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- Skype Multipoint Video Chat - When I tested Skype about a year ago, I lamented the fact that it was only point-to-point. Well, as I had my attention turned to AltamontCowork (and surviving)…… this past May Skype apparently introduced 5 way videoconferencing (video chat), and today, they doubled that to 10 way (in Beta, see the announcement here) Soooo, Skype is [...]
- Frozen Nook - Never, even on the coldest day, has a Book ever frozen on me. I’m in the middle of a great book (Brad Thor’s “The Last Patriot”) and my Nook FROZE. Yikes! Nothing I did worked. Rats. (I used the Nook app on my new HTC Aria to continue reading) Then I called Barnes & Noble Tech Support, 1-800-THE-BOOK, (how [...]
- Gmail Phone Calls - You have probably heard by now that you can make a phone call using Gmail. I can verfiy…it works! But voice only, no video…..yet. Here is how it worked: Using my trusty Toshiba laptop (now over 4 years old and going strong) I got on my Gmail account and saw the prompt “Call Phone”. (I used my Chat [...]
- Vidyo Mobile on the iPad - Please visit Vidyo’s web site for a lot more information, but, for now…this is soooooo coooool. I’ll say it one more time: Videoconferencing anytime, anyplace, anyone. This is the future….Vidyo is pushing the technology of mobile videoconferencing….whooohoo!
- Videoconferencing: Anytime, Anyplace, Anyone - I have been saying this, hmmmmm, since, errrr, 1992 (actually 1988, but, who is counting). Videoconferencing should be be able to connect anyone, anytime, to anyplace. Until, 2010 this has not been the case, but, maybe, finally, it is going to happen. Very exciting. All new technologies take a good 15 to 20 years to become the [...]
- The Computing World is Changing - Got a call yesterday from a friend who is buying her daughter a computer for college. Once we got through the pricing for the system she picked out (it was a good price for a 4 Gig RAM, 320 Gig HD laptop, with web cam) we moved on to discuss virus protection, browsers, and Office. This [...]
- Bay Area to Install EV Charging Stations - The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board recently approved $5 million for the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and home chargers. According to the press release, the money will fund the installation of: 3,000 home chargers 2,000 public chargers 50 fast chargers (off of freeways) They say that transportation is responsible for 50% of the air pollution [...]
- AARNet Desktop Video Conference Project Group Report - I was reading Janine Lim’s “Videoconferencing Out on a Lim” blog this morning and she had posted a link to the AARNet Desktop Video Conference Project Group Report. I surfed over to the report and was pleased (VERY) to find an extremely comprehensive evaluation of several desktop videoconferencing systems. Great work! Grab the PDF here Systems Evaluated [...]
- 3D Display by Sony - Surfing the web for cool stuff, this article on Telepresence Options caught my eye. The uses for “holographic” videoconferencing…long a dream….are pretty obvious. I would suspect that the need for 8 cameras around the users would be a drawback, but, heck, if you can afford a fancy telepresence system, why not splurge and spend a few [...]
