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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »