FreshTag video chats start with a hashtag but they don’t end with privacy

October 2, 2012 10:26 AM Meghan Kelly

Video chatting company FreshTag is sick of having to invite you to things. Can't you just anticipate what FreshTag wants and do it before it asks? Gosh, be a better user. That is, when it comes to video chats. The company set up a way to video chat without usernames or friend-invites, though it may not be the most private way to meet face-to-face online.

Video chat service ChatRandom is destroying Fanning & Parker’s Airtime with two killer features

September 19, 2012 8:24 AM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Money can't buy you love, the Beatles told us. Neither can $33 million in venture capital and massive celebrity endorsements from stars like Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg, Julia-Louis Drefus, Alicia Keys, and Jim Carrey.

Airtime has done almost nothing since its June launch

August 7, 2012 4:00 PM Dylan Tweney

Dylan Tweney

Airtime, the video-chat startup created by Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning, has done almost nothing since its June launch -- and it only has about 100,000 users.

Star-studded Airtime promo, “The Best Internet You’ve Ever Had”, features MC Hammer

July 17, 2012 11:26 AM Christina Farr

Christina Farr

Airtime, Sean Parker’s startup, launched a celebrity-filled promo today to bring in millions of new users to its open video network. The video has been making the rounds, since Internet entrepreneur Shaun Fanning, tweeted about it this morning.

The startup, …

Airtime calls for a new marketing approach: Get ready for the social discovery era

June 22, 2012 9:00 AM Rick Corteville

Guest Post

Airtime must be in a gang because it continues to receive a beat down ever since it launched. While some of the criticism was warranted, there was a large point missed by the masses: Social Discovery Platforms — such as …

Sorry haters, Airtime has the potential to be more than just Chatroulette 2.0 (hands-on)

June 5, 2012 2:54 PM Devindra Hardawar

Devindra Hardawar

Napster founders launch social video startup Airtime with parade of celebrities, glitches

June 5, 2012 9:42 AM Devindra Hardawar

Devindra Hardawar

Airtime, the social video chat startup created by Napster founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning, unveiled itself today after a long period of poorly-kept secrets and barely-muted hype.

Think of it as a less-icky Chatroulette with a $33 million wind …

Friend discovery: the next big trend in social

June 4, 2012 12:00 PM Greg Tseng, co-founder of Tagged

Guest Post

Facebook has become the undisputed king of social networking, serving almost 1 billion active users and valued at over $100 billion. Even with this incredible rise, Mark Zuckerberg and many others believe we’re still at the beginning of the social …

Funding daily: Get off your butt and lose some weight

May 23, 2012 5:09 PM Sarah Mitroff

Sarah Mitroff

We’ve got you funding news here on this windy-in-San-Francisco Wednesday evening. If you want to stay on top of funding news as it happens, subscribe to our Deals Channel RSS feed either by clicking the red RSS icon at the …

Airtime nabs $25M weeks before launch, snaps up social experience startup Erly

May 23, 2012 8:02 AM Devindra Hardawar

Devindra Hardawar

Sean Parker’s mystery video startup AirTime is set to debut on June 5th, but that’s not stopping the company from making news today.

AirTime has received $25 million in second round funding led by Kleiner Perkins, and it has acquired …

Sean Parker’s super-stealthy startup is launching in one month

May 8, 2012 11:24 AM Jolie O'Dell

Jolie O'Dell

Airtime is the name of Sean Parker’s latest startup, a live social video company. The company is launching June 5 and has already raised $8.3 million from top-shelf Silicon Valley investors.

And with that, we’ve told you just about everything …