Solaborate
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Screenshot  Solaborate homepage | |
| Type of business | Public |
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Type of site | Social network service |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | Los Angeles, California (2012) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) |
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| Industry | Internet |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | Public Beta- October 22, 2013 |
| Current status | Active |
Solaborate /ˈsōˈlabəˌrāte/ is a social and collaboration platform dedicated to professionals and companies to connect, collaborate, discover opportunities, and create an ecosystem around products and services. Solaborate is a combination of the words “social” and “collaboration”.[2] The site is available in English. Solaborate offers a detailed report of real-time insights, and has a Trending Tech News feature which is updated in real time and shows trending tech news from tech media and blogs worldwide, and other common social community features such as professional profiles, user groups, events, questions and answers. Solaborate main feature is Jobs and Opportunities which allows individuals or companies to hire experts from the tech industry. Registered users can collaborate in real time using chat, audio or video feature. Solaborate doesn't charge users for any of its services.
History
Solaborate's CEO Labinot Bytyqi, founded the company in 2012. Solaborate is headquartered in Los Angeles, California
- In April 2013, Solaborate launched its private beta, and announced it has raised $1 million from angel investors.
- In October 2013, at TechEd Las Vegas, Solaborate officially launched its public beta.
Hello Solaborate
In July 2016, Solaborate launched a Kickstarter campaign about their product called Hello.
Hello is a voice controlled device that can be used for video conferencing, wireless screensharing, live broadcasting, and security surveillance. [3]
The device runs on Android and is engineered with an array of four smart microphones, a 4K video sensor and quad-core processor. It also features a built-in accelerometer and tilting & 130° lens of vision. [4]
Awards
People's Choice Award at SAP Palo Alto
In 2013, Solaborate has been awarded the people's choice award at SAP's Palo Alto, during the 10th startup forum.[5]
Best in Show Award at WebRTC Conference and Expo
In 2013, Solaborate has received the “Best in Show” award at the WebRTC Conference and Expo hosted by TMC in Atlanta, Ga [6]
Technology
Solaborate is built in Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Computing, using HTML5, WebSockets and WebRTC protocol for real time communication.[7] Solaborate runs on SAP HANA platform, to provide users with real-time information on their network.[8]
Features
Features include:
- profiles for professionals, companies, products, and services
- messaging, chat, and video
- screen sharing
- creating blogs
- real-time analytics
- file sharing and document organization
-In April 2014, Solaborate launched insights to provide measuring a profile's performance by aggregated anonymous statistics from likes, shares, comments, demographics, trends and more. Tech scores are implemented in user's profile and are based on three different components of a user profile — activity, sharing content, followers, and connections.[9]
-In October 2013, Solaborate released a mobile app for Android.[10]
-In September 2014, Solaborate launched Solaborate app for Windows 8.1. The app integrates most of the same features and capabilities as the web and it is supported in x86, x64 and ARMS processors.[11]
Plug-ins
Solaborate Share Button
Share button makes it possible for people to share their website with Solaborate's audience, to drive traffic back to their site. By presenting users with a parameterized link, readers will be able to share links to their Solaborate news feed.[12]
WordPress Plugin
In July 2014, Solaborate has built a WordPress plugin to integrate it on WordPress blogs.[13]
See also
- Viadeo
- Social media
- Social network
- Social software
- Business network
- List of social networking websites
References
- ^ Solaborate
- ^ Balancing Work And Life With Solaborate By Michael Mankowski, 16 December 2013, Forbes
- ^ HELLO introduces voice-controlled videoconferencing and security surveillance device By Eileen Brown, 2 August 2016, ZDNet
- ^ HELLO The Most Advanced Video Communication Device By Hello Solaborate Team, 24 July 2016, Kickstarter
- ^ Solaborate wins people’s choice award at SAP Startup Forum By Çelik Nimani, 19 September 2013, Digjitale
- ^ Solaborate Says WebRTC Will Affect the Future of Communication By Eshley Caputo, 8 July 2013,WebRTC World
- ^ Solaborate launches new social platform exclusively for tech professionals By Eileen Brown, 30 April, ZDNet
- ^ Balancing Work And Life With Solaborate By Michael Mankowski, 16 December 2013, Forbes
- ^ Solaborate launches new social platform exclusively for tech professionals By Eileen Brown, 30 April, ZDNet
- ^ Solaborate Launches Public Beta, Inviting Professionals to Use the First Social and Collaboration Platform Dedicated to Technology 22 October 2013, MarketWired
- ^ INTRODUCING SOLABORATE APP FOR WINDOWS 8.1 05 September, 2014, ICK-Innovation Centre Kosovo
- ^ https://www.solaborate.com/ShareApi/api
- ^ Introduction of Solaborate plugin feature in WordPress By Amit Chandra, 4 July 2014