The AVChat integration kit for eMeeting is ready to be added to your eMeeting website now. The integration kit takes care of the integration (obviously! :)) between your eMeeting users and user levels and AVChat. How will it help your eMeeting website? Well,  it will drive members engagement and loyalty and it can drive up revenue by showing ads around the video chat or charging for access to it. Some of the integration features: Automatic username, gender and profile picture integration: users will have the same username, gender and profile picture in the web site and in the video chat. Different features for different user groups: you can control what features are enabled for each user level User profiles integration:[…]

I will be attending the iDate Conference in Paris this week to learn more about the industry and meet some of you guys using our products! I’ll be back on Saturday hopefully with a lot o feedback and new ideas! I’ve also prepared a coupon code for the duration of the conference: use idate during checkout and you’ll get 20% off any new AVChat license. Promotion available until Firday!

This morning at IBC in Amsterdam Adobe launched Flash Media Server 4. There will be 3 editions (Streaming, Interactive and Enterprise) + the free Developers edition. Check out the comparison matrix to see what’s included in each! Most notable improvements are: 64 bit support –> increased performance p2p/rtmfp support -> we’ll be able to do commercial p2p apps on top of FMIS4 Now the bad news: the price is the same, in the US  the Streaming edition is about $995.00 and the Interactive edition is about $4500 . the p2p/rtmfp goodies are only available in the Enterprise edition (very expensive) but hopefully Adobe’s FMIS hosting partners like influxis.com will offer rtmfp/p2p support as standard in their hosting offers. More info:[…]

Quite a few updates this month! The focus was on making moderation easier for admins, that’s why we have new ban options, the ability to edit rooms, faster access to kick/ban/whois and a bunch of other small improvements that will make an admin’s life so much more easier! New features: You now have the ability to stop someone from viewing you(works best when cam is private because when cam is public the other user can just hit [View Cam] again): Clicking on a username in the text chat will bring up the side menu for that user Blocking someone will now prevent him from viewing you any more! Security improovements: New ban panel with ban by username/cookie and silent ban[…]