61:, was not âsecure or robust enough for business needs.â Sinhaâs vision for Highfive is to âmake videoconferencing as commonplace as e-mail in business.â After it was established, the company worked in stealth mode as Parlay Labs from 2012 until Highfiveâs launch in October, 2014. In March, 2015 Highfive announced that they had raised over $ 45 million in total
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likened to âan Apple TV with a 1080p HD camera and a microphone with a 30-foot range attached.â ââEntrepreneurââ wrote of the product: âEach device delivers HD video and high-fidelity audio. Installation is easy and straightforward. The interface is intuitive. There are no extra cables or wires;
57:, noticed while working for Google that there was a very high demand for videoconferencing, with tens of thousands of video calls regularly made. He left Google to found Highfive, believing that the market leader,
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