Google Hangouts are getting more and more interesting. The ability to easily start a live video conference with colleagues all over the world, share screens, and see each other — all in real time — is opening many doors for innovation.

Sure, live video conferencing has been around for years, and it’s been quite good for some time. But it hasn’t been as easily and freely available as Hangouts on the ubiquitous Google infrastructure. Now, anyone with a Google account can start a live video conference. Read more here.