Skype 5.0 Beta 2 Offers...

Having trouble keeping in touch with all your relatives at once? Skype’s latest Windows-only 5.0 beta 2 improves on the previous 5-way video calling, bumping the number of participants up to 10. With 10-way video calling, you should have no problem collaborating (or arguing) with...

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy T...

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is one of the more popular subjects this week, though one thing that many folks out there are wondering about is its price. If the rumors are accurate, we’re in for a spot of bad news, as word is going around that the 16GB version of the Galaxy Tab might...

Six Apart’s Vox Heads...

When Six Apart launched Vox , a blogging/social network platform with strict privacy controls, in 2006, investor D avid Hornik had high hopes. Vox is an “amazing blogging platform,” he said, because “Finally I have a place where I can post pictures and video of my kids...

iTunes Ping And Faceboo...

There seems to be some confusion out there right now about iTunes Ping, Apple’s new music social network, and Facebook. Some people seem to think it was never a part of iTunes, that Apple decided against connecting; while other reports say they think it was at one point integrated,...

Check in on Foursquare ...

It may not be the most socially acceptable way to check in, but Vlingo has created a way for Android app users to check in on Foursquare with their voices. It’s a speech-to-checkin feature that will save time, even if it does raise a few eyebrows. With the new app , Android users...

Twitter Just Killed Som...

Are you addicted to Twitter? Do you have an iPad? Even if the answer to both is “no” right now, after you see Twitter for iPad, those answers are going to change — quickly. Yes, the wait is over. Launching tonight in the App Store is Twitter for iPad — the first...

iTunes 10 and Ping Are ...

iTunes 10 is now live and available for download. It comes bundled with its own killer feature: music-centric social network Ping. Announced just this morning , the new iTunes/Ping one-two combo pack a mighty punch. But can this dynamic duo deliver on its promise to revitalize...

To Unfriend or Not to U...

We’ve all done it — surfed on over to the book of faces, our hearts racing and pupils dilating with excitement, let our cursors linger over those oh-so-powerful words, “Remove From Friends,” and clicked away with the maniacal glee of a serial killer. Still, there...

Ping Is the Last Nail i...

If I were MySpace , I would be shaking in my boots. Earlier today, Apple launched iTunes 10, the latest rendition of its wildly popular music software. Really though, iTunes 10 is just a vessel for Ping , Apple’s new music-centric social network. Available immediately to...

Apple Overhauls iPod Li...

Lots of news came out of today’s Apple press event , but in the words of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, iPods were “the entree of the day.” The iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and iPod Touch each received significant cosmetic and feature updates, while the iPod Classic was removed from...