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Building A Better Chat Room

If the new startup Tokkster is right, being able to chat with other customers on company home pages will be the next big thing.READ»

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This Week In Bots: Space Droids, Dog Droids, Chatting Droids, And Farming Droids

Fear not the robocalypse--recent developments in robotics are showing how advanced robots will help everyone from astronauts to farmers to doctors do their jobs more easily. READ»

The Finer Etiquette Points Of Now-Ubiquitous Video Chat

First Google+, now the Facebook/Skype duo--everybody wants to put your face on everyone else's screen. Here's how to do so without coming off the wrong way.READ»

ChatRoulette Version 2.0 Can't Prevent Eye-Scarring Grossness

ChatRoulette version 2.0 went online today. Unfortunately, amidst technical troubles, there still remains...the grossness.READ»

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Google Wave, Poorly Understood and Underused, Dies in Infancy

Do you know what Google Wave is? Have you ever used it? More than once? If you can answer yes to all three, you're in the minority. And that's why the company killed it.READ»

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iPhone 4's FaceTime Video Chat Won't Count Against Your Minutes

Fear not, video chatters: The iPhone's new FaceTime voice chat won't count against your minutes--for now.READ»

Iran Blocks Gmail While Americans Fret Over Google Buzz's Privacy Implications

Amidst another huge wave of protests marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian authorities have announced that they are cutting off access to Google's Gmail and replacing it with a "national" email system.; If ...READ»

Synchtube: A Model for Webclip Social Networking on Future TV Shows?

Social networking and video feeds would seem to be a match made in heaven. But with the epic failure of Fox's live on-TV Twitter experiment, is there a better way to link video and discussion chat? Synchtube might be a good ...READ»

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Cliqset Didn't Learn From Fox's Mistake, Brings Chat to Net TV

We were wary about Fox's on-TV Twitter experiment, and then surprised by quite how badly it failed...but obviously the folks at Cliqset and Boxee disagreed: They're bringing yet more sophisticated social net chatting to TV ...READ»

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For the Friendship-Obsessed, Facebook Adds Voice Chat

If Facebook's news feed isn't fast enough for you, there's chat. And if you're the type who finds chat too slow or not intimate enough, now there's voice chat. Enter Vivox, a voice chat application in beta for Facebook. After adding ...READ»

Will Everything Be Wired to a Social Net? Even Google's Doing It

You've got to credit Google for trying to be the one-stop shop for everything online: It just grabbed hold of the craze for social networking, and built it right into Google users' homepages. Will everything soon be social ...READ»

Developers Start to Surf Google Wave, And Love It

Weeks ago, when Google Wave was first announced, we explained why you should be terrified of it. Now Google's opened Wave up to developers, and their first impressions are being published. Wave, it seems, is a wild ride. If you've ...READ»