Google wants to get into the enterprise video conferencing business by offering an affordable combination of Chrome-based hardware and the company’s Hangouts video chat. Read more »
IT professionals inside the enterprise are driving a second wave of cloud-based IT disruption and displacement, which is aimed at the private branch exchange (PBX), the call center, and other core… Read more »
Google’s new Helpouts platform launches with real-time advice for cooking, home improvement and computer problems. Down the line, its biggest impact could be on health care. Read more »
After bringing Google Talk and Messages into Hangouts, SMS and MMS may be the next functions to follow. Leaked images suggest Hangouts will gain these features, leaving only Google Voice outside… Read more »
There are a lot of product announcements that I learn about that are interesting but don’t warrant a full post. I am going to queue these up and every few days… Read more »
What would get your average teenager to ditch their favorite video chat app and switch to a competitor? Co-browsing may just be one of those features. Read more »
The war against of interoperability in web messaging solutions has never subsided, and Google’s new release of an “upgraded” Hangouts — replacing Google Talk — is only the most recent example of internet… Read more »
The carrier says by mid-June it will allow use of FaceTime over cellular for its unlimited plan customers. A broader rollout for even more video chat apps is coming by year’s… Read more »
Why would Google be interested in WhatsApp when it already has a bevy of peer-to-peer messaging and communications apps at its disposal? For the same reason Facebook bought Instagram. Read more »
Google just inched closer to plugin-free video chat in your browser by adding a key component of the new real-time messaging framework WebRTC to the beta version of Chrome. However, there… Read more »