AOL Beta-Tests a Video Chat Service
AOL’s TechCrunch has leaked a link to AV, a still-unannounced, FaceTime-like easy video chat service from…AOL.
View ArticleComcast Plans to Offer Skype on TVs
I don’t know whether Comcast is afraid of Internet-connected TVs and set-top boxes, but that’s the way the cable company’s plans for Skype support look from here. Comcast will bring Skype to customers...
View ArticleSkype Video Chat Now Works on Android Phones (But Probably Not Yours)
At last, Skype’s Android app supports video calling, but it’s only available on four phones for now. Video calling works over Wi-Fi and 3G, and is supported on the HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia...
View ArticleTechCrunch: Facbook’s Announcement Next Week is Skype Video Chat
Maybe Facebook’s event next week doesn’t relate to the iPad at all. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington says that the news is something entirely unrelated, but potentially cool: Skype-powered video chat...
View ArticleFacebook Event: Join Me!
Just a reminder: I’ll be at Facebook HQ on Wednesday morning at 10am PT and will liveblog its event at technologizer.com/facebookevent. According to TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, the news–part of it,...
View ArticleTechReads for July 16, 2014
Why that Comcast rep wouldn’t let Ryan and Veronica just cancel. (Adrianne Jeffries/The Verge) Because doing so would cost him money. Fox tried to buy Time Warner. (Andrew Ross Sorkin/Michael De La...
View ArticleThe New Features in Jawbone’s Up App Are All About Eating
Thanks to wearable fitness gadgets such as Jawbone’s Up and Up24 wristbands, it’s now very easy to get some sense of how many calories you’re burning as you go about your everyday activities. But...
View ArticleTechReads for July 17
Microsoft to reorg, cut up to 18,000 jobs. (Satya Nadella/Microsoft)
View ArticleHow to Animate Your Dragon
A DreamWorks Animation artist works on How to Train Your Dragon 2 using Premo Mr. Peabody and Sherman, the computer-animated movie which DreamWorks Animation released in March is–of course–the tale of...
View ArticleA Celebration of James Garner’s Polaroid Commercials
They weren’t the best thing he ever did, or the one which we’ll cherish the most. But with the sad news of the passing of James Garner, it’s worth pausing to remember the commercials he did in the late...
View ArticleI’m Going to Want a Car With Built-In LTE…Eventually
Buick owners enjoying their car’s built-in LTE in a photo provided by GM Last week, General Motors invited me to a press event at which it showed off some new Buicks. Normally, such events involve...
View ArticleRIP, Jim Frederick
Jim Frederick, the first editor I had during my time as a tech writer for TIME, died unexpectedly on Thursday night. He was only 42, and I’m still in shock. The loss would be incalculable no matter...
View ArticleTechReads for August 11, 2014
Apple University revealed. (Brian X. Chen/NYTimes) Apple’s in-house training program sounds very, very Apple-esque.
View ArticleI’m Over at Fast Company. Join Me, Won’t You?
Just a quick reminder: I’m now happily ensconced in my new gig as technology editor for Fast Company. That means that the vast majority of my tech writing will appear on FastCompany.com. To see what...
View ArticleThat Time I Interviewed Click and Clack
Back in the summer of 1997, I got my one and only assignment for a magazine called The Web, back when it seemed like it made sense to publish reviews and profiles relating to websites on dead trees. It...
View ArticleTechnologizer: The Flipboard Edition
Back in 2014, when I became technology editor for Fast Company, I said I was keeping Technologizer open and reserved the right to write here if I had anything to say that didn’t fit into Fast Company....
View ArticleAOL Beta-Tests a Video Chat Service
AOL’s TechCrunch has leaked a link to AV, a still-unannounced, FaceTime-like easy video chat service from…AOL.
View ArticleComcast Plans to Offer Skype on TVs
I don’t know whether Comcast is afraid of Internet-connected TVs and set-top boxes, but that’s the way the cable company’s plans for Skype support look from here. Comcast will bring Skype to customers...
View ArticleSkype Video Chat Now Works on Android Phones (But Probably Not Yours)
At last, Skype’s Android app supports video calling, but it’s only available on four phones for now. Video calling works over Wi-Fi and 3G, and is supported on the HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia...
View ArticleTechCrunch: Facbook’s Announcement Next Week is Skype Video Chat
Maybe Facebook’s event next week doesn’t relate to the iPad at all. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington says that the news is something entirely unrelated, but potentially cool: Skype-powered video chat...
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