Was watching the office on NBC and I bore witness to a new age. I’ve seen my very first skype commercial. An interesting move to run a television ad for a voip product other than vonage that is. Well it’s certainly a new age. Congrates skype.
Oprah will be utilizing the conferencing capabilities of Skype for her “A New Earth” show. Where people can sign on and connect using Skype and be broadcast live on her show. What I also noticed is that it is extremely clear. So obviously they are utilizing the latest Logitech web cameras that support the higher resolutions. Once your on you can interact with Oprah as if you were in her studio. This seems like the future of television where people can be on television with out leaving their homes. Now the Oprah show can also can save money on hotel expenses and transportation. No need to fly someone all the way to Chicago for a 4 minute segment.
Recently I found myself in need of sending faxes but required a better way then the plain old fax machine. So I went on a search for a reliable software counterpart. I wasn’t having much luck most were expensive and used there convenience factor to lure people in. (more…)