Tinychat
Type of site | Online chat, voice chat, video chat |
|---|---|
| Owner | PeerStream |
| Founder(s) | Dan Saltman[1] |
| Revenue | Advertising |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2009 |
Tinychat was an online chat website that allowed users to communicate via instant messaging, voice chat, and video chat. It offered instant opportunities for people to meet and the ability for users to create their own virtual chat room on any topic or category.[2] Tinychat was a web-based platform that works on HTML5 compatible browsers or standalone apps for Android or iOS. The chat rooms could contain a rolling maximum of 12 video and audio feeds. Tinychat, including all of its services, was owned by PeerStream.[3]
History
On November 16, 2009, Tinychat launched Tinychat.tv, which offers users the ability to live stream any video or show hosted on Tinychat. The service uses Tinychat's API and provides the ability to launch a personalized page and channel for initiating multi-user shows. Tinychat has also announced that it will not charge for the cost of bandwidth.[4] Based upon restrictions, Tinychat.tv has been closed.
In February 2010, Tinychat launched Tinychat Next, a service similar to Chatroulette. Tinychat Next differs from Chatroulette with the addition of topic-based rooms.[5]
In January 2011, Tinychat raised $1.5 million in funding.[1]
In December 2014, Tinychat was acquired by Paltalk. Paltalk stated that Tinychat would remain a standalone application.[6]
In late 2017, Tinychat revamped its entire website layout. It incorporated a WebRTC version of its chat rooms to replace its older RTMP flash-based chat rooms. The site also added HD video streaming, along with Android/iOS mobile device streaming with compatible devices, via the Tinychat application.
On December 16th 2024, an announcement that Tinychat had ended services and closed down appeared on the Tinychat website. The shutdown announcement page featured an advertisement for Paltalk, a formerly competing internet chat service.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Tinychat Raises $1.5M From Kutcher, Diddy And Others, Is Just Getting Started". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ "Tinychat Creates Disposable Multimedia Chat Rooms", Lifehacker, May 29, 2009, archived from the original on 2011-09-05, retrieved 2011-09-13
- ^ Oyedele, Akin (2017-03-04). "We spoke to the chairman of the company whose stock exploded after people confused it with Snapchat — here's what he said". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ "Tinychat encroaches ustream and stickam", Softpedia, November 17, 2009, archived from the original on 2011-08-10, retrieved 2011-09-13
- ^ "TinyChat Launches Grouped Version Of Chatroulette", TechCrunch, February 16, 2010, archived from the original on 2010-04-07, retrieved 2010-04-05
- ^ "Paltalk Buys Tinychat As Video Messaging Apps Consolidate". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
