Category Archives: Mobile

The Video Phone Comes Of Age: One Fifth Of American Adults Have Made A Video Call

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Erick Schonfeld

The idea of video phone calls goes back to at least 1969 when AT&T developed it’s famous Picturephone which went nowhere (the concept was actually been kicking around a lot earlier). But now with Skype video calls on your laptop and FaceTime on… Continue reading →

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Stalkers. Creeps. Weirdos. Terror. Welcome To Location, Facebook

Posted on August 20, 2010 by MG Siegler

The countdown is officially on for the big Facebook location backlash. How long will it be? One week? Two weeks? We all know it’s coming, it’s just a matter of when. And that’s too bad because I think Places is actually pretty great — potential… Continue reading →

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