ooVoo Launches Version 2.0 and Video Conferencing Category Gets Attention from The New York Times
A BIG day at ooVoo today as we just launched our new Version 2.0 which is a big leap forward for our product and the video chat/video conferencing category in general. The release continues our focus on high quality video and includes significant audio improvements. But what we’re all REALLY excited about at ooVoo is our “Call Me” link which lets ooVoo users make video calls with anyone they know, even if their friends/family/colleagues/social media friends haven’t downloaded ooVoo. All you have to do is send someone a link, they click on it, and in moments they can join your call in a web browser. How great is that? And it is the same outstanding ooVoo quality. ooVooer’s have a permanent “Call Me” link (like a phone number). Give it out, put it in your email signature (we’ll help you create a button for this), post it on your blog or personal web page and all anyone has to do is click on the link to ooVoo you.
What else is new? Users can now build their own Video Chat Rooms (very easily) and can embed these into their own social network pages or blog. Users want flexibility and the ability to be creative and we are doing our best to deliver what our users want. Lastly, we have published an API for developers to build their own applications with ooVoo. And as we learn more about what the development community wants in high quality video chats we will continue to rollout more API’s.
So, back to the title of my post and the forward-momentum of the video chat category. When esteemed technology writer for The New York Times, David Pogue, writes an article such as the one he wrote last week "Video Chats Overcome Clunkiness" it gives attention and validity to this “new” way of communicating. In the article Mr. Pogue gives a pretty thorough review of Skype’s new version 4.0 and it’s features and also mentions ooVoo! We don’t believe Mr. Pogue had a chance to take a thorough look at ooVoo but we’d certainly welcome this opportunity!! And we are located in New York City, how easy is that!! We hear from a lot of users that they find the overall quality of ooVoo superior. Find out for yourself. We’d love to hear from you. Visit us at www.oovoo.com.
Marty Walker
Chief Marketing Officer