Video conferencing from within gmail chat is being rolled out globally over the next several days according to the Official Google blog.
Here is video on YouTube describing how the gmail video chat service from Google works.
It has yet to appear here in my gmail account.
I use Apple’s iChat video conferencing application on my MacBook Pro to video conference with my family while away from home.
It will be interesting to learn how Google’s video chat compares with iChat.
Vacation property rental firm Homeaway.com has raised $250 million in additional venture funding for a total of $405 million raised since it was launched in 2005 – all based on one simple idea: a web based vacation property rental listing service.
From the Associated Press:
“The company’s revenue comes from people who typically pay $299 a year to list a vacation property for rent… HomeAway’s sites, which include VacationRentals.com and GreatRentals.com, will end the year with about 325,000 paid listings, up from 257,000 last year.”
The HomeAway.com story is just another example of how good ideas – more often than not – appear obvious after they have survived the light of day – day after day, week after week, month after month…
