MeBeam

MeBeam on CNN

Chris Pirillo, who has a tech show on CNN, has given MeBeam the thumbs up. So thanks Chris, we're glad you like it.



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Who you gonna call ?

In my previous post I spoke about the launch of our new operator service which effectively gives any jabber based instant messenger the ability to make a multi person video call to anyone on any other Jabber client.

Although, this is a huge step forward, we still have a long way to go, before video conferencing between any internet device is seamless and easy to use.

The next piece of this never ending jigsaw, is the ability to make multi person video calls using Skype and also be able to make and receive multi person video calls to Jabber clients.

As of June 1 ( god willing ) , a new service will be released, which will allow you to do just that.

There is still a few days to go, but you can as of today, add the contact name Mebeam, as shown below, to your Skype, and be part of the multi person video service for Skype as soon as we're ready to roll.



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Hello Operator - I need an outside line

A few months ago Andreas Monitzer wrote a plugin for the Adium instant Messenger,
giving Adium users the ability to make multi person video calls to not only to other Adium users, but anyone else using a Jabber based instant messenger.

The plugin, which makes use of our MeBeam service, was very well received, and made the front page of Digg.

Since then, other Jabber based instant messengers have also developed plugins, such as Coccinella, Miranda, Google Talk etc.

Today, I am happy to announce, our new Operator service, which will allow anyone using a Jabber instant messenger to make a multi person video call to anyone.

So if your using Pidgin, WengoPhone,iChat,Trillian or any other Jabber instant messenger, simply add
operator@mebeam.com to your contact list, type the word call followed by the jabber id of the person you wish to call and the operator service will take care of the rest.

For example to establish a video call from your Pidgin instant messenger to your friend john_smith who is on Google Talk,
simply type in the following into the operator chat window.

call john_smith@gmail.com

That's all there is to it.