Last week, security researcher, Jonathan Leithscuh publicly disclosed a HUGE security flaw in Zoom video meeting platform. The flaw lets a hacker force you to join a call—webcam and all without your knowledge. It also leaves open the possibility of malicious ads and phishing attacks. Worst of all, the security flaw persists…

Former designer of the Polycom RPX room system and video conferencing consultant, Bryan Hellard fell in love with Zoom.us during a period of testing and writing reviews of various software-based video conferencing apps. For him, Zoom.us was the best thing (in terms of video quality) that he had tested in a long…

The BART strike hit Bay Area’s 400K daily commuters this morning with a slap in the face. Oakland ferry lines were stretching around the corner and the Bay Bridge has been backed up since 5:30 a.m. KTVU-TV’s @sal_castaneda tweets: In 1997 [the last BART strike] most people couldn’t work from…

Microsoft Lync (formerly Microsoft Office Communicator) offers a great set of communication tool integrations, making it popular with enterprises both large and small (<300).  Unfortunately for many businesses, going beyond Lync Instant Messaging (IM) is proving to be more headache than it’s worth.  According to Jeff Wellemeyer, West IP Communications’…

Check out this story on us from the ATA 2012 Telehealth conference – VSee Aims To Bring Practical Healthcare To Rural America! With VSee’s no-setup videoconferencing software solution, we’re looking to make healthcare easy and affordable for those in rural and remote areas of America. Yesterday kicked off the 17th annual ATA…