VSee team wins Box Hackathon 2012

We’re very happy to share the news that three of our VSee team members had participated in the Box Hackathon 2012, and walked away with the grand prize, along with two of their other teammates.

Their product, OMGHelp, is a mobile service to redefine online technical support calls. Read more about the team’s experience: Singapore team grabs grand prize at the recent Box.net Hackathon and excites Box’s CEO

Congratulations James, Ken, Carolyn, Ben, and Caleb :)

Photo credits: Benedict Chan

VSee Release 810: Mac OS X Mountain Lion Support

We just pushed out a new release which makes our Mac client compatible on the new Mac OS X Mountain Lion.

For users who had trouble installing VSee on the Mountain Lion OS, please install this new version and try again.

Check to make sure you are on this latest version of VSee:

  • Mac version 10.2 (13020) - Click “VSee” top menu and choose “check for updates.”

Please contact VSee support team with any problems, questions, or suggestions you may have!

Why VSee is free with no ads

We came across this great blogpost titled “Why we don’t sell ads” on the WhatsApp blog, and we couldnt agree more with the article. At VSee, we’ve always stayed away from disrupting the aesthetics and user experience with advertisements.

At the same time, security is also our critical concern. We believe that your conversation is sacred, and would not swap your privacy for content relevant ads.

Read our article for more details on VSee’s encryption and security features.

VSee Release 721: Fixed updating contact issues in address book

We just pushed out a new release fixing some urgent issues. For users who had trouble logging in last week, please manually uninstall the old version of VSee (via control panel) and install this new version and try again.

To enjoy these exciting improvements and changes, make sure your VSee is updated to Windows 12.0.0.721 and Mac 10.1 (12772):

Windows and Mac

  • Fixed updating contact issues on address book
  • Fixed SSL connection issues

Windows only

  • Redesigned address book menu items

Check to make sure you are on this latest version of VSee:

  • Win version 12.0.0.721 - Click the Help icon in the address book –>select “About VSee…” and see if it is the newest version.  VSee will download the newest client for you (which will show as  a checkmark in task tray icon).  Simply restart the program to use the updated VSee.
  • Mac version 10.1 (12779) - Click “VSee” top menu and choose “check for updates.”

Please contact VSee support team with any problems, questions, or suggestions you may have!

New Firewall Rules for VSee Update

We recently moved to a new directory, in order to provide more directory stability and robustness.

With this move, there are some changes to the firewall rules which you may need to get your IT to configure if you are behind an enterprise network.

When launching VSee, if you see messages which are stuck at “initialising”, it’s almost always caused by a firewall.

1. Please confirm that your local firewall (Windows firewall, Norton, etc.) is not blocking VSee traffic.

2. Also, if you’re on a corporate network it’s likely there is a firewall between your network and the Internet. Please have your IT set the following rules:

  • Outgoing UDP to any destination IP/port if SOURCE port is between 6000-6254
  • Outgoing TCP to destination talk.vsee.com ports 5222 (recommended) or 443

Note:

  • talk.vsee.com currently resolves to two IPs, 199.27.105.100 and 199.27.105.101. This may change in future, so we recommend using DNS-based rules if possible.
  • If you have a content filter that blocks XMPP/IM services, an exception should be made for talk.vsee.com.

If you continue to face problems connecting to VSee, please feel free to Contact VSee Support.