Universal Video Chat? Polycom Is Getting Close

When Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's video-conferencing product, FaceTime, he promised Apple would work to break down the barriers between video services to make them all compatible with each other.

That never happened, of course. However, Polycom -- a company that specializes in video communication hardware -- now appears to be taking on the challenge, unveiling a software product that combines contacts from Skype, Facebook, Google Talk and other apps into the same video call, all via a web browser.

The product is called RealPresence CloudAxis -- it's an extension of Polycom's existing video-conferencing solutions. Basically it means if your business uses a Polycom system, now you can…
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