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Robin Good: UberConference is a kind of audio-conferencing app focusing on making it easier for both the host and the participants to find out more about the other people participating, while "seeing" always who's who, who's attending and who's talking. UberConference integrates a full conference audio recording function (downloadable .MP3), the ability to mute or "boot" anyone who is not behaving properly inside an event or a discussion, and the option of talking "secretly" just to one or more selected persons (while the others cannot hear you). To make all of this possible UberConference has created a visual board that displays all participants faces and names, and allows once you click on anyone of them to check their social profile and their online activities. At the end of a conference the service provides you with a summary report listing you the topics covered, who participated and who talked (and for how long). Sign-up - Try it out: http://uberconference.com/zyeLduHQ (Thanks to Ana Cristina Pratas for discovering this one) 
Robin Good: ooVoo has just released a new Facebook app allowing any user to videoconference at zero cost with up to 12 people. No registration or download is required. ooVoo is a downloadable software available for Mac/PC/Android/iOS. Business Insider article: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-next-billion-dollar-business-oovoo-branches-out-to-attract-new-users-2012-5 More info about ooVoo: http://www.oovoo.com Try it: https://apps.facebook.com/ooVoovideochat/ 
Robin Good: InFocus.cc is a useful and free web app which allows you to select/highlight any area on any web page, and get a shareable URL for it. This is very useful for when you need to tell someone where to specifically look on a web page without having to draw a small manual for it. Here is how it works: 1) You input the URL of the site where you want to highight a section 2) InFocus.cc takes you that web page and it provides you with a trasparent, draggable and resizable selector that you use to define the area to highlight. 3) InFocus.cc provides you with a URL that you can share with anyone to show that specific page/view and the section you have highlighted Robin Good: Polkast is a free iOS and Android app which allows you to connect directly to your remote computer and instantly access all your files, videos, photos and music you have on it. Polkast does not use any "cloud storage" type of solution to achieve this, but simply connects your mobile device or Windows 7 PC to your selected "home/work" Mac/PC, and then gives you direct access to all of your files through an organized system. The app is free to download and use. Check out this video: http://youtu.be/U-znhyxcw2I FAQ: http://support.polkast.com/forums/20022187-frequently-asked-questions Mac download (for base station): http://itunes.apple.com/app/polkast/id501330662?mt=12 PC download: http://dl.polkast.com/d/PolkastSetup.exe More info: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/polkast/id448187970?mt=8 (Via Ana Cristina Pratas) 
Robin Good: Cisco Jabber is a multi-platform and multi-device collaboration and communication platform which provides text chat/instant messaging, video-conferencing, telephony and voicemail and which can escalate to full-blown web-conferencing and collaboration sessions. Cisco Jabber utilizes the XMPP protocol allowing interoperability with other instant messaging systems. Ciso Jabber is available for Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, Android, Blackberry and Nokia devices. Download for Windows: http://bit.ly/CiscoJabberWin Download for Mac: http://bit.ly/CiscoJabberMac Video intro: http://bit.ly/CiscoJabberGettingStartedVideo Find out more: http://www.cisco.com/web/products/voice/jabber.html 
Robin Good: Board800 is an interactive multi-user (shared) whiteboard web app providing basic drawing and illustration tools.
Key features include: -> Multi-user shared whiteboard with simultaneous access and drawing capabilities
Free to use.
A server-based version is available for purchase and installation.
