Blue Jeans: We’re 20-25% of the videoconferencing market (and we just got much cheaper)

Blue Jeans unveiled a massive update to its standard pricing today, adding a new licensing model that offers companies unlimited "all you can meet" videoconferencing plans for as low as $10 per user, per month.

Video is the new audio, as videoconferencing contender Vidyo grows 68% and raises $17M to grow even faster

"We want to price equivalent to a voice call," Shapiro says. "Our competitors offer an inferior product for more money: Blue Jeans 15 time more, and other competitors 300 times more."

Google Hangouts provider Vidyo powers video chat for Wii U (and sees a $1B opportunity in Nintendo)

"Imagine the yoga teacher doing online yoga to 50 people," Shapiro said. "Think about an audience of 100 million people ... for instance buying a subscription for an online Zumba class."

Is Polycom’s cloud-based video software really worth $12 billion?

Polycom, maker of video conferencing technologies, today unveiled a new software suite it claims will be worth $12 billion by 2015.

Guru behind Google Voice debuts hot teleconference startup

Teleconferencing is broken, and Craig Walker wants to be the man to change that. Today, Uberconference, a free audio conferencing service, has announced the public launch of its beta, and a new premium service for business users.

FuzeBox raises $20M to move online video conferencing into the next dimension

FuzeBox, a pioneer in real-time visual collaboration, raised a significant $21 million in its first round of institutional financing today.

The FuzeBox application allows people on any device, on any operating system, from anywhere in the world to conduct live …

Google Hangout competitor, Meetings.io, attracts 100K users in 2 months (exclusive)

Google Plus, eat your heart out. Group video conferencing service Meetings.io has grown to 100,000 users since launching in April. The startup’s three founders have been heads down developing screen-sharing and file transfer features, released today, with lofty plans of …

Vidyo scores strategic partner in Juniper Networks, raises additional funds

Updated 5/22/2012: This funding is not Vidyo’s fifth round, but rather an extension of its fourth round. A few details about the company’s technology have also been corrected in the story below.

Video conferencing and telepresence company Vidyo has raised …

Watchitoo is best of WebEx and live streaming, launches layers (exclusive)

Watchitoo is adding a little flavor to the video conferencing industry tomorrow with its new interactive “Layers” function, including a way to monetize what you’re seeing on the screen.

The company, which competes with the Cisco owned WebEx and Citrix‘s …

Google+ hangouts now support phone calls, too

Here’s a new feature for you Google+ users: You can now make phone calls from a hangout on Google’s social network.

It’s a great feature for when you want to, say, rope a non-Google+ user into a Google+-powered meeting or …

Vidyo launches high-quality video conferencing on the iPhone 4S

Vidyo is now offering high-quality video conferencing on the Apple iPhone 4S, the company said today.

The Hackensack, N.J.-based company creates telepresence software that allows people to hold high-quality video conferences even if some participants are using portable hardware.

The …

Microsoft completes $8.5B Skype acquisition

Skype is now officially a part of Microsoft. The software giant announced today that it has completed its $8.5 billion purchase of the video chat company.

Now that the deal — Microsoft’s biggest yet — is official, Skype CEO Tony …

Hands on with Polycom’s video conferencing apps for iOS and Android tablets

Polycom on Tuesday launched new mobile video conferencing solutions for its customers, with strong mobile apps for Honeycomb Android tablets and Apple’s iPad.

Several startups and major companies such as Polycom, Cisco and Citrix, are heavily expanding the reach and …