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…

In a recent paper in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, A randomized trial of virtual visits in a general medicine practice, Boston internists Ronald Dixon and James Stahl had patients see a doctor in person and via video link. While the patients prefered the in-person appointment, their satisfaction still…

Originally posted on my personal blog shortly after joining VSee as Chief Product Officer. Since I left Convoq, the web conferencing start-up here in Boston where I served as CTO, I’ve gotten a lot of calls from companies doing personal video communications products. Some were in the process of raising…