We wanted to update you on a number of features, and answer your feature questions from previous emails you've sent us.

First,  Mobile Upload is built and currently in closed beta for testing.  We expect we'll release it to a handful of customers next week to test various devices.  Let us know if you'd like to beta the product once it's ready for testing.

Second, we have launched support for geotagging video submissions and display of their locations on a map. Our geo-location functionality is based on natural-language address entry and dynamic lookup via the Google Maps API. You can see a map of the videos which have been geotagged to date here:

http://YOURSITENAME.magnify.net/admin/manage/geocoding

And based on some feedback from larger customers,  we've added features to make Geotags editable by Site Admin's:

We're also working on a 'bulk' geotagging feature, that will let  you search on a key word (like "Katrina") and tag all videos in a collection with a geolocation.  This should increase the ability to encourage geotagging by seeding the collection with more geodata. 

Third,  per your request,  there is now a 1 - 5 Star Rating System to replace the sliders:

You can select one of those alternate interfaces here:

  http://YOURSITENAME.magnify.net/admin/customize/review_terms

And, last but most certainly not least, a new Playlist editor interface is live. With new visible thumbnails in the "Tag Based Playlist" builder,  you can dynamically choose tags,  including new (-tags) so that you can organize your playlist faster and on the fly. In addition, you can now remove videos from a tag based playlist by just clicking on "remove".  Good stuff you asked for.