Tag: facetime

Two new Apple commercials for your iOS devices

Apple has two new commercials out showing off FaceTime and AirPlay. These are two well known features which I personally use. I love the interoperability of...
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Group screen sharing rolled out to Mac with Skype 5.2 update

Skype handed us Mac users a nice little surprise this morning with the release of Skype 5.2 for Mac. This release includes group screen sharing...
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Fring does it, brings 4-way video chat to iOS

You’d think Apple would be at the top of the video chat pyramid considering they keep trying to reinvent chatting in iOS (FaceTime, iMessages), but...
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Rumor: FaceTime over 3G en route with iOS 5

A couple of months ago we did an informal poll on Twitter asking our super-awesome followers why they Jailbroke their devices. One of the top...
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Apple’s Grand Vision: Some thoughts on iCloud and the future

There are a few Apple technologies —old, new and yet to be released — where I am left wondering what its true function is and...
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Fring is bringing group video chat to iOS

The Fring team is doing everything they can to make sure that users flock to their application when chatting on iOS devices. While most tend...
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Here are our detailed thoughts on the iPad 2

The iPad 2 has some major improvements over the original iPad. The physical dimensions are very similar except for the fact that the iPad 2...
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FaceTime over 3G with Personal Hotspot and iPad 2

Currently FaceTime is only supported over Wi-Fi, which is a little bit ridiculous when you get down to he nuts and bolts of how FaceTime...
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What’s the future of FaceTime?

When Apple announced the iPhone 4 in June of 2010, it really felt like the future. Video calls — right from a handset — is...
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Saudis say “Hell No” to MobileMe, block it because of “terrorist” concerns

The Saudis apparently think that MobileMe is either a plague on humanity, against some kind of moral edict, or a security concern, because they’ve blocked...
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Skype releases 5.0 beta to the public. It’s sleek and sexy.

Just before heading into a podcast recording session today, we stumbled across the news that Skype has released a new public beta for version 5.0....
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FaceTime available in Saudi Arabia with a workaround

FaceTime doesn’t work in Saudia Arabia by default on the iPhone or iPod Touch. It also doesn’t work in the newly minted OS X version...
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Facepalm: FaceTime kinda exploitable, but not really

So, everyone’s panicking that FaceTime is exploitable and opens a huge security hole. But get this, in order for the exploit to be carried out,...
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Will FaceTime be coming to iLife ’11?

When FaceTime was announced for the iPhone 4, many people were hoping that it would replace iChat on the Mac.  Unfortunately, it did not.  We...
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Wait! No FaceTime in the Middle East?

If promotional photos are an indicator, which they usually aren’t, then Middle Easterners might have something to gripe about once the iPhone gets released—it appears...
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Dust off your eBay account, new iPads with cameras could be on their way

Good ol’ Apple Insider, doing what they do best, has either deduced that an iPad without FaceTime is a serious hole in Apple’s lineup, or...
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FaceTime using email to make calls?

So, one of the things that’s been bugging me is the lack of consistency across Apple products lately. Without delving too far into that debate,...
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Four new FaceTime ads

Apple has released four new iPhone 4 ads that revolve around FaceTime.  All four ads are targeted towards families, or people in relationships.  Is this...
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