MeBeam

Video chat website

MeBeam

Type of site

| instant messaging

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Owner| Ashod Apakian
Created by| Ashod Apakian
Revenue| advertising
URL| www.mebeam.com
Launched| November 2007
Current status| Defunct

MeBeam was a video chat website that allowed any user to create videoconference rooms for up to 16 people. MeBeam did not require registration, login or any software download.

## Overview

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The site was launched by Ashod Apakian in November 2007 as a web-based demo of a research application he was working on. The goal was to create the world's fastest videotelephony site.[1] It gained popularity after a plugin was developed to provide multi-party videoconferencing for Adium in August 2008, after being featured on Digg.[2]

The site was also featured on Chris Pirillo, at which point it gained widespread usage.[3]

The website used Adobe Systems Flash Player to display video and access the user's webcam. It works across Windows, Linux and Macintosh, along with any web browser supports Flash 8\.

## See also

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* Online chat
* Web chat

## References

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1. ^ Shaw, Russell (2006-04-20). "Is this the world's fastest video phone? - ZDnet.com". ZDNet.
2. ^ "A/V chat for adium -Digg". www.adiumx.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03.
3. ^ Chris Pirillo (2008-03-23). "Free Video Conferencing and Chat: No Downloads! - chrispirillo.com".

## External links

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* MeBeam.com[usurped] (official website)

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