Drop.io launches Conference.io real-time collaboration in 2 clicks
Last week file sharing service drop.io launched a new real-time feature that allow users to chat with one another at a drop site. Today the company is fleshing out the real-time features by adding support for free conference calls. This means you can set up a virtual space for a conference at a moment's notice, chat with participants, talk on the phone, record or listen to voicemails, and share files all from one location.
Here's how it works. Just hop on over to conference.io and name your chat room. If you want to add any files you can do it here, but you don't have to. Click the drop it button and you're good to go. You can set an administrator password for the room, but again you don't have to.
Conference.io isn't the first service available that lets you set up a web-based chat room in a matter of seconds. But it's the first one that I'm aware of that also supports file uploads, embedding images in chat, and telephone conference calling.
Here's how it works. Just hop on over to conference.io and name your chat room. If you want to add any files you can do it here, but you don't have to. Click the drop it button and you're good to go. You can set an administrator password for the room, but again you don't have to.
Conference.io isn't the first service available that lets you set up a web-based chat room in a matter of seconds. But it's the first one that I'm aware of that also supports file uploads, embedding images in chat, and telephone conference calling.













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Subscribe to commentslessinApr 2nd 2009 3:31PM
thanks for the writeup brad! this is sam from drop.io - just wanted to clarify re: the above...
the reason the chat messages 'disappear' is that they are totally temporal - if you add any file to the drop or 'notes' those don't disappear, those stick around so long as you keep the conference open, but the chatter in between is only meant to last for the moment in which it exists
you are totally right that chat logging is disabled. more on that soon enough