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If you are looking for a free or low-cost video-conferencing tool you may want to check this fresh new review of seven different technologies that you can use to video conference online.
The tools reviewed include:
- Cisco WebEX
- Citrix GoToMeeting
- Microsoft Lync
- Adobe Connect Pro
- Brother OmniJoin
- Google Hangouts
- Skype
Informative. Updated. 7/10
Full article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234680/7_low_cost_videoconferencing_services_Which_is_best_for_your_meeting_
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Biscotti is a multiparty HD videoconferencing system made up of a high-definition webcam to be placed over your HD large screen TV monitor and a conferencing service which allows you to call up to 25 other parties simultaneously. The Biscotti base camera unit costs only $149, and for a limited time the multi-party video-conferencing service is completely free. (Here the alternative hardware options: http://www.biscotti.com/compare# ) Later on, after the launch phase, the videoconferencing service will cost $9.95/month. The Biscotti video-conferencing system also hooks up to Google Talk allowing direct video calls to people on mobile phones too. "Big screen, multiparty video conferencing no longer requires complex and expensive infrastructure investment. It's now as simple as purchasing a Biscotti camera and selecting your service plan." (Source: TelepresenceOptions) Features: http://www.biscotti.com/features# Find out more: http://www.biscotti.com/services/conference# Pricing: http://www.biscotti.com/compare# Camera info: http://www.biscotti.com/biscotti# 
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June 11, 10:45 AM
Always on the lookout for better conferencing solutions
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ReviewStudio is a web-based collaboration solution that makes it easy to review, present, markup and collaborate on video, images and PDF files.
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ReviewStudio is a web-based collaborative app which allows you to upload video clips, PDF and image files that you want to be checked, commented and criticized by other people (teammates, clients, etc.). ReviewStudio lets you annotate, markup, comment and review/approve any type of visual work, including frame-precise annotation on video footage. File formats supported:
With ReviewStudio it is possible to run live collaborative review sessions and to maintain a complete, searchable record of all content-related communications and activities that take place over the course of a project. Formerly known as Cozimo, ReviewStudio is a very effective collaborative reviewing tool, providing an good set of markup tools and features that facilitate and speed-up the review and approval task. Free 15-day trial available. More info: https://www.reviewstudio.com/ Tutorial videos: https://www.reviewstudio.com/videos.php FAQ: https://www.reviewstudio.com/help.php Pricing: https://www.reviewstudio.com/pricing.php 
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May 7, 5:24 PM
Best I can say is to check Robin Good's comments below. Thank you Robin.
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May 24, 12:39 AM
Efficient and effective way to review and approve digital content like tech packs in garment production...
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"Send files faster than Dropbox."
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To send large files, of any size and quantity to someone else, while having to wait to least time possible, Minbox offers a bullet-speed solution that's as fast and easy to use as it can get. Minbox is a menu bar application (for Mac only - for now), which allows you to drag and drop as many files as you want, of any size - and to specify email addresses you want them to be delivered to. Click Send and it's done. Minbox does not keep you waiting to upload your files and italso allows you to schedule delivery at a later time. Free to use. *(Pro version also available with extra security, privacy, infinite permanent storage for your files, and more.) Download it now here: http://beta.minbox.com/Minbox.zip More info: http://beta.minbox.com/ Presskit: http://minbox.pressdoc.com/ 
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May 3, 11:10 AM
All this goodness and a great video short. Thank you!
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Meetin.gs, the meeting support and organization startup headed by Teemu Arina has just launched a new great cool feature, called MeetMe Page, which allows you to create, in a matter of minutes, a professional-looking public appointment page for yourself. Once you have selected days and hours in which you are available to take appointments, you can share the URL of this page (here is mine for example: https://meetin.gs/meet/robingood) with your own customers and contacts to make it easiest for both sides to find a common agreeable time for meeting together. In the PRO version you can also create multiple MeetMe Pages to manage different groups of clients and needs. In addition, the Meetin.gs service provides all of the additional tools and facilities you may need to carry out a great, fruitful appointment. Agenda handling, notes, related files, invitations, direct integration with Skype and Google calendar... you name it. Meetin.gs has it. The Meetin.gs site has been completely renewed and it is now much more informative and pleasing to browse, and the agenda and appointments UI is a pleasure to be used. Hats to the team for doing such a fantastic job. Meetin.gs has now become the little Rolls Royce for people who are fanatical about having timely, organized and productive meetings, and I wouldn't hesitate a second to recommend it to anyone. Free plan available to everyone. Try it out now: https://meetin.gs/ https://meetin.gs/meetings/wizard Features: http://www.meetin.gs/features/ Pricing: http://www.meetin.gs/pricing/ Delete the scoop?
