New toys from the FOWA Expo
I attended the FOWA (Future of Web Apps) Expo in London today with the aim of identifying both useful apps and doing a little new business prospecting. I have to say the show didn’t deliver on the new business side, but I did find two really interesting applications that I want to share with you.
The first is called YuuGuu and it’s essentially an instant messaging application with a couple of bonuses added on. The first is the ability to share your screen over the web, currently only to other YuuGuu’ers but soon to be available through your web browser.
Why is this relevant you may ask?
Firstly it gives you the ability to present to your clients or prospective clients online for free - the closest competition is Webex and that appears to cost £27 ($54 approx.) per meeting. You can run through presentations, work on design concepts and more all online, saving the time and costs of travelling to a meeting.
The second benefit is the ability it gives you to work collaboratively with disparate teams. If like me you work with contractors dotted around the world, the ability to actually share screens and work together on a project could be very handy indeed. I’m certainly going to ask my teams to take a look at this.
It’s also possible to take control of the remote screen, so if you are offering technical support, you could deliver this remotely quite easily. Almost like a Sharemypc programme that’s absolutely free. Anyway, that’s the plug for YuuGuu over.
The second product is called Wakoopa. This is slightly less commercially interesting but none the less could provide some benefit for your business. Essentially it’s an application that monitors the software you use on your PC / Mac and summarises which programmes you use most frequently.
So what I hear you say.
My reaction entirely, until I learnt that it will then make recommendations for other software you would benefit from, with reviews and more. Now that could indeed be interesting.
Check them out and enjoy. I have already hooked up with YuuGuu and Wakoopa will be coming shortly.
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Hey man great website, visit mine at www.nakodari.com , i write about technology and web 2.0 news. Hope to stay in contact with you. You can e-mail me.
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Hi Andy - many thanks for the Yuuguu plug and help in spreading the word. It’s been a hectic 2 weeks launching at DEMOfall (video of pitch http://tinyurl.com/2fpsxr) and meeting so many people at FOWA. Let us know if there are any features you’d like in the future. Best Philip @ Yuuguu
Hi there hemel, your stand was certainly the busiest at FOWA, well apart from the Adobe stand and the various XBox and Wiis.
In terms of other features, I’ll drop by your blog once I’ve had a good play with it and try to send you some useful suggestions / feedback.
wow, that’s great and thank you for sharing.
WOW I think they introducing with latest technology… so that we all have joy to enjoy. Thanks for the post
I wish I could have attended the event. I heard that the some great products were introduced!