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Skype Opens Up Free Video-Conferencing For Up To 10 People on Win, Mac, Xbox

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Starting today you can make free video-conferencing calls with Skype without having to pay for a Pro/Premium version of the program. 


Skype now supports up to 10 participants in any group video conference. 


Available already for PC, Mac and Xbox One users and in the near future on all other platforms.



Find out more: http://blogs.skype.com/2014/04/28/skype-loves-bringing-groups-together-with-free-group-video-calling/ 


Downloads: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/ 



Added to best video-conferencing tools 2014.


Laura Salas's curator insight, November 22, 2015 11:26 AM

This is yet another great tool to take advantage of when collaborating. Not only is it free for up to 10 connections but everyone has access to it and it's easy to use.

Alex's curator insight, August 4, 2016 2:20 AM
Pretty cool! Blrt would work better for short presentation though
Jeff's curator insight, March 20, 2017 4:18 PM
For very large families
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One-Click Free Web Collaboration Platform for Skype Users: LiveMinutes

One-Click Free Web Collaboration Platform for Skype Users: LiveMinutes | Online Collaboration Tools | Scoop.it

Robin Good: LiveMinutes is a real-time collaboration tool that enables you to leverage the good audio conferencing capabilities of Skype while providing you with an elegantly-designed interface to share and collaborate around documents and presentations. 

Maximum capacity is around 20 participants with whom you can show any Office / OpenOffice document, PDF or presentation you have while also providing a live video of your selected presenter.


"When you change page or scroll to a paragraph, your guest's view is automatically updated, so you are always literally on the same page. You can also annotate your documents with sidenotes and drawing tools."


Not only. All your uploaded files are stored in a library where you can organize the according to types. 100MB capacity. (soon to be extended)


Other key features include:

  • Integrated Google Maps collaboration
  • Text chat
  • Meeting scheduling system
  • Participants rights management
  • Sketching and diagramming tools
  • Whiteboarding tools
  • Live minutes reporting including files and chat exchanges
  • Open API


LiveMinutes is free to use and will soon add additional capabilities including multi-point video conferencing.


I really like whatLiveMinutes offers and would recommend anyone to try it. 


Features: http://liveminutes.com/en/features 


FAQ: http://liveminutes.com/en/faq 


More info:  http://liveminutes.com/ 

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Free Videoconference For Up To 12 People with the New ooVoo for Facebook

Free Videoconference For Up To 12 People with the New ooVoo for Facebook | Online Collaboration Tools | Scoop.it

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/ 

(Thanks to Jaana Nyström for discovering this one) 

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