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Best free downloadable and web-based video conferencing tools for holding multi-party video calls
Robin Good's insight:
If you are looking for web-based or downloadable video-conferencing alternatives that allow you to have a multi-party conversation with integrated audio and video and text chat, here are 20+ free tools abd services that you can use right now. This Pinterest board-list, which I have personally curated over the last two years, includes a direct link to each tool/service and info about how many other people you can videoconference with, without having to go for a paid account. The tools included are:
Free videoconferencing tools list: http://pinterest.com/robingood/top-20-free-video-conferencing-tools-2013/ 
Patricia Daniels's comment,
June 8, 9:42 AM
Thanks for this comprehensive list. I teach via Skype and use Google hangout and Facetime with some students, friends and uni; colleagues. I don't know why more isn't made of these tools. Saves time and money. Any many of them are great for collaborative work.
Patricia Daniels's curator insight,
June 8, 9:50 AM
A very comprehensive list here of video conferencing tools. I use Skype to teach English as a second language but fallback on Google Hangout and Facetime if we have any technical issues. Not that I've had any issues with Skype, but more my connection when I'm travelling.
When I've got some extra time I'm going to work my way through this list as I see there are a couple that don't require signing in, or downloading of software, which is useful when you want to communicate synchronously with people who are suspicious about logging in to any tools or who don't have the capacity for extra downloads. Delete the scoop?
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Effectively capturing, organizing and prioritizing ideas across disparate locations is a challenge every growing business faces. Stormboard is a realtime onl...
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Stormboard is a web-based collaborative brainstorming space based on sticky notes and a whiteboard where these can be positioned freely. Sticky notes can contain text, images or video clips, or stacks of sticky notes. All sticky notes have a comment thread allowing your team to clarify, debate and refine ideas. (Users also get 'dots' to vote on their favorite notes/ideas.) The final work can be easily exported to a spreadsheet for further work. Mobile devices are fully supported and data communications are protected by a SSL security protocol. Free plan available. More info: https://www.stormboard.com/ Pricing: https://www.stormboard.com/main/pricing 
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April 13, 2:01 PM
Oh....OK... Thanks. I'll go back and spend some time on it then.
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OmniJoin is a professional web conferencing app integrating high quality HD video conferencing as well as all of the standard features of a full-service web conferencing platform. Key features of OmniJoin include:
Paid plans start at £29/mo (30 attendees and 720p HD video conferencing) for OmniJoin and go up to £59/mo for the Pro version which allows for up to 50 users and 1080p HD video. The Pro version also integrates full support for HD and SD professional Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras, for video capture cards and the ability to send out customisable emails for meeting invites. Free 30-day trial available. Key features: http://webconferencing.brother.co.uk/how-it-works/product-features
Video tutorials: http://webconferencing.brother.co.uk/help-and-support/how-to-videos
Try out now: http://webconferencing.brother.co.uk/try-now *(This is a paid for, sponsored news story) Delete the scoop?
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Robin Good's insight:
Meet.fm is an outstanding new web conferencing app that provides permanent cloud-based meeting rooms and which supports video, audio-conferencing and VoIP, scree-sharing, co-browsing, file sharing, and more. From the same guys that originally brought you YouDazzle.com, here is a new web conferencing app that really shines in terms of design, ease of use and functionalities offered. Meet.fm can be used both as a collaborative platform, where every participant can engage, talk and contribute to the session, as well as a webinar-like tool, where there is essentially one presenter guiding the overall attendee experience. The Meet.fm interface can be personalized with your custom colors and logo and you have the opportunity to tap into most of the major cloud services, directly from Meet.fm. Right now Box.net, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Evernote are all supported. You can upload any file you have sitting on those services and share it or present it immediately to your Meet.fm attendees. Meet.fm offers a free plan that allows for about eight hours/monthly of one permanent fully-featured 1GB collaboration room for a max of 3 people. Piad plans allow for unlimited time, rooms and for 500+ participants and 100GB of storage (at $199/mo top plan). Pricing: https://meet.fm/our_pricing Try it out now: https://meet.fm/ 
Georgina Lester's curator insight,
March 7, 12:03 PM
How could this help you in a connected world to innovate in your own business? 
