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I was playing with Alexa to see how my company’s video microblogging Hictu was performing since the launch of version 2.0.

I have to say I’ve been much surprised about the results. While Seesmic, thanks to the popularity of his CEO, the enormous amount of money they received and the huge visibility they get everyday on Techcrunch was “dominating” this slice of market, things are a little bit changing now.

Hictu vs Seesmic

Seesmic vs 12seconds.tv

Phreadz.com vs 12seconds.tv

Hictu vs 12seconds vs Phreadz

Hictu 2.0 is not performing bad and the difference with 1.0 is evident. In addition, other players are coming out, like 12seconds.tv and Phreadz.com. I look forward to seeing what happens in the next months and, in particular, whether micro video blogging will finally get to a mass usage or it will remain a thing for a niche.

The question is: is Twitter for the masses instead?

Look at this: Twitter vs Seesmic.

Ok, microblogging vs video microblogging 1-0. But, let’s see Facebook vs Twitter:

Where is Twitter?

Technorati Tags: 12second.tv, hictu, luca filigheddu, phreadz.com, seesmic, video blogging, video microblogging

Do you want a cool new Apple iPhone 3G (unlocked, of course!)? Ok, this is the right place to get one. My company’s micro video blogging service Hictu is giving it away to a lucky user.

How to apply? Since many people are taking a break in this period, you may want to wish them to enjoy themselves (or maybe not, if you are at your desk and your colleague just left to the Caribbean…).

Ok, now you can do that. You just need to subscribe to Hictu (if you need an invite, please just drop me a line or leave a comment to this post) and to record your video with your vacation greetings for your friends and family, from today July 28th to Aug 20th, 12am PST. Then, share it with them (you can easily find the “share” link on your video) and ask them to leave their video comments on Hictu. For those that are subscribed to Twitter, I also remind you that your posts can be automatically shared on Twitter too.

If your friends are not subscribed to Hictu yet, you can easily send them an invite from your personal page.

The video greeting that receives more video comments (from unique users) is going to be the lucky winner of a brand new Apple iPhone 3G. The winner will be officially announced at the end of August on this blog.

If you have a blog with many visitors and you want to leverage them, just install the Hictu Video Comments plugin for Wordpress and publish a blog post with your video embedded on it. Video comments to that post made by using the Hictu plugin are allowed too!

What are you waiting for? Go to www.hictu.com and record & share your video for your friends, family and colleagues, it’s gonna be fun.

BONUS: the best video (i.e. the video the Hictu team will like most) will become the “favorite” and will appear on the Hictu homepage for 1 month.

Technorati Tags: 3G, Apple, giveaway, hictu, iphone, luca filigheddu, micro video blogging, video blogging

I just came across this very interesting service which offers video recipes of the best and most famous italian food to an international audience who appreciates the cuisine of my country.

I really like this service and can guarantee that, yes, “italians do eat better” You can also subscribe to their Hictu channel through the RSS feed here.

To start, here is the original “Spaghetti alla Carbonara“, a delicious and famous recipe with pasta.

Technorati Tags: food, italian food net, luca filigheddu, spaghetti alla carbonara, video blogging