FuzeBox Raises $20M for online collaboration

We heard that FuzeBox, an online collaboration and meeting tool, recently raised $20 million in Series A funding, led by Index Ventures. “Fuze HD is a mobile and web-based collaboration service that features integrated audio conferencing as well as high-definition, synchronized video and image sharing.” – Crunchbase FuzeBox uses Vidyo…

VSee for virtual teams

Working remotely can be a pain sometimes, but having access to a powerful video tool that can be used for a variety of situations can make working with your virtual teams so much easier. You can create and maintain multiple video sessions and eliminate the issues that crop up in…

VSee empowers HR recruiting and training

VSee is a robust online-based video tool that can be utilized in a number of applications. One of them is the field of human resource recruiting and training which I work on a fair bit. Thanks to the ease of creating and maintaining the video sessions, I find the combination…

VSee links Linkin Park to Rio+20

On June 19th in Rio De Janeiro, global leaders such as Ted Turner and Richard Branson assembled to have a conversation with people around the world about how technology and social media have impacted conversations about global social issues. Complementing the concurrent United Nations Rio+20 conference, the Rio+Social conference included…

‎Linkin Park joins Rio+Social over VSee

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Former Secretary of Defense and Current Under Secretary of Defense visit VSee

Former Secretary of Defense Bill Perry and current Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Ash Carter visited the VSee office. They were there to attend a meeting with Milton, who was away on a business trip, over VSee High-Definition Video Calling with Application Sharing. Visit the VSee…

Milton lunches with Advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology

Milton was invited to lunch with Doug Rand last weekend. Doug Rand is the Advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology and the architect of Startup America.

VSee Team Members Making a Difference

This was made possible by two of our very own, Yuen-Lin Tan and Eric Angel, who spend their free time volunteering for i-ACT (Interactive Activism). Yuen-Lin Tan joined the i-ACT team in 2005, answering founder Gabriel Stauring’s call for assistance with the technological aspects of the first i-ACT mission to Chad.…

Cisco WebEx: “Little to no Work-Life Balance”

Helping Haiti on Facebook: Linkin Park, the UN Foundation and VSee

Skype 5.0 News: 6 Reasons Redux

Yesterday while I was at a conference Skype announced on their blog that they were dropping the ‘beta’ label from their Mac release, and that group calling would now be a paid feature.  Obviously, I had to respond.  🙂 I have a lot of fun talking about Skype because I…

VSee Enables Playing for Change LIVE: Uniting Cultures Through Music & Technology

Here is our press release that just went out this morning.  Please support what Playing for Change is doing and watch the event tomorrow at www.playingforchange.org/live! Tuesday November 16, 2010 – 10:00 AM EST Business Wire News Releases Released By VSee WHO: Playing for Change Foundation, VSee WHAT: Live Video-Synchronized Music Performance,…

Re: VSee’s video conferencing solutions arrive in Europe

“So, exactly why would one need to video call a doctor vs. just talking to them?”

Reprinted wholesale from 3G Doctor Blog, by David Doherty (article link): Although those of us familiar with the use of video technology might think this is like not appreciating the opportunity that TV gave us over radio, I think it’s actually an interesting question and wanted to share my response here…

VSee, Ustream, Facebook and Mandy Moore Fight Malaria

On August 12th at 2:00 p.m. ET, Mandy Moore joins Nothing But Nets™ and PSI for a video townhall on malaria in Africa, broadcast on Facebook®. The video conferencing service will be provided by VSee Lab, Inc. and Ustream, and the event is hosted by Derrick Ashong, one of Katalyst Media’s Social…

Skype IPO doesn’t mean Enterprise Solution

Skype announced it will soon have an IPO.  (Also here.) Let’s not confuse this with being a business tool. Yes, video calling is handy for businesses.  But what about presentation and collaborative tools? Skype has an immense user base, and yet operational income for the first half of 2010 was…

WebEx Meet—still not simple

Conference Room Setups — 1

Lest you think I don’t support video collaboration in conference rooms, I actually love it!  I just don’t think an expensive telepresence setup is needed for a successful conference.  For a sliver of a fraction of a percentage of the cost, you can have a great conference room setup using…

World Refugee Day 2010

Iraqi Refugee Children in Syria Amongst the events planned to celebrate World Refugee Day (June 20th), the State Department on Friday, June 18, will host, via VSee videoconference, High Commissioner Guterres and several recognizable figures who have traveled to refugee sites around the world.   The event will be moderated by…

Skype Group Calling? 7 MORE Reasons VSee Stands Above

These are by Rich Griffin, who wrote them as a comment to the original “VSee Stands Above Skype” post.  Thanks Rich! Here are my reasons Skype’s 5-way video chat doesn’t do it for me: 1.) Skype is often verboten in the enterprise because it works around corporate network policy. VSee…