White Pine gets $20m investment
NASHUA - A recent $20 million investment in White Pine Software Inc. will help the company focus on helping Internet service providers and Web portals offer live videochat technology, the company said Friday.Christine Cox, vice president of finance and chief financial officer at the Nashua firm, said the investment by a GE Capital affiliate and three other investors in exchange for a total of about 1.3 million common shares will let White Pine invest in spreading its technology and hiring...
Live Videochat NASHUA -- White Pine Software wants millions of people to have videochat capabilities over the Internet no matter what high-tech device they're using -- a cell phone, a Palm Pilot or even a pager.In the past two days, White Pine, a videoconferencing software maker based locally, has announced agreements with Novell Inc., a maker of business-networking software, and with wireless-phone maker Ericsson, to help make it happen."This is part of a larger strategy of
NASHUA -- White Pine Software wants millions of people to have videochat capabilities over the Internet no matter what high-tech device they're using -- a cell phone, a Palm Pilot or even a pager.In the past two days, White Pine, a videoconferencing software maker based locally, has announced agreements with Novell Inc., a maker of business-networking software, and with wireless-phone maker Ericsson, to help make it happen."This is part of a larger strategy of...
Live Videochat British ISP chooses White Pine product to support videochat
NASHUA - White Pine Software Inc. said Wednesday that Freeserve, the United Kingdom' will be using its CU-SeeMe Web technology for live, videochat available to customers subscribing to its new high-speed Internet access service. Terms of the agreement were not announced.White Pine shares advanced 1 5/8, or almost seven percent, in Nasdaq trading Wednesday, closing at 25 3/8.The company's shares have been in a sharp upswing since early November, when shares were...
Live Videochat Chemfab Corp. acquires Calif. maker of healthcare products
MERRIMACK - Merrimack-based Chemfab Corp. said Thursday that it has reached a deal to acquire UroQuest Medical Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., for $29 million.UroQuest and its subsidiary, Bivona Medical Technologies of Gary, Ind., have a combined $19 million in annual revenues, with Bivona accounting for most of it.Bivona Medical Technologies makes and markets disposable sili cone elastomer products and components used in products serving the healthcare and personal care industry, and is...
New Media Age: Daily Sport runs adult video chat service
The Daily Sport is launching what is claimed to be the first live videochat service over mobile phones.The AdultWebCam service enables users to choose from a range of chat hosts in varying categories for live interactive video chat. The service is designed to build on the success of online adult Webcam chat services and SMS chat services.It works across both GPRS and 3G mobile phones and offers a frame rate of between two and ten frames per second. Billing ranges from credit cards to...