Try it now: http://board800.com/draw
More info: http://board800.com/ Via Baiba Svenca Robin Good: Altadyn is a new Facebook prototype app and API which allows you to create, edit, personalize and publish three-dimensional spaces in which to meet, talk and share content with your other people. Key features include: Altadyn is a Platform as a Service on the cloud, and it has been designed for Facebook app developers, who want to create easily accessible sophisticated applications where users enter 3D immersive spaces and socialize virtually with each other. Source code of the prototype app MyLoft is available free of charge for all registered users of the Development Platform within their free account. App developers can use My Loft source code as a basis for developments to which they add value with: -- their own content: variety of creative avatars and variety of 3D spaces, Check the BBC World News story on this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9714258.stm License for apps with less than a 100 daily users are offered for free. To learn more: http://ALTADYN.com/developers-api/ To read a more detailed Press Release: http://ALTADYN.com/PR/ALTADYN-adds-3D-to-Facebook.pdf Robin Good: Forget Google Drive coming next week. I have just been testing for a few days Bitcasa, which promises unlimited storage for $10/month (free while in Beta) and I must say I have been quite impressed. Once installed on your Mac or PC, Bitcasa makes itself available to "cloudify" any folder/directory you want with a simple click and then it works in the background to upload and copy all of your files to the your infinite storage drive. You can sync-up different computers and portable devices and get access to all of your precious files from anyone. To show how eager Bitcasa really is to receive tons of your files and to backup hundreds of gigabytes of stuff, Bitcasa has installed on my Mac a little utility (with my approval) that automatically offers me, everytime I plug in an external hard disk, to cloudify its contents. I have already cloudified over 20GB without a hitch and now I can see them from all my computers. If you need to work or collaborate with othe people, are on the move, and can't carry around a suitcase of hard drives, Bitcasa may provide an ideal solution at a very accessible cost. Very promising. 9/10 Sign up to get in: http://www.bitcasa.com/ Robin Good: Back at the end of February Microsoft Research announced IllumiShare a new tool that enables two folks to share any physical or digital object on any surface. Illumishare utilizes a lamp to light your desktop and a camera-projector right above it enables remote users to see what you are doing on it and vice-versa. Steve Clayton writes: "IllumiShare uses a camera-projector pair where the camera captures video of the local workspace and sends it to the remote space and the projector projects video of the remote workspace onto the local space. With IllumiShare people can sketch together using real ink and paper, remote meeting attendees can interact with conference room whiteboards, and children can have remote play dates in which they interact with real toys." Cnet reports: "Imagine having a real-time card game with a friend thousands of miles away without looking at a computer screen.
Despite having the innocent appearance of a lamp, the low-cost device actually shares the surface it's illuminating over the Internet. This means you could sketch a portrait with someone else using real paper, or create a real-time dynamic learning scenario that enables a remote tutor to teach a child much more effectively than ever before. You could even play a game of Canasta with your grandmother if you wanted to." Fore more info check: http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=159525 
Robin Good: YouDazzle is a new online collaboration service which allows you to share files, manage private meeting rooms, do screen sharing and have real-time discussions with your team members. Key features include:
PCWorld writes: "The company uses third-party public clouds, hosted by Amazon Web Services and DropBox, to not only store files in a cloud, but allow for multiple users to access them during Web meetings. ... YouDazzle features password protected online "rooms" that store files that can then be shared by a host with invited members to a meeting. The software also supports screen sharing and a discussion feature that allows for real-time conversations during the online meeting. The company's software is integrated with Dropbox APIs, which allows for documents that are stored in DropBox to be edited in the application and stored back into the cloud." ... YouDazzle, which released the product this week, has a free version, allowing one user to host a single meeting. (*Credit card required) For $20 a month, a user can host an unlimited number of meetings, while for $40 up to three hosts can access the software and for $100 a month up to 10 hosts can start online meetings." Pricing: https://www.youdazzle.com/pricing Try it out: https://www.youdazzle.com/ 
Robin Good: ClickMeeting is a complete webconferencing and webcasting solution, that works across all platforms and browsers, which integrates audio and video-conferencing, screen-sharing, chat and whiteboarding for up to 1000 attendees. ClickMeeting key features include:
Features: http://www.clickmeeting.com/features 30-day free trial available Pricing: http://www.clickmeeting.com/pricing.html 40% discount for non-profits More info: http://www.clickmeeting.com/ 
Robin Good: ISL Online, a provider of a great set of "remote support" software tools for all type of computers and mobile devices, has put together an extremely useful comparative table of all services available in this category. The dynamic table allows you to compare a maximum of two remote support tools against ISL own ISL Light and across a large number of key traits and features. Very useful. 9/10 Remote support tools comparative table: http://www.islonline.com/isl-light/ct/ Robin Good: StartMeeting is a new web service providing a web conferencing and webcasting platform integrating screen-sharing and audio-conferencing functionalities for up to 1000 people. Key features include: 1) Audio Conferencing 2) Screen Sharing 3) Customizable Meeting Page 4) Free Audio Recording 5) iPad Support "In terms of the technology, the audio conferencing component features reservationless access for up to 1,000 participants. Access options include toll, toll-free, and an integrated high-definition VoIP platform. Pricing ranges from .029 to .039 cents per minute for toll-free access. StartMeeting further provides unlimited use, screen-sharing subscriptions with 50-, 200-, 500- and 1,000-seat options. Monthly pricing falls between $12.95 and $19.95 for a 50-seat license." 30-day free trial available.
