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    Google Acquires Marratech’s Video Conferencing Software

    Google announced that they have acquired Marratech‘s video conferencing software (not the company, just its software). Google wrote the acquisition will “enable from-the-desktop participation for Googlers in videoconference meetings wherever there’s an Internet connection.” I suspect (as do many others) that it will also enable Google Docs users to do conference calls and share presentations […]

    Google announced that they have acquired Marratech‘s video conferencing software (not the company, just its software).


    Google wrote the acquisition will “enable from-the-desktop participation for Googlers in videoconference meetings wherever there’s an Internet connection.”

    I suspect (as do many others) that it will also enable Google Docs users to do conference calls and share presentations made using the forthcoming Google Presentations, in the future.

    Postscript:
    Google tells us they’ve been using the software internally in a limited capacity and plan to expand its use inside Google itself. They had no comments on plans to share it with the public.


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