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March 16, 11:45 PM
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Simple, collaborative screen sharing. You each get your own mouse, and you're both always in control.
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ScreenHero, which I have reviewed and announced back in December, is a downloadable app which allows anyone to collaboratively screen-share any application and to work together simultaneously on it with others. Today ScreenHero has released a Windows version of its free app which is immediately available for download here: http://screenhero.com/#download From the official site: "You each get your own mouse pointer, and you're both always in control. It's designed for collaboration, not just broadcasting your screen." From the original article on BetaKit: "The team calls Screenhero “Google Docs for any application.” After downloading the app, signing up, and adding team members or friends, users can either share their entire screen or one individual window. Once a contact has agreed to view the screenshare, both participants get their own mouse pointer and similar to Google Docs, can simultaneously edit and work on projects. ... The company said their platform is ideal for developers who are programming together or reviewing code, companies who want to review designs or mockups together, or marketers giving product demos. The basic account is free, and soon users will be able to pay either $5 per month for an individual pro account, or $49 per month for a pro team account, which will add additional features like support and enterprise integration. The app also lets users chat using Screenhero’s internal chat feature, currently via text but the company said it plans to add audio chat as well, which is a crucial feature since right now most users who want to chat while they’re working together have to use Skype in conjunction with Screenhero." Source: http://betakit.com/2013/03/05/screenhero-launches-windows-version-of-collaborative-screensharing-app Screenhero lets you screen share any application with anyone, no matter where they are. It's super simple and blazing fast. You each get your own mouse pointer, and you're both always in control. It's designed for collaboration, not just broadcasting your screen. It's like Google Docs for any application on your computer. Free for Mac and Windows. Future pricing: http://screenhero.com/pricing.html Check this video: http://youtu.be/5BOAArc7vfM Try it out now: http://screenhero.com/ 
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March 7, 3:34 AM
From the website: "Screenhero lets you screen share any application with anyone, no matter where they are. It's super simple and blazing fast. You each get your own mouse pointer, and you're both always in control. It's designed for collaboration, not just broadcasting your screen. It's like Google Docs for any application on your computer. Screenhero is designed to feel like you're sitting next to the person you're working with — even when you're miles away. It's available for both Mac and Windows." Delete the scoop?
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The possibility of a direct, P2P, device-to-device mobile network is getting closer by the day. That means that in emergency situations you will be able to hook up directly to other individuals own cell phone and to create virtual networks capable of voice and data communication just-in-time. "The Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc Networks (BATMAN) joins smartphones together in an ad-hoc, mesh network, capable of device to device communication. You can share files and even send messages with the right application. A mobile ad hoc network is identical to a wireless ad hoc network with the additional constraint that the devices are constantly on the move (pdf)." ... "Project BATMAN is making Android smartphones capabile of peer-to-peer communications, instead of relying on a centralized cell tower, explains Geek.com and Network World." Source: Dailywireless BATMAN stands for (better approach to mobile ad-hoc networking) and it is a routing protocol for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks "The BATMAN routing protocol, under development by the Freifunk community, could potentially be integrated into Smart Phone Ad-hoc Network (SPAN), created by Josh Thomas and Jeff Robble. Shortly after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, these two came to the conclusion that there needed to be a way for emergency crews to communicate not only with one another but with local volunteers as well. Smartphones function as their own dedicated mesh network, adding and removing users on the fly. As long as you are within range of the mesh network, you’ll have the ability to call any of the users on the network through VOIP. The catch is each user would need to do is stay in range, which is about 100ft, from the next member of the mesh network." More info: http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/open-mesh/wiki Full article: http://www.dailywireless.org/2013/02/14/cellphones-get-direct-device-to-device-communications/ (Thanks to Sepp Hasslberger for finding this gem) Delete the scoop?
