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US President Barack Obama To Hang Out On Google+ Next Week

12:00AM January 24, 2012 | Brent Rose

Well, we said it was going to happen, but we didn’t think it would be so soon. Less than two weeks after the White House joined Google+, President Obama will go live in a Google+ Hangout to answer your questions. More »


Gadgets

The Dumbest SkyMall Product Of The Year Is Out

3:30PM January 6, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Not even a week into 2012 and we’ve already got our eyes on the dumbest SkyMall contraption of the year: the StarScreen Social Backdrop, a piece of printed plastic that attaches to your chair to show a background when you video chat. More »


Mobile

Google+ Hangouts Get Mobile (and Antlers)

12:20PM December 15, 2011 | Brent Rose

Google+’s group video chat orgy Hangouts has some nice updates rolling out in the next few days. Most significant among them is that it’s coming to G+ mobiles apps. Least significant? Virtual antlers and a red nose for your head. More »


Online

Skype Now Lets You Make Facebook-To-Facebook Video Calls

4:24AM November 18, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Skype’s been powering Facebook’s video chat feature since July, but its new apps for Windows and OS X now let you use the Skype client to directly make video calls to your Facebook friends. More »


Software

Facebook Messaging Actually Useful Thanks To Messaging App

4:10AM October 21, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

I get more Facebook messages than emails from my friends these days. But the Facebook app is horrible at notifying me when someone actually tries to get a hold of me. The new Facebook Messaging app, though, makes sure I know exactly when my friends want to ask me iPhone 4S questions. More »


Geek Out

Why Skype Chats Are Never Not Awkward

1:20AM October 11, 2011 | Brian Barrett

It’s not the choppy connectivity, it’s not that your webcam is a blurry mess, it’s not that you keep mispronouncing “mauve”. The reason your Skype conversation is so awkward? We’d all rather look at ourselves than talk to someone else. More »


News

That Stolen Laptop Might Be Intercepting Your Sex Chat

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12:30PM September 1, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Laptop recovery software can help you recover stolen goods, but one laptop recovery firm may have stepped (or perhaps stomped) over a privacy line when its agents intercepted images from an explicit webcam session between the holder of a stolen laptop and her boyfriend. More »


Software

We Need Another Messenger App Like We Need Extra Nipples

1:08AM August 30, 2011 | Brent Rose

BlackBerry Messenger, GroupMe, iMessage, Facebook, Google Voice, and now Samsung’s ChatON. These message apps (and many others) promise to deliver us from the tyranny of SMS messaging. Let’s talk about why this, too, will suck. More »


Mobile

Skypey Wi-Fi Sweetness Coming To Mango

4:24AM August 26, 2011 | Brent Rose

Enough Apple talk! Let’s move on to a more tropical fruit. WP7 Mango is coming very soon, and more and more goodies are being revealed. Skype video? Wi-Fi hotspot? Delicious! More »


Online

My Morning With A Robot Sex Worker

1:20PM August 25, 2011 | Brent Rose

There’s nothing better than showing up to work, signing into AIM, and engaging with a sexy stranger, right? Those are the principles America was founded on! But how to know if you’re talking to a heartless chatbot? Make ‘em laugh! More »