Marketers: Make Way for MightyMeeting

Michael Garrity — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Thanks to modern technology, professionals can conduct meetings and collaborate from seemingly anywhere. Mobile sales and collaboration solutions provider MightyMeeting is attempting to take it to the next level with a recent update to its iOS application.

The MightyMeeting app was built to help Web professionals conduct online meetings and deliver presentations face-to-face directly from their iPhone and/or iPad devices, and these new updates will now support nearcasting and voice conferencing, among other things.

The app offers support for images, documents and spreadsheets in addition to presentations and demo videos, allowing users to manage, share and present materials from their mobile devices. It will now also provide a team meeting option so attendees can take turns presenting content from their devices, which was designed to help share news and updates among groups that have a mix of local and remote attendants. Users will even be able to create a list of “Favorite” files, and then others can access and save those files locally on their individual device for offline access.

The biggest update, however, is support for nearcast meetings, which lets up to 16 devices quickly connect in a peer-to-peer network to share presentations, demo videos and much more. Nearcast works over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and can also be used to share content even without an Internet connection.

Finally, voice conferencing will be coming to the application, allowing meeting attendants to join remotely from any part of the world. Like nearcast, this feature will work over Wi-Fi with no additional long distance or data usage fees.

Web-Based Cloud Service Meetin.gs Debuts

Michael Garrity — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Last week's Nordic Arctic15 startup competition saw the introduction of Meetin.gs, a new Web-based cloud meeting service that "challenges existing online collaboration solutions and meeting software with its integrated solution."

Currently, the service is targeted on the European, North American and Australian markets.

The company boasts that the barrier of entry to use the services is the lowest available in the industry. Basic usage is totally free and it doesn't require users to remember the address of a Web page or passwords. On top of that, there is no additional software to install. Participants can simply log into the service through an email or calender invitation sent by the meeting organizer.

The service also offers a PRO version, which uses a monthly subscription to provide specific branding, more options for configuration, improved security and integration with back-end systems.

"We have estimated that the service saves approximately 2-6 weeks of work time a year for those who go to 30-60 meetings a month," says Meetin.gs CEO Teemu Arina.

Among the company's initial launch partners are Finnish teleoperators Elisa, Web conferencing systems provider Videra and Seats2meet.com, a Dutch business center network.

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Marketers: Make Way for MightyMeeting

Web-Based Cloud Service Meetin.gs Debuts