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Rabbit is a new downloadable software app (for Mac only now) that allows you to instant message, video conference with multiple parties and to screencast and share in real-time any music, video clip or app.
But the best way to describe it is a cool and very modern implementation of instant messaging. Source: MacRumors Features: http://www.rabb.it/features.html Help: http://help.rabb.it/rabbit More info / Sign-up for Beta: http://rabb.it 
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February 18, 3:23 PM
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WriteURL is a web-based online collaborative rich text editor that can operate in any language. Texts can be formatted with traditionall styles, font choices, font size, line spacing and more. Write URL provides extra security via encryption, it saves and records all of your edits, and it can work also when you are offline. "Sharing is as simple as emailing a URL. Collaborators get the write URL, live readers get the read URL. You can always publish a snapshot of the document as a web page with a publish URL." It is also possible to integrate links and images. Free to use. No registration required. Try it out now: http://www.writeurl.com/ 
Winners Education's curator insight,
February 13, 6:31 AM
Google docs also offers another great variety of collaborative tool....
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June 17, 12:40 AM
A collaborative real-time online text editor.
No registration. No password. Just click new document.
Sharing is as simple as emailing a URL. Collaborators get the write URL, live readers get the read URL. You can always publish a snapshot of the document as a web page with a publish URL.
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Robin Good's insight:
If you are looking for a free or low-cost video-conferencing tool you may want to check this fresh new review of seven different technologies that you can use to video conference online. The tools reviewed include: - Cisco WebEX - Citrix GoToMeeting - Adobe Connect Pro - Brother OmniJoin - Google Hangouts
Full article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234680/7_low_cost_videoconferencing_services_Which_is_best_for_your_meeting_ 
Jim Lerman's curator insight,
December 21, 2012 2:08 AM
When it comes to tools, Robin Good is one of the best sources of information. 
LLatipi's curator insight,
December 21, 2012 4:55 AM
Great tools for real-time online communication. 
Kathie Nelson's curator insight,
February 27, 11:34 AM
The world of online meetings is changing. Get the latest review of the top 7 tools here. Thanks, @Barbara Saunders |
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Kollaborate.io (previously CanvasDropr) is real-time visual collaboration platform that allows you to upload and share over 40 file types, straight from GDrive, Dropbox, Box, and to video chat, comment and annotate with your invited guests or openly with your fans. Kollaborate.io provides an open, visual canvas in which you can upload or drag and drop most any type of file, and easily position it and size it. It is possible to add text to any part of the canvas or to use a line/free hand vector drawing tool to highlight certain elements. The canvas memorizes all of the changes and modifications taking place and it allows to restore any previous element that has been deleted or changed. Each session and its related items is automatically saved into an archive. The video-conferencing feature allows multiple participants to switch on their video feed and to make themselves seen during a session and it is supported by a text chat facility. From a collaborative viewpoint, it is possible to create different teams, and to associate them to specific sessions and materials. My comments: Cool and effective UI makes it easy to understand rapidly what is what. Canvas and image uploading is extremely effective and responsive. Moving and resizing elements on the canvas is also a breeze. No common view with participants. They see the same objects but not your real time zooming or repositioning. While I was testing I had problems inviting other people into both an Open and an Invitation-only event. Could be due to some bugs that need yet to be ironed out. 14-day free trial available. Pricing starts at $9.99/mo for unlimited sessions / guests. More info: http://www.kollaborate.io/ 
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June 12, 11:21 AM
Real-Time Visual Collaboration and HD Video Conferencing with Kollaborate.io Delete the scoop?
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Beyond WeTransfer.
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SoShare is a free web service based on BitTorrent technology that allows you to send as many files as you want to anyone at no cost. The service allows for up to 1 TB in file size for each bundle you send. A bundle is made up by one or more files you want to share. From GigaOM: "SoShare combines BitTorrent file transfer technology with cloud caching, making it possible for recipients to access the files even when the sender is offline." To upload or download a file you need to install a browser plugin. SoShare displays your file transfer progress, provides both a file deletion and a file expiration command (by default files transferred / shared via SoShare expire after 30 days), as well as social sharing buttons for any bundle sent. Free to use. Try it out now: https://soshareit.com/ Delete the scoop?
