Tag: VIDEOCHAT

If you weren't able to divine what exactly this product is from its ridiculously wonky title, we totally understand. But the awkwardly named Creative Live! Cam Socialize HD 1080 (CLCSHD1080, for short) is a webcam that captures high-definition 1080p video at 30fps, and can stream video chats at 720p (as long as your upstream Internet service provides 1 mbps or higher). Within the webcam world -- ...

The world may finally be ready for mobile video calling if recent moves by smartphone app developers are any indication. The Evo 4G was one of the first to tout the ability (although AT&T had already offered a limited form of video calling though its Video Share service), and the iPhone 4, with its Wi-Fi only FaceTime app, followed shortly thereafter. Other apps like Fring have also begun ...

A cat fight akin to something seen on '90210' or 'The Hills' has erupted at the App Store, between two companies that offer VoIP Web chatting services. It seems to have started last week, when Israel-based Fring announced a new service that would allow users to video-chat over an iPhone 4's 3G connection instead of Wi-Fi. Fring also decided to temporarily pull Skype from its new iPhone app, citing ...

Upon its unveiling, Wangroulette Chatroulette immediately elicited a dramatic response from both casual social networkers and tech pundits for its revolutionary, albeit randomly ridiculous, method of instant and arbitrary interaction. Just as quickly, though -- and perhaps even more swiftly -- skeezy pervs tainted the site's rapid-fire webcam conversations with an overwhelming glut of genitals. ...

Not long ago (although it may seem like an eternity for some), kids learned of exotic locations and their inhabitants through handwritten interactions with distant pen pals. That specific reference to a writing implement increasingly loses relevance in today's lexicon, though, so parents may need to consider a modernized adaptation -- perhaps "Skypals" might be more appropriate. As modern kids ...

Wi-Fi has been available on planes for sometime now. In fact, on our way to this year's CES, in-flight Wi-Fi ruined what should have been a few hours dedicated to catching up on some reading and getting a little extra shut eye. Instead, Team Switched spent the better part of the six hour flight to Vegas blogging and hanging out in our team chat room...which might have landed us in hot water had ...

While we've come face to face with people from all over the world via ChatRoulette, the face of the person behind this light-speed gawk-fest itself has remained shrouded in mystery -- until now. Meet Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17-year-old whiz kid behind the latest (and perhaps greatest) form of randomized social networking. The New York Times Bits Blog recently sent an inquisitory e-mail to the ...

Remember back when you got your first dial-up connection and the thrill of exploring the new and wild online jungle? It's okay, we can't either. But a new site, ChatRoulette, manages to revive that greenhorn spirit... at the expense of some seriously creepy voyeurism. In a fascinating article for New York Magazine, Sam Anderson documents his own ride through ChatRoulette, a site straight out of ...

In the world of network television, show producers have millions of dollars at their disposal. As such, they can usually swing some high-tech equipment to make sure that when guests appear on video from some other part of the world, they do so with a high-quality video and audio signal. Oprah, despite her millions (billions?), is forgoing all that in favor of Skype, the free online telephone and ...

Gmail is great (when it's working), offering top-notch spam filtering, gigabytes of storage, and a slick user interface all for free. It also offers integrated instant chatting for those who are into such things, and, as of a few weeks ago, text messaging too. Now Gmail is growing again, offering you the ability to chat with voice and video without having to leave the page. You'll need to start ...