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Online

Skype-Like Video Units In Jail Result In Fewer In-Person Visitors

How close does a video call come to replicating actual human contact? What if that call is the only contact you have with the outside world while in prison — does that change the calculus at all? Apparently so for inmates in the District of Columbia Department of Correction.

18 November 2011

Online

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

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.

4 August 2011

Software

Skype’s Two-Way Video Chat Arrives On 17 More Android Devices

Skype’s 2.1 Android app supports a wide range of phones and tablets now, including Samsung’s Galaxy S, S II and Galaxy Tab; HTC’s Desire, Thunderbolt, Sensation and EVO 3D and 4G; plus a bunch of Sony Ericsson devices. [AndroidMarket via AndroidPolice]

Software

Skype’s Next Focus Is Windows Phone

Now that the iPad app is out of the way, Skype’s next priority is Windows Phone. And the software company is not wasting any time.

2 August 2011

Software

Skype For iPad Begins Its Global Rollout

As spotted by TUAW, Skype for iPad has landed in the App Store. This likely kicks off the global rollout of the video calling app so look for it in your local App Store on August 2. [TUAW]

7 July 2011

Online

Next For Facebook And Skype: Calls To Outside Phones

Skype consumer head Neil Stevens confirmed that the next thing planned for the Facebook-Skype partnership is the ability to call from Facebook to any phone in the world.

13 May 2011

Online

It’s Official: This Is The New AIM

On Tuesday we reported on AIM’s kind-of-sort-of-secret new video chat site. As of today, it’s official, and it’s just the beginning of a new direction for the hoary chat service.

2 May 2011

Computing

BlackBerry PlayBook Has Facebook And Video Chat Apps, Too

You guyzzz, BlackBerry’s PlayBook tablet can also do video calls! It’s only over Wi-Fi, but considering that’s the only model that’s actually on sale now, I think we can live with that. From tomorrow, PlayBook owners can download it over-the-air through an update, or by checking into the BlackBerry App World.

29 April 2011

Software

Google Talk For Android Gets Video Chat

Google is rolling out a new Android 2.3.4 update to Nexus S users in the next few weeks and other Android 2.3+ devices in the near future. What’s the biggie upgrade? Google Talk for Android is getting video chat.

28 April 2011

Software

Fring App’s Four-Way Video Calling Just Went Live

Last you heard, Fring’s Group Video was still in beta – not anymore. Fring’s four-way video call feature has gone live for all Fring users, whether you’re on iOS or Android, and it works over Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G.

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