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Ninchat is a web service which offers you the ability to create one or more persistent, online collaboration rooms, where you can text chat and videoconference with up to 12 people concurrently. Collaborations rooms, or channels, created with Ninchat integrate text, video conferencing and file sharing via Dropbox. These rooms can be set to be "public" or "private" depending on your needs. The chat history is "infinite" and fully searchable, allowing for effective asynchronous exchanges, and messages can be exchanged also privately between individual users. All Ninchat communications are SSL encrypted, there is an open API to extend and customize this service, and the service works across desktop computer and tablets/smartphones (Android only for now). Basic plan free to use (2 rooms). Higher pricing plans go from a "Small" 5-room option at $15/mo up to "large" for 30-rooms at $70/mo. Try it out now: https://ninchat.com/ Android version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninchat.client.android *added to my collection: Top 20 Free Videoconferencing Tools 2013 
Dena Patrick|Wishadoo's comment,
April 29, 9:07 AM
I greatly appreciate these posts, Robin. I'm trying to find the best platform to have a series of online presentation/conversations and feel rather overwhelmed. I need the ability to present material, have live interaction in various forms (video, phone and text/chat), and record the sessions. Free or low cost, as well. I've assumed Google Hangouts would be the best choice but I greatly appreciate the other options you're presenting.
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April 30, 2:49 AM
An interesting platform. Basic functions are free. Delete the scoop?
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Robin Good's insight:
If you need to review and compare alternative web conferencing and online collaboration tools you should give a look to Online Meeting Tools Review, a web service providing basic information for 35 different tools. I have already recommended this service in May 2012, but the service has been significantly improved and updated. With the Basic Comparison Tool you can review up to four different conferencing services side-by-side for no additional fee: https://webconferencing-test.com/en/compare-tools-basic With the Pro version of the same Comparison Tool you can get up to 12 different tools compared into a report that is sent straight to your email without any cost. The only requirement is that you accept the option of being later contacted by one of the companies you have requested to be compared. Free to use. Testing methodology: https://webconferencing-test.com/en/how-we-test Try it out now: https://webconferencing-test.com/en/online-meeting-home 
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight,
April 22, 10:34 AM
Great insight from trusted source Robin Good (@RobinGood). We are all in the "online confernece" business now (no matter what our business vertical), so important reviews of helpful tools here. 
GIANFRANCO MARINI's curator insight,
April 23, 12:46 AM
Mi limito a tradurre liberamente quanto scritto da Robin Good Il sitohttps://webconferencing-test.com/en/online-meeting-home offre informazioni che consentono di comparare 35 strumenti per il web conferencing e la collaborazione on line Si tratta di strumenti software o webware.
Per ciascuno di essi viene proposto un link in cui è possibile: visdualizzare una descrizione del servizio e delle sue principali caratteristiche; andare alla home page del servizio; scaricare o registrarsi alla versione trial
I criteri in base a cui vengono esaminati i servizi di web conferenging sono: usabilità, funzionalità, meeting setup, installazione, trasparenza costi, sicurezza supporto piattaforma e score overall e sono spiegati qui: https://webconferencing-test.com/en/how-we-test
In questa pagina https://webconferencing-test.com/en/compare-tools-basic è; possibile selezionare due o più servizi per poterne confrontare direttamente le caratteristiche in base agli 8 criteri persei in considerazione
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June 12, 9:32 AM
Here's a comparison we'll keep handy as we continue to provide effective solutions for Web conferencing on CoolHub. Delete the scoop?
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Rabbit is a (Mac-only) video-conferencing, collaboration and synch-viewing downloadable software which allows you to text chat, video-conference, view clips and images together with others and to screencast your own screen. Rabbit is characterized by offering the opportunity to create private "meeting rooms" in which to invite and collaborate with others. Rooms are designed in beautiful, creative ways giving more space to the human aspect rather than to the technical one. You can video chat with up to 10 guests simultaneously (plus you) and benefit from the innovative conferencing layout offered by Rabbit, where video feeds can be placed around a shared content or laid out in other alternative ways. With Rabbit it is possible to real-time share any content from YouTube, Hulu, Spotify (audio sharing), Vimeo and more, as well as to screencast any open application you have on your computer. Free to use. For more info see: http://www.rabb.it/ Help / Support: http://help.rabb.it/rabbit Download now here (Mac): http://apps.facebook.com/letsrabbit/ Check this Robert Scoble video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nTomErrdDJs and: https://apps.facebook.com/letsrabbit/ 
Raquel Oliveira's comment,
April 25, 5:28 PM
Hope this will be available for all very soon as e learning tool.