Audio conferencing tutorials: http://www.startmeeting.com/audio Screen-sharing video tutorials: http://www.startmeeting.com/screen_sharing FAQ: http://www.startmeeting.com/faq More info: http://www.startmeeting.com/ |
Robin Good: Sidecar is a mobile app for iOS and Android which allows you to make voice calls while enabling you to share video, images, notes or a map showing where you are in relationship to your other caller while you are talking. Key features: a) See What I See Video: Sidecar users can share amazing real-time videos of what’s happening around them. b) Photos: Sidecar users can easily share vivid photos at the click of a button. c) Locations: Sidecar lets users look at an interactive map, see where they are in relation to the person they’re calling, and share locations to meet up. d) Contact Information: Sidecar lets users pass along and integrate contacts from their phone’s address book. e) Whisper Text: Send a private text message to another Sidecar user during a call, and keep the conversation going when it’s hard to talk. Sidecar users can call anywhere in the world for free: As long as both parties are using the Sidecar app. Sidecar users can also call anyone in the US or Canada for free over Wi-Fi: The person you’re calling doesn’t need to have the app. (When you call, they’ll receive a text message telling them how to download Sidecar so next time you can use Sidecar’s exclusive smart calling features.) (Calls to any number in the US or Canada from the Sidecar client over Wi-FI are free too. When using Sidecar over a 3G or 4G data connection, normal carrier charges for that service apply.) Review on GigaOM: http://gigaom.com/mobile/sidecar-turns-the-simple-phone-call-into-a-media-sharefest/ Free to download and use. for iPhone: http://itunes.com/apps/sidecarme FAQ: http://www.sidecar.me/faq.html Find out more: http://Sidecar.me From the official site: "As surprising as it sounds, there's currently no easy and effective way to transfer a file to a friend via Facebook. Pipe has taken a common feature of communication - attaching a file - and turned it into something simple and fun to use. Privacy is guaranteed as it's a direct connection from one device to the other, between friends. Pipe creates a direct, real-time connection between two devices with no intermediary server. Pipe starts as an application on Facebook, and is then migrating to mobile devices and tablets.
Find out more: www.usepipe.com 
Robin Good: Facebook has just announced that it is enabling across all accounts a "file sharing" feature inside Facebook Groups. From the original article: "The social network has revealed to Mashable that all Groups will now offer the ability to send files. This update rolls out to a small percentage of groups Thursday, and will become available to others during the following days. If you don’t have the feature already, Facebook wants you to know you’ll have it “soon.” Facebook Groups for Schools, launched last month, incorporated the file-sharing feature — but you needed a .edu address to use it. Users can upload most file types up to 25MB — the same file size limit as Gmail. The exceptions: music files (sorry, old-school Napster fans) and executable (.exe) files (sorry, hackers). But e-books, comics, music videos and other small movies are fair game." Full article: http://mashable.com/2012/05/10/facebook-groups-3/ 
Robin Good: The Online Meeting Tools Review is a web-based service which allows you to compare side-by-side over 35 web conferencing and webinar tools. The free version allows you to access individual reviews and to compare up to four tools on a set of basic criteria with not much detail. The Pro version is a downloadable PDF that includes comparison of whatever number of tools you have selected across 80 different features. Price starts at $19 for in-depth comparison of 4 tools. Each additional tool added to the report is $4 more.
