Logitech, a maker of human interface devices and Yahoo!, a leading global communications, commerce and media company, have announced an agreement that will promote Logitech`s QuickCam family of Webcams as a means to take advantage of Yahoo!`s newly announced integration of Webcam functionality within Yahoo! Messenger.
"This new capability will enable Yahoo! Messenger users to communicate face-to-face while instant messaging with friends, family and colleagues, up to one frame per second," says Shawn Bezuidenhout, marketing manager at Logitech South Africa,
Both Yahoo! Messenger users and current Logitech Webcam users can download the necessary software to enable instant messaging with Webcam functionality at the Yahoo! Messanger Web site: http://messenger.yahoo.com.
Instant messaging has become today`s fastest growing communications trend. According to researchers at IDC, by 2005, there will be nearly 230 million users of business instant messaging applications worldwide, with more than two trillion messages sent annually by both consumers and business users.
"Communications specialists also see a positive future for instant messaging, and especially, for the visual element in online communication," says Bezuidenhout.
"The combination of Yahoo!`s online communication expertise and Logitech`s proven Webcam technology adds a new dimension to an already vibrant market," he says.
"Logitech and Yahooo! have augmented the current expansion of Webcams and electronic communications with a completely new Internet experience."
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