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Vidyo Powers Google Video Chat, Gets Patent
Vidyo Powers Google Video Chat, Gets Patent
Did you know that a startup called Vidyo powers Gmail’s video chat feature? Not many people do, and that seems to be by design. There’s a tiny little reference to Vidyo’s participation in the product when you install it, though when I talked to Vidyo today they said they ...
Google Apps will get stronger video chat capabilities
sfgate.com — Gmail's voice and video chats are now limited to one-to-one communications, but Google wants to broaden that... capability to more than two participants and make it more robust all around for Apps. "This [current Gmail capability] is the first step in a ... (more) Google Apps will get stronger video chat capabilities
Google Talk to Add Video Conferencing
googlesystem.blogspot.com — Gmail Chat, the web-based version of Google Talk, added last year voice and video chat . The... feature is now available in iGoogle and orkut , but it will probably be added to other Google services, as well. SFGate reports that Google will improve the ... (more) Google Talk to Add Video Conferencing
Google Search Gets Personal: Social Search Launches in Google Labs
Google Search Gets Personal: Social Search Launches in Google Labs
readwriteweb.com — Social Search just went live in Google Labs . Google announced that it was working on this... Social Search feature at the Web 2.0 Summit last week, but at that time, Google's Marissa Mayer announced that it would only be available "in a few weeks." ... (more) Google Search Gets Personal: Social Search Launches in ...
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Vid-Biz: Time Warner, Comcast, Google [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... 6% to $7.1B in Q3; company’s networks including Turner and HBO saw growth with revenue up 5 percent to $2.9 billion. (CNET) Comcast Profits Up 22% to $944M in Q3; cable company wouldn’t talk about the NBC acquisition deal. (paidContent) Google to Bulk Up Video Chat for Apps users; company looking to broaden it to more than just two participants. (SFGate; see our recent story on Vidyo, which helps power the feature and has multi-participant capabilities) ...

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