Well organized idea for an in-demand need, but information quality is not as good as it should be. 6/10 Evaluation method: http://webconferencing-test.com/en/evaluation-guide More info: http://webconferencing-test.com/en/webconference-home 
Robin Good: Idroo is a Windows-only downloadable collaborative whiteboard that works seamlessly with Skype. Key features include:
N.B.: The software if free for personal and home use, but you’ll need to pay a fee for commercial or educational use. Download: http://www.idroo.com/download (Win only)
Robin Good: Here's is a good and well illustrated step-by-step tutorial on how you can record a full Google Hangout video collaboration session (from a Mac). Useful. Illustrated. 8/10 Full step-by-step tutorial: http://www.tildee.com/5owhfh Robin Good: Google Drive is finally out and readfdy to be used. The service moves Google Docs to a whole new level by providing full integration between cloud storage and the apps and files you have in your computer. "Google Drive lets you do more than just store your files. Share files with exactly who you want and edit them together, from any device. In Google Drive, you can create new documents, spreadsheets and presentations instantly. Work together at the same time, on the same doc, and see changes as they appear." Key features include:
Free to use. Get started with 5 GB of free space. Upgrade to 25 GB for less than $2.50 a month. Google Drive is available for: PC and MaciPhone and iPad (coming soon) Android devices More info: https://drive.google.com/start#home Robin Good: If you are tempted to use a collaborative wiki, to let your team, colleagues or fans participate and contribute to a common project, but have been reluctant to use one because of the difficulty of getting on-board people who were not familiar with this technology, your wait is over. HackPad is a very user-friendly wiki platform which allows you to co-work and co-edit text documents containing images and videos with maximum ease and least effort. Key features include: - Authorship colors show you who wrote what. - Invite by name or email, or just share the URL. - Linking immediacy. Just type '@' and you're creating links or new pages. - Changes are emailed to everyone. Email reply to update pages quickly. - Keep track of all your plans using task lists. - Find pages instantly from your desktop with the taskbar app for OSX. - Private instance. Safe and secure. - Choose your own address: https://yourcompany.hackpad.com. - Import your existing MediaWiki or Google Sites Wiki. - Administrative tools. 24/7 support. Tour of Hackpad: https://www.hackpad.com/1d0D#This-is-a-Tour-Of-Hackpad More info: https://www.hackpad.com/ (Via Sepp Hasslberger) 
Robin Good: Meetings.io is a new videoconferencing service which allows you to meet up with to 5 people in your own branded and persistent collaboration room. There is no software to download or install as Meetings.io is completely web-based. Meetings.io also include other key collaboration features such as:
Free to use. No registration required. Key features: http://meetings.io/features More info: http://meetings.io/ Robin Good: Co-meeting is a real-time text-based group discussion tool. The key features of Co-meeting are: 1) Live-Typing Chat 2) Multi-Threaded Discussion 3) Notes of real-time share From Lifehacker: "Remember Google Wave? ...Co-Meeting is a new web service that brings a lot of them back, including real-time, as-you're-typing conversations, document storage, in-line to-dos, notes, and meeting minutes, and more.
As everyone talks, one click turns any posted comment into a to-do item or a progress update to an existing to-do. ...The service even keeps track of where you left a conversation so you can get up to speed quickly when you return." Full review: http://lifehacker.com/5899346/co+meeting-is-google-wave+inspired-group-collaboration-tool Try it out now: http://www.co-meeting.com/ 
Robin Good: Eyeris is a new hosted videoconferencing system which provides HD lifesize quality video even with low-bandwidth Internet connectivity. Eyeris can work both in standard and HD videoconferencng modes, accommodating both standard (384Kbps) and high-definition (1.7Mbps) viewing. "Eyeris offers an affordable package by removing the capital expenditure investment and complimenting it with low-cost bandwidth solutions such as Vox's Fishbone." Key features:
More info: http://www.voxdatapro.co.za/product_eyeris.asp?prod=Eyeris Robin Good: The ConferenceCam is the latest Logitech webcam, an all-in-one audio and video device capable of merging a full HD webcam alongside a high-quality omni-directional full-duplex speakerphone. The ConferenceCam plugs into your computer or notebook via USB, and it integrates a full HD webcam with motorized pan, tilt and zoom capabilities. The ConferenceCam can be controlled from a control pad on the device or using a convenient remote control. In addition, the control pad or the remote will be able to answer calls, end calls, adjust the volume and mute the microphone. Key features: - 180-degree video pan - support for 1080p 30fps HD The Logitech BCC950 ConferenceCam is expected to cost around $250 and it will be available in May. |
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