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Dimdim Launches a Webinar Platform, Lets Producers Make Money

Dimdim, an open source web conferencing provider that we've covered many times, launched what it is billing as an easy webinar service today. Dimdim has long competed closely with proprietary web conferencing services such as WebEx, and its new service will provide personalized webinar platforms for webinars delivered to up to 1,000 people. In conjunction with the new service, Dimdim has struck a partnership with Eventbrite, which does event management and ticketing, so that anyone delivering webinars can find avenues to make money with them.


Open Source Web Conferencing Apps Make Meetings Easier

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So many meetings, so little time. With the amount of remote teams spread out all over the globe while working together on projects, it's amazing anything gets done. The advent of Web conferencing has made group collaboration a lot easier and, for some businesses, it's the only way to keep everyone on the same page. Let's take a look at some popular open source Web conferencing apps that keep everyone chatting happily while they get things done.

We've covered Dimdim a lot here at OStatic. It's a full-featured free Web conferencing app that raised $6 million in Series B funding last year and has taken aim at expensive commercial options like Cisco System's WebEx and Microsoft's Placeware. Up to 20 people at a time can get together withDimdim's free version which also includes audio and video sharing, event recording, whiteboards, and private messaging.



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DimDim Version 5: Better Performance, Security for Online Meetings

We've written about the free, open source online conferencing application DimDim before, and, like our buddies at WebWorkerDaily, we like it a lot. Up to 20 people can participate in a meeting in the free version of the application, and the feature set is as rich as many paid conferencing solutions. Today, DimDim version 5 has arrived. Here's what's new in this version, including security enhancements and better performance.


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Yugma's Free Web Meeting App Upgraded, Now Does Linux

Many open source users of free online meeting applications reach for Dimdim when they want to present to and collaborate with others on the web, and Dimdim is a great choice.? It's available in a free, open source version and offers a lot of features not found in the freeware conferencing apps, including the ability to invite up to 20 people to a meeting, and free recording of online meetings. Now, one of Dimdim's biggest freeware competitors, Yugma, has just released a beta version for Linux of its well-liked application.


Dimdim Launches Synched Web Sharing Features in its Conferencing App

We've written before about Dimdim, an outstanding open source web conferencing application which may be of special interest right now to businesses looking to save on travel for meetings and the like. Today, Dimdim has announced an upgrade that offers synchronized co-browsing, better scalability and enhanced performance. Version 4.5 now lets you start a Dimdim room and send anyone the room's URL, after which users on the other end can see what you see as you go to various web addresses, view data and videos, and share online data. This is another good move that differentiates Dimdim from a very crowded field of conferencing applications.


Open Source Heads Off to School

Today brings a couple of new announcements on how open source software tools are pushing forward in the online education and educational collaboration markets. Fresh on the heels of news of its hookup with Dimdim, a maker of open source conferencing software, Zimbra has announced a new hosted set of services focused on schools. In other news, Wimba, which makes collaboration tools for education, is in a partnership involving the popular open source e-learning platform Moodle. Here are the details.


Dimdim/Zimbra Connection Shows Promise

Dimdim is an outstanding open source online conferencing application that we've written about before. It has a number of great features not found in other free online meeting applications, including the ability to record meetings so that the recordings can be shared with others. Earlier this week, Satish Dharmaraj, the co-founder and CEO of Yahoo's open source division Zimbra personally invested in Dimdim, and joined its advisory board.


Dimdim Delivers Version 4.0 if its Conferencing App

Dimdim, the open source web conferencing application that we've liked and written about is out in a new version 4.0. Dimdim is widely regarded for its ability to host online meetings including up to 20 people--for free. The new version adds many new features including letting you record your meetings and share playback URLs. If you have an existing Dimdim account, you'll be automatically upgraded. Here's more on what you get in the new version.


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