authorSTREAM Features
Send to YouTube:
If you had set up 'Rehearsed Timings' or have recorded audio 'Narrations' in your PowerPoint file, they would automatically be available in a video format (MP4 & M4V) which can be shared on YouTube via send to YouTube feature available in 'My Uploaded Presentation' page.
 
Share on iPod via iTunes:
Your presentations will also be available to be downloaded in iTunes. Your viewers can then sync their iPods and have your presentations available even when they are not online!
 
Download PowerPoint:
As a viewer, you can now download PowerPoint files if their respective authors have given their permission to do so. This is a great feature for those who like presentations and want to use a slide or two to enrich their own.
 
Private Presentations:
Hesitant to upload private content on web? No worries!! You can now mark your presentations as Private. authorSTREAM protects your private content, and makes sure that it is seen only by you and the people whom you handpick. Your private presentations won’t show in the search results, or in your public profile. You can easily share your private presentations with your friends and family by inviting them directly through the Upload page, or through the Share Presentation page.
 
Featured Audio/Animated Presentations:
At authorSTREAM, innovation and creativity knows no bounds. Our eminent judges pick up cool presentations, and mark them up as Featured. You can now find these interesting and engaging presentations categorized as Featured, Featured Audio and Featured Animated. Presentations with unique animations get featured and are clubbed under Featured Animated; and presentations with appealing audio are grouped under Featured Audio.  
 
RSS Feeds:
authorSTREAM now offers various kinds of RSS feeds, subscribing to which you can receive custom up-to-date information from your favorite slideshow sources without having to regularly check the site for updates.
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Import Contacts:
Stop "Typing" Contacts Now!! Use authorSTREAM’s Import Contacts tool to import contacts right into your contacts’ lists without having to type, or copy n paste. You can now easily import address books from Yahoo! Mail, GMail, AOL, and MSN into your authorSTREAM account. Importing your contacts takes just a few steps. All you need to do is select your email provider, and enter your username and password for the same. Respecting your privacy, authorSTREAM does not store your user name and password. All the contact info that you upload is secured exclusively for your use.
 
Check out the New authorSTREAM Design:
authorSTREAM has a completely new look with a super cool new user interface. With an aim to provide more intuitive, user-friendly, and a refreshing overall interface we have redesigned the homepage and introduced improved browsing. The fresh, new look of our straightforward GUI means easy navigation throughout the site. With the homepage displaying thumbnails of presentations categorized under ‘Featured Audio’, ‘Featured Animated’, ‘Most Rated’, and  ‘Most Viewed’ , you can easily browse to any content that you are looking to reach.
 
Upload from authorPOINT:
You can now upload your presentation to authorSTREAM directly from authorPOINT. authorPOINT is a highly versatile plug-in tool for PowerPoint® that is built to capture and record voice as you deliver your slideshows. You can capture your audio live, or easily synchronize your PowerPoint with pre-recorded audio files. The annotation tool lets you annotate on your slideshow making it more interactive and engaging. Capturing your timings, annotations and live audio, authorPOINT delivers a synchronized presentation that can be played in Flash format. One of the distribution options offered by authorPOINT is a direct upload to authorSTREAM. All you need to do is connect to the internet and enter your authorSTREAM username, and password. Your presentation will be uploaded to authorSTREAM and will be added in your user account.