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"This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.  The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.\nName: Fuze Box \nQuick Pitch: Fuze Box provides applications that allow people to communicate, collaborate and conference from any device, anywhere in the world.\nGenius Idea: Fuze Box, which presented earlier this week at the DEMO Conference, seeks to innovate on the standard conventions of business collaboration and the virtual meeting, a packed market dominated by players such as WebEx and GoToMeeting. \nThe product it launched at DEMO, Fuze Meeting, has similar functionality to its larger web conference competitors, but it offers several killer features.  Our favorite though has to be the ability to access video meetings via the iPhone (and soon the BlackBerry).\nWhile Fuze Meeting does have a mobile version, it's primarily browser-based.  This means no plug-ins or software installation is necessary.  You can share your desktop, chat with other attendees via IM, and share files.  However, Fuze Meeting can seamlessly stream HD video and high-res presentations to everyone in the room.  You can even annotate these videos through the company's Fuze Movie product.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike we said though, the iPhone app is our favorite feature.  From your iPhone, you can view screencasts, send IMs, host audio conferences, watch shared HD video, and bridge outside callers into the conference.  With businesspeople on the go so often, it only makes sense to have a simple, easy-to-use mobile version.  \nDo we think Fuze Box and Fuze Meeting have great potential?  Yes.  Do we know if they will be able to compete in an already tough space?  We can't tell.  Startups like Team Apart already have some of thse features in the browser.  If Fuze is to survive, it must focus on being the best mobile meeting system around. Fuze Meeting costs $29/month or $279/year to use.\nSpark of Genius Series Sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark\nBizSpark is a startup program that gives you three-year access to the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as connecting you to a nationwide network of investors and incubators. There are no upfront costs, so if your business is privately owned, less than three years old, and generates less than U.S.$1 million in annual revenue, you can sign up today.\nEntrepreneurs can take advantage of the Azure Services platform for their website hosting and storage needs. Microsoft recently announced the \"new CloudApp()\" contest - use the Azure Services Platform for hosting your .NET or PHP app, and you could be the lucky winner of a USD 5000* (please see website for official rules and guidelines).\u201D"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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