TokBox - Video without Frills

TokBox is a new way for your Video calling (conferencing) needs. You dont have to download anything, you can do your video calls from within a browser and the best part is its absolutely free. Its a very good tool (Video over Http) for those who dont have the space, patience or the time to download video conferencing tools and the quality of service seems to be very good.

How it works - You sign up and they give you a link. When you want to talk to anyone, give them the link. They click on it and you can start chatting. You can put your TokBox on your webpage, blog or any other social networking site (http://www.tokbox.com/view/about).

There is a TokBox SDK which helps you integrate TokBox with your existing code base (http://www.tokbox.com/view/developer).

There is a forum where you can rush for help (http://forums.tokbox.com/) and also a blog (http://blog.tokbox.com/).

Overall, the tool is very good for Video over IP and should attract more number of users in the future.

Get your own TokBox at www.tokbox.com.

Wireless for FON and $$$$$

FON is the largest Wifi sharing community around the world. Their motto - you share a little wifi and you get a little wifi for free. Their community wifi router, La Fonera, allows everyone to share Wifi in a secure environment. You can connect to thousands of Wifi FON spots worldwide for free - whereever you are you can find a FON spot on their map (http://maps.fon.com/?lang=en). They have an international blog page (http://www.fon.com/en/external/blogs) and some more information at (http://labs.fon.com/).

The FON shop has Wifi routers, antennas and some toys and gadgets (https://shop.fon.com/FonShop/shop/US/ShopController).

The best part is apart from getting access to internet on wifi for free, you can also earn some money. For this you would have to join their community and become a "Bill".

Also, FON is secure, it segragates your personal usage with those of other FON users. For more information, see (http://www.fon.com/en/info/security).

I was browsing through the fon maps page and could find only a handful of Wifi hotspots in and around Hyderabad. So, if you would like to make a quick "Dinero", dont forget to become a "Fonero" - A very good community for road warriors.