Even Santa has discovered TokBox

Every year as a kid I would faithfully write my letter to Santa and leave it on the hearth hoping that it would be spirited away up the chimney and magically find its way in to the hands of Santa and his helpers. Of course I never got a reply, but more often than not […]

Sending Holiday Video Greetings for Charity this year

It’s that time of year again, the Holidays, and as a Brit living in the US, right about now I normally start panicking about how on earth I am going to get Holiday cards out to all of my friends before December 25th.  Sending Holiday cards requires me to co-ordinate so many moving pieces - cards, […]

New Stuff: Tokbox Holiday Video Mail Greeting Cards

 Tokbox Holiday Video Greeting Card TemplatesOriginally uploaded by dbillianJust a quick post to highlight that Tokbox now has holiday greeting card templates available.

New Stuff: Tokbox Thanksgiving Video Mail Themes

New Stuff: Thanksgiving Video Mail Templates
Originally uploaded by dbillian

Want a quick way to send a Thanksgiving message to friends and family far away? Send them a Tokbox video mail with a Thanksgiving theme. You will see the option under “Greeting Cards” when you login to your account (left sidebar).

New to Tokbox? Modifying Your Profile

New to Tokbox? Modifying Your Profile
Originally uploaded by dbillian
UPDATE: The ‘Profile’ link can now be found on the left sidebar.
Tired of being an anonymous face in the crowd? If so, modify your Tokbox profile to let the world know how fantastic you are! Here’s how you do it…
If you login to your Tokbox account, which […]

New to Tokbox? Setting Tokbox Privacy Controls

Tokbox Privacy Controls
Originally uploaded by dbillian

Receiving unwanted calls or video mail? If so, we have the solution with our awesome privacy controls. Here’s how to get to your privacy controls:
1. The privacy link near the red feedback button on the left sidebar.
2.You can also click on your profile link located on your contact list (your […]

New to Tokbox? Tips for setting your webcam and microphone settings.

One of the most common issues we see in the customer service channel has to do with webcam and microphone detection issues. A sample of the questions we get:
My friend can’t see me (you need to set your cam and mic settings).
I can’t see my friend (your friend needs to set their cam/mic […]

Damon Billian: How I use Tokbox (Eating Our Own Dog Food)

Our CEO, the fabulous Nick Triantos, can often be overheard telling employees that we need to “Eat our own dog food”. While I haven’t eaten dog food just yet, or entirely understand if that is what he truly wants, I take the statement as that he wants employees of Tokbox  to use the […]

Better Know a Feature: Tokbox Video Mail

Tokbox Video Mail
Originally uploaded by dbillian

Similar to Stephen Colbert’s “Better Know a District” series, Tokbox would like to introduce you to some of our video communication services. Today we focus on video mail.
What is video mail? Video mail is like email, only you can include video. Why would you want to use Tokbox video mail […]

New to Tokbox? We’ve got answers.

We realize that some of our blog readers may be new to the wonders of Tokbox. As such, we thought we’d help you out with some of the questions you may have about Tokbox.
What do I need to use Tokbox?
·         A webcam is required for video.
·         A recent version of Adobe Flash […]

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