21 posts tagged “mac”
Robin Good recently reviewed the new version of GoToMeeting -- version 4. The new version comes with some a couple of significant new features like Mac compatibility and VoIP support. Looks like GoToMeeting has been carefully watching Skype and Yugma in their rear view mirror. Skype provides free and low cost VoIP for Windows, Mac, and Linux) and Yugma provides free and low cost desktop sharing tool for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
I've been testing out Mozy's remote backup service for the last few weeks. Works great! I've been traveling quite a bit lately and wanted to have a way to back up my files without having to worry about remembering to do it. With Mozy, I just set it up, selected the folders to back up, and left it alone. I highly recommend Mozy for those of you on the go. Give it a try at www.mozy.com. You can back up 2G for free, works on Mac and PC, and upgrade to unlimited backups for a few bucks a month.
At Web 2.0 Expo this week? Stop by booth #640 and get a demo of the new Yugma (Version 3). It's better than ever. Persistent, always one, super easy to use. It's way more than just simple desktop sharing. As described in their YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9qU3H3LJk), it defines a new and easier way to get things done over the web -- call it "fluid collaboration."
It's really like two products in one. On one hand you can use it to present to people anywhere anytime without and need for a download. On the other hand, if you want to collaboration fully, as if everyone was working together around the same PC, then you download the java app. Runs on WIndows, Mac and Linux.
mini'app'les will hold a multi-SIG meeting
on Saturday, April 19th from 9am to 1pm
mini'app'les's is having a Multi SIG Workshop - April 19, 9am-1pm, at the St. Charles School (Minneapolis). Members are available to help with hardware problems, and try to answer any kind of question you may have. High speed internet is available. Diagnostic software and tools will also be available. Bring your hardware for troubleshooting.
There will be 3 SIGs meeting on the 19th. Mac OS X, Q&A, and iWork / Apple Works. Yugma is the featured host*. We will also have a members Tech Support Workshop so members can bring in their computers for repair by our volunteer, yet very professional - professionals! There will be high-speed Internet available. If users have tower computers or other non-all-in-one computers, they should also bring their monitor. And all users should bring keyboard, mice, and power cords / supplies.
(* Yugma is a powerful service that can be used to extend your business, better meet your customer's needs, and save your company valuable time and resources. Yugma is a secure and reliable real-time web collaboration service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet to communicate and share content and ideas using any application or software. Whether you are using a Mac, Windows or Linux computer, you can connect on-demand and real-time with co-workers, clients, friends and family -- regardless of whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe. Yugma is available in basic-free and premium service levels and can handle up to 500 attendees on a single session. Sign up and get you own Yugma account today at www.yugma.com.)
Meetings for the rest of April
Thursday, April 17
7:00 AM to 9:00 AM Mac Consultants SIG 7am
URL: http://www.miniapples.org
Notes: Mac Consultants SIG 7am
Good Day Cafe
5410 Wazata Blvd
Golden Valley
SIG Leader:
Bob Demeules (763)559-1124
Map: <http://www.miniapples.org/meetingmap.html>
Description of SIG: <http://www.miniapples.org/sigs.html>
Thursday, April 24
7:00 PM to 8:45 PM FileMaker Pro SIG
Location: Partners
URL: http://www.miniapples.org
Notes: FileMaker Pro SIG- 7:00 pm
Partners
2250 Terminal Road
Roseville, MN
SIG Leader
Steve Wilmes
(651)458-1513
<mailto:steve@swconsulting.com>
Monday, April 28
7:00 PM to 8:45 PM Mac Q&A SIG 7pm
Location: Meriam Park Library
URL: http://www.miniapples.org
Notes: Mac Q&A SIG 7pm
Merriam Park Library
1831 Marshall Ave
St. Paul, Mn
SIG Leader:
Les Anderson
651-735-3953
Map: <http://www.miniapples.org/Maps/map_merriampark.html>
Buy One/Get One Free Promotion at Yugma (April only)
April 9, 2008 – With the recent launch of the new improved Yugma Version 3, Earth Day on April 22, and the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo conference (San Francisco) later this month, we’ve decided to celebrate the month of April with a generous “2-for-1 Promotion.”
Sign up to any Yugma Professional Account between now and the end of April and get another account for free, for the same term. This offer applies to all monthly and annual subscriptions as well as to all levels of Yugma Professional Service (from 10 all the way to 500). So for example, if you subscribe to five Professional-10 accounts for a year, we’ll give you five additional accounts for an entire year. In this example, you'll get Professional-10 accounts with everything you need for secure reliable real-time web conferencing and collaboration for only $497.50. That's an amazing value!
If you've been thinking about getting the entire team onto Yugma, now's the time. You’ll find that Yugma dramatically improves how your teams work, and what they can accomplish – all with less wear & tear from travel. It’s a radically easier to use real-time web collaboration service that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux and requires no training whatsoever.
Take advantage of the promotion today. In the US, just call
Yugma at toll free 1-866-944-7920 (international dial +1-952-400-0357) and
mention promo code “earth day.”
The entire industry has been focusing on only half the problem?
VoIP-NEWS' Jim Higdon published a list of the five best Extras for Skype .
