Guest Post World of Warcraft, Facetime, WebEx, ETrade’s MarketCaster, and Facebook’s live “Ticker” may seem completely unrelated, but they all represent real-time apps, connecting users instantly with the real world.
AT&T has finally opened the gates so iPhone 4S users and owners of other non-LTE smartphones can video chat using cellular data.
It's kind of like a tiny video-oriented social network, with Facebook's 2011 "frictionless sharing" concept brought to life. Except only with people you really, really care about.
AT&T seems to be allowing many more customers to use FaceTime over its cellular network. Early holiday present or a massive accident?
AT&T is loosening its FaceTime restrictions to allow more customers to use the software on its network.
You've probably never heard of VirnetX, a company that owns patents related to virtual private networking, but Apple owes it some big bucks.
Verizon Wireless is opening up all of its data plans to the feature for free, a Verizon spokesperson tells the Wall Street Journal.
AT&T has made it harder for its subscribers to use Apple's FaceTime app. But the bigger problem is how the company defends the move.
Adding video chat features to mobile apps just got a little bit easier with a new release from startup TokBox.
Here’s the deal: Developers can now use TokBox’s open chat tools to add FaceTime-like capabilities to iOS apps using web …
Up until now, Apple’s FaceTime video chat feature on iOS devices has been restricted to Wi-Fi only. That’s changing with iOS 6, which finally offers the ability to use FaceTime over cellular.
But, almost inevitably, it looks like AT&T isn’t …
It’s a bird, it’s a plane! No, it’s an Apple iTV prototype! A Cult of Mac source claims to have seen the rumored Apple television and says it looks just like the Thunderbolt display, but bigger.
According to this source, …
Apple, you’ve got some splainin’ to do. The new iPad, which will be released tomorrow, does not allow FaceTime video chat using 4G LTE networks, according to a report by The Verge.
Former CEO Steve Jobs said that FaceTime would …
Video chat startup Tango just can’t stop innovating. After recently launching the first Windows Phone video chat app, Tango is now gearing up to offer video messages, making it one of the first such services to offer a video equivalent …
Video-calling application Tango announced on its blog today that it is now available on desktop PCs. The company originally announced the feature back in July, along with a $42 million second round of funding.
The original Tango mobile app allowed …
Skype on Tuesday updated its apps for the iPhone and iPad, which now include Bluetooth functionality and image stabilization. Unfortunately the updates also introduce advertising for non-paid users for the first time.
Skype is trying to better monetize its service …
After a month of speculation, Skype for iPad finally launched today. I whipped out my iPad 2 and decided to spend a little hands-on time with the app to see how it fared overall and how it compared with Apple’s …
After a few well-publicized launch mistakes, the much-anticipated Skype for iPad application is finally here.
“Skype for iPad is beautifully designed and optimized for the iPad,” wrote Rick Osterloh, head of product management for Skype, on the company’s official blog. …
Video-calling app developer Tango announced today that it has raised $42 million in its second round of funding.
The Tango app lets tablet and smartphone users make video calls to other Tango users, much like Apple’s FaceTime app for the …
Google is finally making video chat a core part of the Android experience, almost a year after Apple introduced FaceTime video chat for the iPhone 4.
The company announced today that an updated version of Google Talk will bring voice …
U.S. immigrants with smartphones account for a quarter of all video calls made on PCs or mobile phones, according to a new survey.
The survey suggests that roughly five million immigrants have placed video phone calls with PCs or smartphones, …
