Logitech and Grouper Simplify the Fun of Webcam Video Sharing; Company Working with Paul Wall to Add Animated Grills to Leading Video Effects Package.FREMONT, Calif. -- Logitech (SWX SWX Swiss Exchange (trademark of SWX Swiss Exchange) SWX SolidWorks (3D solid modeling CAD software) SWX Splitter / Wave Division Multiplexer :LOGN) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LOGI LOGI Logitech Intl. (stock symbol) ), the world's leading manufacturer of webcams, today announced a co-marketing agreement with Grouper grouper, common name for a large carnivorous member of the family Serranidae (sea bass family), abundant in tropical and subtropical seas and highly valued as food fish. Networks, Inc., the fastest growing destination site for user-generated video, that will enable people using Logitech(R) QuickCam(R) webcams to upload, share and comment on their videos on the Web. Logitech plans to provide an integrated link to Grouper.com within the next-generation Logitech(R) QuickCam software, which will enable webcam owners to easily record shout-outs, videos and comments using Logitech(R) Video Effects See digital video effects. , and post them directly to Grouper.com. In return, Grouper has made Logitech the recommended webcam provider for its customers. Logitech also announced that it will soon add Grills by Paul Wall Paul William Slayton (born Paul Gideon Manry on March 11, 1981) better known by his stage name Paul Wall, is a rapper, DJ, promoter and jeweller. He is affiliated with Swishahouse Records. to the growing list of Video Effects. The Grills by Paul Wall group is working with Logitech to develop five animated grills, diamond-encrusted teeth coverings, which QuickCam users will be able to download as face accessories beginning in August. These grills will be replicas of actual "Grills by Paul Wall" products. "Logitech webcams have helped drive the growing popularity of personal expression on the Internet," said Gina Clark, Logitech's vice president of product marketing for Internet communications. "Now, even more webcam users can be part of creating video shouts out with the simple click of a button on Grouper.com. Our popular Video Effects software encourages webcam users to be creative and have fun with their video recordings, and we have seen a tremendous uptake in the interest for cool new video effects such as Grills by Paul Wall." "There is a groundswell ground·swell n. 1. A sudden gathering of force, as of public opinion: a groundswell of antiwar sentiment. 2. of user-generated video populating the Web, and creating a fun and innovative environment to participate in this movement is essential," said Josh Felser, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder, Grouper Networks, Inc. "By working with companies like Logitech, Grouper is leading the movement away from pure destination Web sites, to an age where media creation, origination and syndication by Grouper's members will occur with ease and regularity on third party Web sites and connected devices." Logitech's award-winning QuickCam webcams and the Logitech(R) Video Effects software have become favorites among users of the popular video sharing sites A Web site that lets people upload and share their video clips to the public at large or to invited guests. Acquired by Google in 2006, YouTube became the most popular video sharing site on the Web. See YouTube. . Users of Logitech's QuickCam webcams have downloaded more than 5 million Video Effects accessories and characters, from among the 140 choices of downloadable content available at Logitech.com. Rising Internet stars have added these animated accessories -- such as glasses, wigs and facial hair Noun 1. facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair -- to spice up their videos, and many have completely transformed themselves into three-dimensional animated characters (avatars) on the video clips they record and share online. Soon they'll be able to add Grills by Paul Wall to their collection. "With Logitech Video Effects, we've made it so easy to get a grill, that even my three-month-old son can see what he'd look like iced out," said Paul Wall, of Grills by Paul Wall. "The only thing that worries me is how many computers will freeze from all the ice!" Logitech's new QuickCam software, available for download later this summer, will have an intuitive new icon-based interface that makes it easy to change camera settings, launch video-calling applications, activate Logitech Video Effects, and record video clips. And, it will feature an integrated blogging/sharing/podcasting tab that offers a link to a landing page on the Grouper Web site. With Grouper, the Logitech QuickCam software works seamlessly so users can quickly record and post video shout-outs directly on Grouper.com in just one click. About Logitech Founded in 1981, Logitech designs, manufactures and markets personal peripherals that enable people to effectively work, play, and communicate in the digital world. Logitech International is a Swiss public company traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange An all-electronic securities exchange formed from the 1995 merger of exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich. The exchange offers trading in equity securities, investment funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, Eurobonds, and options. (LOGN) and in the U.S. on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI). Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are owned by Logitech and may be registered. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the Company's Web site at www.logitech.com. |
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