GlobalMeet, which was launched in February and already has more than 20,000 people using its Web conferencing service, now has new pricing, features and a mobile app available at the iTunes store. With plans that start at $29 a month, GlobalMeet can be used for Web and audio meetings with no software downloads for meeting guests and a “connect me” feature that calls participants automatically without using dial-in numbers and passcodes. READ MORE
If you’re not convinced your business should have an online video presence, consider this statistic: 83 percent of the U.S. Internet audience viewed online video content in May and video ads reached 45 percent of the total U.S. population an average of 34 times during the month, reports comScore. READ MORE
With summer blockbuster season upon us, Chris Schreiber writing for Mashable suggests four ways brands can emulate the excellent social video advertising campaigns coming out of Hollywood. READ MORE
Monday through Wednesday in New York City TechCrunch is holding its Disrupt Battlefield competition in which hopeful founders and entrepreneurs submit their young, unseen start-up companies for the opportunity to try winning the $50,000 prize while launching in front of an all-star panel made up of innovators, angel investors, venture capitalists and tech influencers. Monday featured three Battlefields: Disrupting Commerce, Disrupting Location and Disrupting Search and Discovery. These start-ups made presentations in the Disrupting Search and Discovery category: READ MORE
Not sure what those funny-looking tic-tac-toe symbols are on Twitter? Want to try your hand at blogging but learning WordPress seems daunting? TechCrunch‘s Rip Empson pointing out the virtues of Grovo, a virtual repository of short videos that help the less tech savvy figure out how to use scads of various web site features, tools and layers. In March, Grovo added premium content for more business-specific web skills such as how to use Basecamp, work with Facebook Pages or use Google Analytics. READ MORE
