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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 …
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My first Airtime video chat lasted all of two seconds. My second featured some dude listening to music way too loud, looking stoned out of his mind (I clicked next). Several calls later, I was finally able to have …
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 …
Microsoft still doesn’t have much to show for its $8.5 billion Skype acquisition — except for a lackluster Windows Phone app — but Tony Bates, the former Skype CEO and now president of Microsoft’s Skype division, has at least managed …
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 …
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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 …
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After a surprisingly long delay, Windows Phone owners may soon be able to get their hands on a Skype app of their very own.
Microsoft is currently testing a near-final version of Skype for Windows Phone 7, and the company …
President Obama will give the Google+ social network a high-profile boost by taking questions on a Hangout video chat starting at 5:30 p.m. Eastern tonight.
The Hangout was announced a week ago, and it will hopefully allow for a more …
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 …
Quick, name one thing that Google+ does better than Facebook? The answer is Google+ hangouts, a Skype-like group video chat (and broadcast) feature. Wednesday, the search giant released a number of improvements to make its most-prized social possession more striking.…
Rounds, described as the world’s only “communitainment” platform, combining video chat and social apps into a single experience, today announced that nine new games will be added to its service by 2012.
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Rounds sees its entertainment apps …
Internet communication platform Skype has added the ability to make video calls to your Facebook friends in the new beta version of its desktop application, the company announced today.
As we previously reported back in July, Skype and Facebook forged …
It’s been more than 10 years since I’ve used AOL Instant Messenger as my go-to chat client, but the new AIM may just be good enough to change that.
AOL launched a preview of its latest AIM vision today, which …
Windows Phone users will finally get their chance to video chat with their iPhone and Android friends, thanks to the hot video chat startup Tango.
The company’s new Windows Phone app, available for free on the Windows Phone Marketplace, is …
Skype is now officially a part of Microsoft. The software giant announced today that it has completed its $8.5 billion purchase of the video chat company.
Now that the deal — Microsoft’s biggest yet — is official, Skype CEO Tony …
Polycom on Tuesday launched new mobile video conferencing solutions for its customers, with strong mobile apps for Honeycomb Android tablets and Apple’s iPad.
Several startups and major companies such as Polycom, Cisco and Citrix, are heavily expanding the reach and …
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 …
