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How to Change Your Background on a Video Conference Call

As we’ve all grown more used to video calling for everything from school to birthday parties, the importance of the…

David Nield

PublishedSeptember 29, 2020

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Contribute to Chaotic Video Calls With Simple Gestures Using This Video Lens

By now, most of us have given up trying to contribute during a crowded video call, and instead just mute our mics…

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedSeptember 15, 2020

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4 Add-Ons for Your Video Calls That Are Actually Useful

All of a sudden, for obvious reasons, everyone’s using video calls to communicate—whether it’s work meetings, book…

David Nield

PublishedAugust 21, 2020

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Pranksters Stream Porn During Zoom Hearing for Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hacker

Pranksters disrupted judicial hearings on Wednesday for the 17-year-old Florida kid who allegedly hijacked the…

Matt Novak

PublishedAugust 5, 2020

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The Best Video Chat Apps You Could Be Using Instead of Zoom

We’re all adjusting to a new way of living with a lot more video chatting in it, and Zoom has been riding the…

David Nield

PublishedMay 4, 2020

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23 Tips for Making Zoom, Skype, and Other Video Conference Calls Suck Less

We’re all using video-conferencing apps way more than we ever expected to these days, to keep in touch with friends…

David Nield

PublishedMarch 31, 2020

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All the Best Video Calling Options, Ranked

We now have the technology—and the broadband and cellular speed—to see each other when we want to chat. And when it…

David Nield

PublishedNovember 14, 2019

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Google's Duo Isn't a FaceTime Killer

Though Google is known for great apps, it’s not great at communication apps. Hangouts never quite rivaled Apple’s…

Darren Orf

PublishedAugust 16, 2016

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Please Don't Call Me on Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger just introduced video calling. Since Messenger is supposed to be a full-fledged communication…

Kate Knibbs

PublishedApril 27, 2015

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Facebook Messenger Adds Video Calls

Facebook’s relentless push to make Messenger happen is still happening, and you can now make video calls over data…

Kate Knibbs

PublishedApril 27, 2015

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8/7/12

Prisons Are Getting Fewer In-Person Visitors Because of Skype-Like Video Visitation

How close does a video call come to replicating actual human contact? What if that call is the only contact you have…

Kyle Wagner

PublishedAugust 7, 2012

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Skype Is Now Officially a Division of Microsoft

The boards have sent their approval, the money has exchanged hands and the regulatory hurdles have been overcome.…

kelly

PublishedOctober 14, 2011

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Skype For iPad Begins Its Global Rollout (Updated)

As spotted by TUAW, Skype for iPad has landed in the New Zealand App Store. This kicks off the global launch of the…

kelly

PublishedAugust 1, 2011

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Qik's Android App Now Video-Calls iPhones

The latest update to Qik's Android app has brought along cross-platform video-calling. That means Android 2.1+ users…

Kat Hannaford

PublishedApril 27, 2011

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3/15/11

Qik's $3 iPhone App Does Video Calling, Editing and Sharing

Skype owns Qik now, but that hasn't stopped them from coming out with an iOS app to rival Skype's own. I guess if…

Kat Hannaford

PublishedMarch 15, 2011

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Skype Video Chat Coming to Facebook?

You can already voice-chat with your Facebook pals using Skype, so isn't it fair that you get to see their lovely…

Kat Hannaford

PublishedMarch 7, 2011

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Rumor: Microsoft Eyeing Up FaceTime Competitor For Windows Phone 7 (Updated)

It's only fair that Microsoft wants users of their phones to be able to video-call too, which is why talk of a WP7…

Kat Hannaford

PublishedJanuary 11, 2011

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12/23/10

By 2015, Cellphones Will Do 3D Holographic Video Calls (Says IBM Survey)

Around this time every year, IBM surveys 3,000 researchers to find out what they think is going to be big in the…

Kat Hannaford

PublishedDecember 23, 2010

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What Facebook and Skype Integration Would Mean For You

Facebook and Skype integration! That's the rumor. But beyond the intermingling of two major tech companies, the…

Brian Barrett

PublishedSeptember 29, 2010

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9/29/10

Cisco's Telepresence Video Chat is Expected for Homes Next Week

We've been hearing for a while that Cisco was wanting to get down with Joe Blow on the street, so it's not at all…

Kat Hannaford

PublishedSeptember 29, 2010

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