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April 25, 5:29 PM
Amazing chat tool for better learning experiences. Delete the scoop?
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Copy is a cloud-based service which allows anyone to easily upload, store and share any kind of file, while keeping in sync your different devices. Copy comes also with desktop versions for Mac, Windows and Linux as well as iOS and Android mobile versions. "Once uploaded, Copy generates a unique URL for the file that you can copy and send to the intended recipients over email, social media networks or IM. On the receiving end, the user just needs to open that URL in their web browser and click the Download button to download the file to their PC, smartphone or tablet. While you can use Copy’s file sharing features without creating any account, registering for one rewards you with a few additional privileges like 5GB of cloud storage and file synchronization straight from desktop or mobile, depending on which platform you use it. An account can be created both from the web interface and from within the service’s desktop or mobile apps." Copy provides you ith 5GB of inital free storage space, which gets bumped up to 10GB as soon as you install a desktop or mobile version. "You can share files without even creating any user account that most other similar services often require." "Copy also keeps past versions of your files so that if you accidentally lose or change something, you can get it back. The Android app of the service comes with PhotoCopy – a feature that automatically uploads your photos to the cloud similar to Dropbox, SugarSync and Google+’s offering." (Source: Addictivetips.com) For up to 5GB and more free to use. More info: https://www.copy.com/home/ Pricing: https://www.copy.com/price/ Install: https://www.copy.com/install/
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March 30, 7:36 AM
Robin Good shares a new Cloud Service with us in this scoop. Have a read of his comments below. They are very helpful. Thanks Robin, once again.
One question I do have is what is the sustainability or business models of these services. It's hard enough to keep up with local storage equipment and standards, or connectors (e.g., Firewire, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB TNG, Apple Lightning, SATA, etc., etc.,) How will we keep up with the technology? How will we know where we put that important file? This why curation, maintenance, and digital archive management are becoming much more important.
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April 3, 11:51 PM
I find this MOST interesting. Thanks Robin. Cloud storage has become more interesting to me because I work on a laptop with a HD that is pretty well maxed-out for now. I've used Dropbox for years and am up to about 11 G right now because I've had some referrals. But I think it's always good to have some more storage. Delete the scoop?
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Communicate and connect effortlessly with a robust web-conferencing solution complete with feature-rich collaboration tools.
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Momentum, a hosted PBX provider, has just made available a new enterprise-grade web conferencing platform called Momentum Meeting. The browser-based Java-enabled web collaboration solution integrates whiteboard, text chat, screen-sharing, audio, video and presentation tools for meeting sessions with up to 250 attendees. businesses are adopting every year. ■ Synchronized Browsing and Screen Share ■ Session recording
Plans start at $24.95/Month Product tour: http://www.gomomentum.com/services_producttour.html
N.B.: I have not been able to find detailed info about what other plans are available and what do they specifically offer.
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March 20, 4:32 PM
Once again Robin Good gives us good insight to this scoop. Check out his comment below. Thanks once again, Robin. 
Dana Jaffe's comment,
April 4, 1:33 PM
Hi all. My name is Dana and I am a part of the Momentum team. Below is a link to our Web Conferencing service page, and if you scroll down you will see a chart highlighting the different plans available. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me or call 877.251.5554. http://www.gomomentum.com/services_webconferencing.html
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CamDip is a free web app which allows you to videoconference with anyone easily without the need to download any software or plugin. CamDip is not particularly sophisticated in its user interface, but it does offer the basics to video conference and text chat without requiring any complex setup. CampDip allows you to easily create a meeting room and then to share its URL with the people you want to invite. Free to use. Video tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/CamDipChat Try it out now: http://camdip.com/ Delete the scoop?
