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Using Google Inbox
UPDATE Nov 2022: Inbox has been gone for several years now. I still miss it. 😦 I am always willing to try something new. Sometimes that has been a curse (like being 20 years ahead of the videoconferencing curve) but sometimes it has been a blessing in that I occasionally find a gem that I…
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Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office
As a small business owner, purchasing office productivity software from Microsoft can be painful. Luckily, there are free options available that work REALLY well. I will look at two here: Open Office and Google Docs. But first, here is a list of what I think the free options need to fulfill to be a viable option…
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Bryan Hellard Reviews: Fuzebox
According to the salesman, FuzeBox licenses from Vidyo its SVC (which he called Scalable Video Codec not coding) but uses something different for audio. That was immediately apparent because there were no audio issues during the call and I used my webcam’s microphone and desktop speakers. Ease of use Unfortunately, I was not given Host…
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Bryan Hellard Reviews: Zoom.us
Zoom.us It’s not often that I am really, really impressed with a product. This is one of those times. Ease of Use Zoom.us required a small download from their website to get started. The only slightly unfortunate thing is that the product requires a login using credentials from either Facebook or Google, for reasons…
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Bryan Hellard Reviews: EasyMeeting
EasyMeeting EasyMeeting appears to be built around Radvision’s Scopia mobile product. You are required to actually use the Scopia Mobile iPad app to use it. It’s unknown if Radvision’s acquisition by Avaya will have any effect on the product as I am unsure of any relationship between EasyMeeting and Radvision. Ease of use Yeah, it’s…
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Guest Blogger Bryan Hellard’s Product Reviews
Please welcome Bryan Hellard (web site) as a guest blogger on TelBitConsulting.com. He is in the process of testing more than several software-based video conferencing applications, and for the next several weeks, he will be posting his reviews here! I am posting his reviews un-edited, so if you have any comments, concerns, whatever….take it…
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Evaluating Cloud Based Video Conferencing: VidTel
(reliable, high quality, virtual meetings) – Scroll down for the YouTube video of a VidTel meeting… A few blogs ago (on TelBitConsulting.com) I proposed how I would evaluate the cloud based video conferencing services that are becoming so popular…here is a summary of what I am looking for: A cloud-based video conferencing service provides an…
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Driving Google Drive
I have been using Google Docs for a couple of years now. I like it. Joleen Ruffin and I started a company (it failed) a couple of years ago. From our desks at AltamontCowork, we shared documents, saved documents, and even worked on documents in real time using Google Docs. Very cool. The only…
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Texting is Not My Thing: Using the SwiftKey Keyboard
(accurate, good looking, solid feel) – OK, I love my Android Motorola Smartphone, but, when it comes to texting….I suck. I text with one finger (the way I used to type way back when typewriters were the thing), and constantly have to go back and correct my mistakes. Fat fingers. 🙂 I spotted this article…
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Chrome Web Store Apps
Just started playing around with the Google apps that are available (many for free, and many not requiring a log in). VERY COOL! If you use Chrome as your browser click the + sign as shown in the picture below. You can see the following page pop-up. Well…..these are MY apps, yours will look slightly…
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