Fuze Box, a provider of online meeting and mobile collaboration applications, has released a new version of its web conferencing service Fuze Meeting, which includes enhancements, such as the ability to start and run meetings from an iPhone or Blackberry; invite contacts from online address books, such as Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, Yahoo; and share meetings through Facebook and Twitter.
According to Fuze Box, the new version is a cloud-based collaboration technology to combine HD video and content sharing, social contact integration and mobile functionality to deliver a real-time visual meeting experience. The technology allows users to store meeting content before and after the meeting and make the content available on-demand to all participants.
Fuze Box said that, with the new version, iPhone users can schedule and launch meetings directly from the iPhone, upload media from the its built-in camera and photo library and synchronise the content for all meeting participants. In addition, the new service brings mobile collaboration to Blackberry users, including high-definition video, document, and image viewing, IM, and the ability to fetch meeting participants into the audio bridge.
In addition, the new version allows users to import contacts from multiple email applications, social networks and instant message platforms, including Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL. It also allows Skype users to share presence and chat with other Skype users, the company said.
