LiveFromYou Help Documents

Frequently Asked Questions About LiveFromYou

What is LiveFromYou?
LiveFromYou is a mobile and web product from GoTV that enables you to share the stories of your life in pictures, videos and words with friends and family on your social network page. LiveFromYou is the personal social media product that automatically organizes your pictures, videos, and other media for easy and instant sharing on your social network page.

LiveFromYou organizes your media, whether it is currently present on your social network page or ready to upload from its current location on your desktop PC, digital camera or mobile phone. Your media is automatically presented in chronological order individually or grouped in albums on the innovative and easily scanned LiveFromYou timeline. When geo-code data is present, the media items or albums are also viewable on a map. Your friends and family can share your life experiences in pictures, videos, text and audio when and where they occurred.

LiveFromYou also provides security and privacy benefits by sharing your media only with the friends you allow to see your social network page.
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What is LiveFromYou on the iPhone?

The LiveFromYou application on your iPhone allows you to capture pictures, videos and notes of your life and world around you, and upload them to LiveFromYou to share with your friends and family. The iPhone app additionally provides lots of the same great functionality that you get when using LiveFromYou applications on your social networks and at www.livefromyou.com.

In the LiveFromYou iPhone application you can:

  • Capture photos, audio files and text notes about the world around you and your experiences as they happen organize them in to Albums to share with friends and family.
  • Upload your media files to your LiveFromYou account
  • Curate your media by creating albums and editing your assets to give them time and geo-code tags.
  • Share your media through leading social networking sites through interactive views like Timeline View and Map View.
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Do I need to have a mobile phone to use LiveFromYou?
No. You can use LiveFromYou online with all of your media from digital cameras, and other digital devices. You can upload media that is stored on hard-drives and your home computer.
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What mobile phones is LiveFromYou available on today?
LiveFromYou is available today on the Apple iPhone 3G. Soon the mobile application will be available on additional smartphone platforms, like Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Verizon Wireless devices and all camera-enabled mobile phones.
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How do I get LiveFromYou on my iPhone?
To get LiveFromYou on your iPhone, go to the Apple iTunes App store and search for LiveFromYou. You can download the app directly from the App store. It can also be downloaded through the iTunes store on your computer and loaded on to your iPhone.
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Do I need to create a LiveFromYou account?
To enjoy all of the features of LiveFromYou, you must create an account and be logged in. Without creating an account you can view sample media in the application but not create, curate and upload your own.
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Do I need to have a Facebook or MySpace account?
It is not required to have a Facebook or MySpace account to use LiveFromYou. However, to share your media with friends and family you need to do this through these social networks and have an active account. Simply download the LiveFromYou application to your Facebook or MySpace page and begin sharing your stories today.
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What is the LiveFromYou Privacy Policy?
Your privacy is of utmost importance to LiveFromYou. Please read our Privacy Policy to learn more about it.
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How do I invite friends to view my media?
LiveFromYou will broadcast updates in your 'Recent Activity' news feed to your friends when you use LiveFromYou. Soon we will enable invitations to LiveFromYou to share the app and share your media.
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How does LiveFromYou work with my Facebook and MySpace networks?
LiveFromYou will allow your friends to view your LiveFromYou application on your profile page of Facebook and MySpace to see your uploaded media.
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How do I share my LiveFromYou media through Facebook and MySpace?
To share your media, you simply need to add the LiveFromYou application to your Facebook or MySpace profile. You can read all about how to use the applications in our Facebook User Guide and MySpace User Guide.
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Can I share my Facebook and MySpace albums with my LiveFromYou account?
Yes. In your account setup you can simply leave the box where you are asked to “Share Facebook Media” or in MySpace setup the same. You can also set this up in your “Manage” tab of your LiveFromYou account.
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How do I sign out of LiveFromYou on my iPhone?
In the account section of your main menu, select 'Log Out'.
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Does LiveFromYou require a data plan for my iPhone?
Yes. Your standard iPhone data plan is sufficient for LiveFromYou application.
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