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TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: iPhone anticipation episode

by Steven Sande (Sep 28th, 2011)

Apple's announced the upcoming event at which we all hope to hear about a new iPhone or two, and I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl with anticipation. Well, as giddy as a 54 year-old guy can get, y'know? Today on TUAW TV Live, I want to share some thoughts and hopes for the new device(s) with you, ...

Exclusive: TinyChat to enable location-linked video chat on iPhone 4

by Michael Rose (May 13th, 2011)

When it comes to ad-hoc video chatting with friends, strangers or space aliens, the heir apparent to the Chatroulette throne is TinyChat. This Flash-based video-chatting service, launched in 2009, lets you create chatrooms on the fly. You and several friends can all broadcast, while more ...

AT&T CEO promises improved service from T-Mobile deal

by Mike Schramm (Mar 30th, 2011)

Businessweek had a chat recently with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, and he told them that the pending merger with T-Mobile would have the intended effect of improving service and capacity on the networks for all of AT&T's devices, including, of course, the iPhone. "Virtually on the day ...

TUAW TV Live: How would you improve the Mac OS?

by Steven Sande (Mar 23rd, 2011)

Today on TUAW TV Live it's all about the chat. I've sent out a tweet requesting input on what people think are features that are ripe for improvement in the Mac operating system, and we'll be bashing around some of those ideas in a free-for-all discussion about our favorite OS. As usual, I have ...

So what works with FaceTime?

by Mel Martin (Feb 25th, 2011)

Apple comes to the rescue with a KnowledgeBase posting that will give you all the details on what systems are capable of using FaceTime. As you may know, FaceTime HD is a new feature of the just released MacBook Pro line, and Apple has taken FaceTime for the rest of us out of beta and made it a US ...

And here comes the FaceTime porn

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 17th, 2010)

FaceTime live sex chat is for real, courtesy IP4Play (link goes to an adult site, likely NSFW). It's a natural extension of phone sex lines and chat cams, and plenty of people had the idea when Apple unveiled FaceTime. After all, the white-hot fervor around Chatroulette had just died down when the ...

37signals buys Ember, kindles an official Campfire iPhone app

by Steven Sande (Jul 27th, 2010)

Campfire, from 37signals, is a web-based group chat tool that uses secure chat rooms to allow groups to collaborate from wherever they are. A little over a year ago, the developers at Overcommitted came out with an iPhone client for Campfire. That app, Ember, cost $9.99, and was an excellent tool ...

The FaceTime promo video that's not what you think

by Dave Caolo (Jun 8th, 2010)

Last month a pair of actors inadvertently revealed that Sam Mendes, director of American Beauty, was holding auditions for an Apple TV ad that featured an as-yet unnanounced video chat feature on the iPhone 4. Although the Web is all abuzz with links to the promo video made for FaceTime that ...

TUAW TV Live: the all-Mac episode

by Steven Sande (May 5th, 2010)

As we promised earlier today, TUAW TV Live is all about Macs this week. If you've been weary of all the talk about iPads and iPhones, we hope that today's show will be a splash of refreshing and juicy Macness. We'll be starting at around 5 PM EDT sharp, and all you need to do to watch or join in is ...

Tidbits from today's TUAW iPad 3G liveblog

by Steven Sande (Apr 30th, 2010)

This afternoon's Cover It Live liveblog with TUAW readers provided us with some great info about the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, which is available from Apple today! Here are some interesting notes provided by readers, our own bloggers Erica Sadun and Steve Sande, and special guests (and iPhone/iPad ...

iPhone OS 4 to integrate with Facebook

by Mike Schramm (Apr 19th, 2010)

Developers have done a little more poking around with iPhone OS 4.0, and it looks like Apple is set to get much more social with the next version of the iPhone. Not only will the new OS include the new gaming network Game Center, but apparently the OS will also integrate Facebook contacts directly ...

Coming up later today -- TUAW TV Live

by Steven Sande (Mar 3rd, 2010)

Be sure to catch the latest episode of TUAW TV Live with your host Steve Sande, starting later today at 5 PM ET (2 PM PT) here at TUAW.com. Barring any unforeseen catastrophes (Steve is wrestling with a server problem at this point), the show will last about an hour and will cover a variety of ...

TUAW Talkcast live tonight at 10pm Eastern

by Mike Schramm (Feb 28th, 2010)

Sunday night means it's time once again for a TUAW talkcast, in which your favorite TUAW bloggers and readers all get together over on Talkshoe and chat out the biggest Apple happenings of the past week. This week, we'll be talking about that mystery key on the iPad keyboard and what it might be ...

Macworld 2010: Telltale Games live in our booth

by Mike Schramm (Feb 20th, 2010)

We're cleaning out the video files from the chaos of Macworld last week, and while we've already shared with you an interview that we did with Dan Connors of Telltale Games (who just recently announced that they're bringing their whole catalog over to the Mac), his co-founder Kevin Bruner also ...

How to: Facebook chat in iChat or Adium

by Aron Trimble (Feb 16th, 2010)

Last week, the fine Facebook folk let us know (via the Facebook Help Center) that you can now sign in to Facebook's chat service using iChat. Of course, the free Adium client has directly supported Facebook chat since version 1.3 (released in 2008), but this step opens up a much wider range of ...