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New Tweaks Could Turn Apple TV Into A Game-Playing, Video-Chatting, Multimedia Superstar

Apple's unassuming $99 TV product is getting some upgrades that could potentially turn it into a multimedia powerhouse and a stealth billion-dollar business.READ»

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Skype's Investors' $6.5B "Told Ya So"

Defending the huge price Microsoft paid for Skype, investor Ben Horowitz suggests rivalry from Google and Apple had no impact on Skype's continuing success. No surprise here: Along with other firms, they only paid $2 billion for it two years ago.READ»

Groupon Dumps Trump, FaceTime For Android, Google TV Tanks, And More...

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.READ»

Put Down The Tweezers, Pick Up The iPhone: Skincare Consults Go Mobile With MyChelle

Smartphone camera tech and video chatting is set to transform yet another industry, if MyChelle Dermaceuticals remote skincare consultations catch on. READ»

iPad Rumor Round-Up: Thinner, Faster, In-Production, Same Old Screen Resolution

The iPad 2 rumor mill just got a seriously big spin thanks to data from what we suspect to be an "official" leak channel for Apple--the Wall Street Journal.READ»

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Apple TV Rumors: You and Your Grandmother Will Never Watch TV the Same Way Again

The rumors spin ever faster about Apple's iTV device--it'll apparently change everything, and now there's some evidence that Apple is training its in-store employees for "something big."READ»

Blind Dating Gets Eyeballs With FaceTime iPhone App

It's tough finding a date these days. A new online dating service called Visual Friend can help.READ»

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iFive: Mobile Video Wars, Facebook's Geo-location, Swine Flu 2 (Infectious Boogaloo), Malaria Nexus, U.K.'s Green Truck Stop

While you were sleeping, innovation resigned in a truly innovative way: It wrote a letter to its boss, and sent it snail mail.1. A couple of "cool new mobile features" are to be unveiled by Google on Thursday for Android phones. It's ...READ»

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Vonage App: Call Facebook Friends for Free

The new Vonage app for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android devices lets you call any Facebook friend using data rather than voice. In other words: Forget your carrier.READ»

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Reason to Jailbreak Your iPhone: Use FaceTime Video Chat, Anywhere You Want

Whether you think FaceTime is a gimmick or not, it's hard to deny the sheer Bond-factor of video calling anywhere in the country.READ»

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Apple's Four New iPhone Ads Concentrate on FaceTime, Families

When Apple announced--actually, it was Mac boy Justin Long who made the news public--that the Mac versus PC campaign was to go in the circular file, most fanboys cheered. Probably. We knew that the "I'm better than you" ragging, ...READ»

iFive: The BP Question, G20 Conference, World Cup Aftermath, Apple iPhone 4 Saga Rolls On, LHC Smashes Record

While you were putting your dreams of a World Cup final to bed, innovation was smashing particles together at an amazing rate, ruminating over the fallout of the BP oil spill, and fiddling with its new smartphone.1. It's been 69 days ...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»

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Bad Habits of a Gen Y-er: Working Too Much

Not that I’m obsessed with posting in a series, but I kind of liked the idea of linking my posts. While my stereotype assumes that I think I’m perfect, I know in fact that there might be a couple of bad habits I have that could ...READ»