Virtual offices, where employees and co-workers can be located in any corner of the world, have become a reality. More and more businesses are keen on exploring the concept of “virtual office” because they save on office rentals, employee commuting costs and host of other “unnecessary” expenses.

While members of a virtual team do not meet face to face very often, they do frequently interact online for discussions, brain-storming and training sessions to ensure that everyone is on the same page.

Here we look at some extremely useful online tools and web services to help your virtual teams connect and collaborate with each other and with clients.

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Jajah, Jangl and Jaxtr have very similar-sounding names and what further adds to the confusion is that all of them are in the web-calling (VoIP) space each trying to make their presence strong on online social networks and at the same time, grab a piece of pie from big daddy Skype.

Jajah, Jaxtr and Jangle make it possible for you to receive calls without revealing your phone number. They all work with regular phones without the computer. They provide widgets allowing readers and friends to connect with you without leaving your website. And none of them will require you to download or install any software on your computer or phone.

So what are some unique features that makes each of these “Ja..” (fill in the blanks) service different? Let’s take a look:

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Skype is a tiny piece of internet telephony software (available for Mac, Linux and Windows) that lets you connect with friends and family across the globe through text chats or audio and video calls.
Create an account on skype.com, then install the free Skype client and you are all set to make telephone [...]