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If you are looking for a good and safe alternative to Drobox or Box.net here is one: Owncloud is an open source software which you can install on your own web server and which provides you not only with full file storage and sharing capabilties, but also with the ability to connect directly to other file storage services and to run HTML5 apps. Excerpted from the Techcrunch review: "OwnCloud is a free software suite, written in PHP, that provides file storage, synchronization, and sharing. It provides the same basic features of Dropbox or Box.net." "The core ownCloud offering is file storage and synchronization. You also get optional contacts and calendar synchronization, if you want to use it. As an open source application, you can install it on any computer you control. This means you know how and where your data is stored, something which existing hosted solutions abstract away from you. Individuals and enterprises can install ownCloud on their own hardware, and define access policies according to their own needs." "...the ownCloud mobile client can automatically upload pictures taken from your phone." "...ownCloud can be connected to third-party storage like Dropbox or Google Drive or even an FTP server. These are read-write connections, allowing you to use third-party storage in whatever ways make sense for you..." "...ownCloud supports HTML5 applications, allowing you to add all sorts of additional functionality. The ownCloud app catalog has dozens of apps." (Source: Techcrunch) Overview: https://owncloud.com/owncloud-overview Download and subscriptions: https://owncloud.com/owncloud-subscriptions Find out more: https://owncloud.com/
ghbrett's curator insight,
February 28, 4:14 PM
This is a solution that makes a lot of sense to me. Keeping the curation and management of content locally will allow personal and enterprise installations to share content among their community.
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ScreenHero is a new downloadable Mac app (soon for Windows too) which allows you to easily share any app you have installed on your computer with one or more people, who can work on it simultaneously with you. Key basic features:
Advanced features (for paid plans)
From the official site: "Screenhero lets you screen share any application with anyone, no matter where they are. It's super simple and blazing fast. You each get your own mouse pointer, and you're both always in control. It's designed for collaboration, not just broadcasting your screen. It's like Google Docs for any application on your computer. " A Windows version is coming soon and you can sign up to be notified when it will be available. Free version available. Download ScreenHero (Mac): http://dl.screenhero.com/update/screenhero/Screenhero.dmg (23.4 MB) Pricing: http://screenhero.com/pricing.html More info: http://screenhero.com/ (Thank to Ana Cristina Pratas for first discovering it) 
Lauren Kelly's curator insight,
February 20, 12:50 AM
We read Robin Good last week and he's a trustworthy source--he scooped this piece on collaborative screen sharing which seems very pertinent to the topic of online collaboration. Screen sharing is also something we haven't talked about a lot and that I would like to explore more. Delete the scoop?
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WebRTC, the real-time collaboration and conferencing protocol is getting better and better by the day. With it, and without the need to install any plug-in, software or downloadable extension, browsers like Chrome and Firefox which fully support it, can initiate real-time video conferences just like this one.
"Google and Mozilla are working with the W3C and IETF to develop WebRTC, and although it is still work in progress, the applications that are being developed to demonstrate its capabilities show that WebRTC can mean an end to having to download plugins and add-ons."
pgpete's curator insight,
February 6, 7:28 PM
WebRTC, the real-time collaboration and conferencing protocol is getting better and better by the day. With it, and without the need to install any plug-in, software or downloadable extension, browsers like Chrome and Firefox which fully support it, can initiate real-time video conferences just like this one.
"Google and Mozilla are working with the W3C and IETF to develop WebRTC, and although it is still work in progress, the applications that are being developed to demonstrate its capabilities show that WebRTC can mean an end to having to download plugins and add-ons."
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February 9, 3:14 PM
See Robin Good's Comments below. Always well thought out and better than what I could say about this post. Delete the scoop?
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RealTimeBoard is a new web service which allows you to easily create collaborative visual boards with images and documents uploaded from your computer or grabbed from the web. Free to use. Try it out now here: realtimeboard.com/app/#/7RIUTYPQRLJ Video tutorials: http://realtimeboard.com/tour/ More info: http://realtimeboard.com/ 
Minna Kilpeläinen's curator insight,
January 26, 5:49 PM
Watch the tutorial! This Collaborative Visual Board seems to be a great tool for virtual and face-to-face classrooms and meetings. Really worth trying.
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Lauren Kelly's curator insight,
February 20, 12:54 AM
This is another interesting platform that allows for visual collaboration. These sorts of posts make me want to narrow down my topic to just online visual collaboration and information sharing! Delete the scoop?
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