Tech Week In Review: Feedstats, Joost, Hulu, 12seconds.tv, Amplifeeder, Skyfire

Feedstats.info FriendFeed Stats

When FriendFeed dropped the latest update, they actually ended up removing the stats feature which allowed you to see graphs about those you interacted with. Feedstats.info has brought these features back with the added ability of viewing stats on any user.

Joost and Hulu Desktop

Joost originally launched as a desktop client for watching internet TV, but later switched to being strictly online. Hulu has always been an in-browser service. Once again, you can download the joost desktop app to enjoy some of your favorite shows. On the same note, Hulu just dropped their own desktop application and I’ve heard good things about it so far.

12seconds.tv at it Again

Every time I turn around, 12seconds.tv is making itself even cooler. After their recent announcement about allowing all Facebook users to sign-in using Facebook Connect, you now have the ability to sign in using just your Twitter account. If you haven’t already signed up for 12seconds, you really have no excuse now. You don’t even really have to sign up.

On another note, 12seconds.tv is stepping into the next web with realtime abilities and integration of  Twitter @replies and DM’s: “Add video to your tweets! 12seconds.tv now allows anyone to use 12seconds with just their Twitter login.  PLS RT”

Amplifeeder

ReadWriteWeb thinks Amplifeeder is FriendFeed’s hotter sister. I’d say it’s FriendFeed’s older and more fashionable sister. If you are really hell-bent on visually customizing your life-stream, Amplifeeder is definitely worth a look. If you don’t feel like installing software on your own server, stick with FriendFeed. Didn’t we just go through this with SweetCron?

Skyfire Out of Beta

Stay connected with friends, watch live video, and share pages instantly with Skyfire 1.0. From TechZulu:

“Unique user activity – Doing things no other mobile browser can do Skyfire users are different than iPhone and Opera users because they can watch video, and tend to watch a lot of video on their phones – something not possible on other browsers.”