- Yugma Skype
- Zimbra Inc./Skype Mashup
- Skype on PSP (PlayStation Portable)
- Skylook
- Apple TV Skype Plug-In
Regarding Yugma, he had this to say:
Yugma Skype: Desktop collaboration — pioneered by WebEx Communications — has long been a goal of the broadband age. This type of technology attempts to seamlessly re-create the conference room on users’ desktops, complete with IM (instant messaging), voice, video, a whiteboard, file sharing and more. Several such Skype add-ons have appeared recently, including Convenos and IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte. But these applications were only for the boardroom squares using PCs. No Mac or Linux machines at the meeting, thank you. Thankfully, Yugma Inc. realized that when you cut out the quirky Mac users from the design department and the quirky Linux users from the IT department, suddenly the squares from sales and accounting don’t have much to talk about. So, the company rolled out its Yugma Skype Edition application — the first truly operating-system-agnostic collaboration tool available as a Skype Extra. Oh, and the add-on is Skype Certified, too. You can read more about Yugma Skype Edition in this article.
Related articles:
- Jim Courtney at Skype Journal: The best 5 Skype Extras
- Andy Abramson's VoIP Watch : Top 5 Skype Add ins
For those of you who use Skype , I highly encourage you check out Yugma for Skype. It has all the great features, plus gives you the ability to invite people directly from Skype contact list. I use Skype all the time, and I find Yugma for Skype to be extremely helpful.
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Yugma - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS - now twice daily To register, click here: http://tinyurl.com/2lr8bl Yugma
is now hosting LIVE demos daily -- Mondays through Fridays. These live
demos are great for new and existing Yugma users. Yugma is dead-simple
easy-to-use for team collaboration, hosting web conferences, webinars,
and elearning applications. Nevertheless, a lot of people like to "see
before they use." The live daily demos are a great way to see how Yugma
works, and is also a great place to learn how to get the most out of Yugma. Best part if Yugma's basic service is free forever, and works great on both Mac and Windows!!! To attend any of the live demo's you have to register at http://tinyurl.com/2lr8bl . |
YUGMA COLLABORATION TOOL NOW AVAILABLE ON
SKYPE EXTRAS AND OFFERS INTEGRATION WITH
SKYPE CALLING FEATURES
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 – Yugma ™ today announced the launch of their Yugma Skype Edition. The Yugma Skype Edition builds upon Skype's offering by adding real time collaboration and desktop sharing functionality. Yugma has integrated the new functionality in a way that makes it extremely easy for existing Skype users. Once Yugma Skype Edition in installed, simply invite a friend or colleague from your existing Skype contact list, Yugma opens automatically, and sharing begins.
"We wanted to build upon Skype's legendary ease of use," said Karel Lukas, COO of Yugma. "Skype makes it easy for people to stay in constant contact and to communicate with one another spontaneously. We believe collaboration needs to move in the same direction, which is why it was natural for Yugma and Skype to come together.”
“It’s as simple as clicking ‘Start Sharing’ in the Yugma window and your friend can see your entire desktop. Press another button in the window and you can swap the sharing power to them… so users of Windows and Mac can share desktops with each other!” wrote Caitlin of Skype in last week’s Skype Developer Program Newsletter.
"Yugma Skype opens-up the door to contextual, just-in-time collaboration, making it possible for any existing Skype user to start screen-sharing, live annotating or giving remote control of the screen to anyone in a few mouse clicks. What's more impressive is that Yugma for Skype supports up to ten concurrent users and is absolutely free, " said Robin Good, Chief Editor of Master New Media.
Yugma is taking a different approach to collaboration. While the rest of the space is meeting-centric and focused on structured collaboration, Yugma is beginning to change course and take their service in a new direction, taking Yugma beyond the limits of meeting-centric structured collaboration.
Yugma Skype Edition is available for download for Skype users in the Skype Extras section at http://extras.skype.com, or directly from the Yugma website, at www.yugma.com/yugmaskype .
Yugma will hold a live news conference later today to provide a demonstration of the Yugma Skype Edition and to take questions.
Date: September 12, 2007
Time: 1:00 PM Pacific Time, USA (20:00 GMT)
Join the conference by clicking on this link: http://tinyurl.com/32vauz
Call into the Yugma teleconference bridge: +1-218-486-3889
Enter session id: 124-655-247
Yugma is a free web collaboration service that enables people to instantly connect over the Internet to communicate and share content and ideas using any application or software. Whether you are using Windows, Mac or Linux computer, you can connect on-demand and in real-time with co-workers, clients, friends and family - regardless of whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe.
The name Yugma is a word derived from the Sanskrit language meaning "the state of being in unified collaboration." Yugma, Inc. is a privately held venture-backed company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and has offices in the USA, India, Mexico, and Argentina.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Jonah Cagley
Info [at] yugma [dot] com
Tel. +1-952-400-0357
Yugma just recently announced their Developer Zone. You can find it at http://www.yugma.com/developers. Over the last six months, they received so many requests about how best
to embed Yugma into applications, websites, blogs, emails and
application mashups. The good news is that its actually really easy to
embed Yugma anywhere you want. You can use the new Yugma Developer Zone
to create a lot of really cool and useful things like:
- add instant real-time collaboration to any application, website, etc. for free
- embed recorded visual demo's, recorded using Yugma's recording/broadcast feature
- embed "yugma me now" type buttons and widgets that are preprogrammed with specific session ids
- create branded and personalized Yugma widgets
- create co-branded affiliate registration pages -- to make extra money
This
looks like an easy way for developers to enhance their apps. Imagine real-time collaboration on any app, any platform (windows, mac, linux). That's pretty cool!
