Get Comfortable With Hangouts and Huddles

appear extremely useful for videoconferencing and cloud collaboration, and as a webcast platform. While they aren't a replacement for services like yet, they do a great basic job and may be expanded on in the future.

While we can't say exactly when the new business features will be announced, they're promised for later in 2011, which could mean anytime between now and the end of the year. Prepare your company to hop on as soon as you can.

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