Archive for October 2009

Financial Costs and Benefits of Video Conferencing

Magdi Mikhail asked: Video conferencing has been one of the most sought after technologies that are being used today not only in home setting but also in medium to large scale businesses. If you are one of those who are planning to take advantage of this relatively new means of communication, two of the major [...]

free streaming video?

Mike V asked: I have 6 people across the country watching me give a 6 hour class next week. I looked into skype but they don’t have conferencing and their video screen is only 1 inch big. Do you know of a place where, for free, I can have 6 people watching me stream live [...]

What is a good online conferencing software? I want one that is very inexpensive and can host at least 100?

Dann G asked: This is for an online club to have meetings once a month. It would be great to have audio with possible video. Chat forums are good, but do not offer audio/video. I looked into skype, but at most, 9 people can talk. What do you think?Tina

Video Conferencing and Its Advantages

Janhavee Sahasrabuddhe asked: Video Conferencing helps multinational companies spread across the globe to have better, economical video interactions often. Many companies who have an inconvenient location can be highly helped by the use of Video conferencing to avoid their employees’ travel.It can also be used as a strong means of partnering when used in cooperation [...]

How does Skype work? What do you have to pay for and what is free?

Cait asked: So I understand that it is free to call other Skype users from computer to computer. If I call a cell or landline, how much does it cost me and how much does it cost the person I’m calling? (per minute or hour) Does it cost anything extra to call internationally? (I’m going [...]

Why does it matter if ‘they’ (such as the FBI) can keep track of you, such as with the iphone?

merlin_steele asked: I was just reading a story about how the iphone could upgrade to have video conferencing, and some people seem to be concerned about ‘other’s being able to keep track of them, hear their conversations, and know where they are. Does this sound like something to be concerned about? And if so, why [...]

The Many Benefits of Video Conferencing

Chris Robertson asked: Almost everyone is familiar with video conferencing today, and for good reason. Video conferencing is convenient. Video conferencing saves money. Video conferencing makes money. And it is so much easier than it used to be.I know because I installed one of the first video conferencing systems for a former employer when I [...]

When will HTC Touch Pro 2 be released is US?

C R asked: Will sprint get the HTC Touch Pro 2 phone, will it feature video conferencing?Daniel

is IP to IP (direct IP connection) for video chat possible?

Frank A asked: I’m currently using Yahoo Messenger for chatting with webcam and notice that more often than not, the video streaming lags. While at the same time, I have this device from D-Link (DVC-1000 which is a stand alone webcam for video conferencing that turns your TV into a video conferencing device. Of course [...]

I am trying to set up a video chat or video mail that I can use with my daughters here and abroad please help

Michael R asked: I have several older daughters that I would like to have the ability to talk with online and would like to have the capability to have it done in real time with video and/or a way that we could post video mails for each other. I, do not want to post these [...]