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Unify Square Gets $4M for Skype for Business
Unify Square, a startup that helps businesses implement Skype for Business, secured another $4 million in funding in a round led by Microsoft. This brings the total of an extended Series B round that started in February to $12.2 million.
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Unify Wants You to Call Customers with Your Browsers
A new round of competition has ignited a field that many considered all but dead just last year. Microsoft’s extension of Skype communications into the enterprise, replacing the Lync brand, and Cisco’s formal unveiling of Spark put unified communications (UC) back in the spotlight.
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What's In WhatsApp? Customer Devotion
Once you dig into the astonishing numbers for WhatsApp, you can kind of see why Facebook paid $19 billion for the company. Kind of.
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Yahoo Continues Acquiring to Add Features for Flickr and Comms Apps
Marissa Mayer's company has been waving its checkbook again, adding yet more talent and technology as it continues to revamp and refocus on features. This week's acquisitions include photo app maker GhostBird and conference call company Rondee. Welcome to the Conference Hot on the heels of recent acquisitions of Summly back in March and
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Google+ Hangout Brings Unified Communications Across Android, Chrome and iOS
Google's I/0 event keynote is in full swing with announcements for developers, gadget lovers and social media users. A cross-platform Hangouts app is one of the highlights, bringing its various communications apps together.
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Forrester: Unified Communications Growth Will be Driven by Video and Mobile
The unified communications and collaboration (UCC) market is poised for significant growth as a result of sharp increases in its usage, according to a new report from Forrester Research. UCC Fits the Bill According to the Forrester report “Unified Communications and Collaboration is Poised for Growth as Demand Rises,” UCC is becoming a “standard communication infrastructure” because it
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Microsoft to Release Unified Communications Tool Lync 2013 for Windows 8, RT
Microsoft plans to release a new version of its Lync communications platform that will be compatible with Windows 8 and Windows RT-based devices. Lync 2013 will be available as both a mobile app and desktop client. Delivering the Full Lync Experience via Mobile Device The new Lync app, slated
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Microsoft, Skype and Privacy Conspiracies
Microsoft acquired Skype last May, triggering more than a few posts, comments and tweets expressing fear about the Seattle giant changing the software. Time passed, and excluding a few outages, discussions of Skype and Microsoft slowed.
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VMware Releases Zimbra Collaboration Server 8.0, Adds Unified Communications
Virtualization/cloud computing provider VMware is releasing the latest upgrade of its Zimbra Collaboration Server, a personal cloud interface with integrated communications capabilities. Among the new features in version 8.0 is unified communications (UC) functionality delivered through partnership with Cisco and Mitel.
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Social Enterprise Apps Deliver Productivity to the Business
Let’s clear up any misconceptions from the start: social enterprise apps are not just Facebook and LinkedIn used for business purposes. Social enterprise apps are built specifically for internal networking purposes.
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TU Me: A New VoIP and Social Comms iPhone App from Telefonica
Global No. 3 communications service provider, Telefonica has had enough of users going with Skype and other solutions for off-network communications. It now offers its own app, TU Me, for iPhone users to chat, share and message, with Android support coming soon.
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Cisco Brings Jabber to iPad and Windows to Extend TelePresence Offering
Cisco is upping its game in the collaboration and unified communications market, bringing its Jabber video and TelePresence offerings to new platforms and broadening users mobility and connectivity options to encourage wider enterprise adoption.
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A Week in Google: Android 4.0 Updates, Open Wallets and Good Prospects
For once, I haven't read about Google upsetting someone this week, is the company taking it easy in the run up to Spring Break? Instead, there's useful new features in Android updates, a push on Google Wallet and the company is seeing positive corporate signs in a highly competitive market.
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Cisco Advances Collaboration Agenda: Jabber Browser Plug-In, Free Webex Edition
Today at its Collaboration Summit 2011 in Miami, Cisco unveils updates to its unified communications platform Jabber and its web conferencing platform Webex that will enhance enterprise collaboration and let people work anytime, and from anywhere.
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