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	Skype and Outlook.com get overhaul Microsoft has launched an updated Skype beta release for the latest version of Outlook.com and new Skype Click to Call features for mobile users. In a separate announcement, Microsoft also disclosed it is expanding its beta trial of Skype for Web to all U. S. and UK users.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Collaboration 2.0 Death of the Web Conference This new study from Ovum and join.me by LogMeIn is based on a survey of over 3,900 full time professionals worldwide regarding their collaboration and meeting-related behaviors and activities. Learn More In this Issue IDG Contributor Network: Think security first before going BYOD for business videoconferencing Google promises power reduction in Chrome on the Mac First Look: How will Windows 10 play on tablets WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Collaboration 2.0 Death of the Web Conference This new study from Ovum and join.me by LogMeIn is based on a survey of over 3,900 full time professionals worldwide regarding their collaboration and meeting-related behaviors and activities. Learn More IDG Contributor Network: Think security first before going BYOD for business videoconferencing At my analyst firm, our vision of tomorrow’s office has more people working remotely, globally and essentially as hired guns. "Work" isn’t a place: it’s what one does in a cab, in a coffee shop, at home, and, oh, in an office. A temporary one. While invented back in the mid-1960s by AT&T, when it comes to technology that supports that vision, a critical tool is video communications. While face-to-face communication has been proven to lead to greater productivity, more meetings today are taking place over video. However, while video communication adoption is soaring, with it comes the real risk of potential privacy and security problems.The growth of "Shadow IT" Shadow IT is a catch-all phrase that describes solutions and SaaS deployed by departments other than an organization’s own IT department. The rise of videoconferencing using free cloud-based apps like Skype, Google Hangout and, with the launch of its updated messenger app, Facebook, seems to be all the rage these days. With more and more companies adopting BYOD policies, employees — even at a very high level — are apt to log onto calls or videoconferences on the run via their smartphones.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Collaboration 2.0 Death of the Web Conference This new study from Ovum and join.me by LogMeIn is based on a survey of over 3,900 full time professionals worldwide regarding their collaboration and meeting-related behaviors and activities. Learn More Google promises power reduction in Chrome on the Mac Google last week promised to lower the power appetite of Chrome on the Mac to make its browser more competitive with Apple's Safari."One of the big complaints about Chrome currently is that it's a battery hog, especially on Mac where Safari seems to do better," acknowledged Peter Kasting, a senior software engineer on the Chrome UI (user interface) team, in a Google+ post last Wednesday.ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: Google Graveyard: Here's what Google has killed Kasting described several areas where the Chrome team had made progress in reducing the browser's power consumption on OS X. Among the steps taken so far, Kasting said, were lowering the priority of background tab rendering and curtailing the number of times the browser "wakes" from a lower-power mode to see if it needs to do something. A high number of "wakes" can result in faster page rendering, but is more CPU-intensive, and thus eats more power.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Collaboration 2.0 Death of the Web Conference This new study from Ovum and join.me by LogMeIn is based on a survey of over 3,900 full time professionals worldwide regarding their collaboration and meeting-related behaviors and activities. Learn More First Look: How will Windows 10 play on tablets Is Windows 10 friendlier?The immediate gripe about Windows 8 when it was released in October 2012 was that it worked best on tablets (and other touchscreen devices), but felt hobbled when used with traditional keyboard-and-mouse. So how does Windows 10, which Microsoft has been trying to make friendlier for desktops and notebooks, fare on tablets?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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