology company, not a communications tool,"Olagunju says.

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