June 4th, 2012

Social Video Chat App Rounds Expands From Facebook To Mac & PC

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Rounds, the social video chat app for Facebook and the web, backed by $5.5 million in funding from Verizon Investments, Rhodium, DFJ’s Tim Draper and other angels, is now expanding to the desktop. This week, the company will debut its Windows and Mac applications which will allow users to send and receive video chat calls to and from their friends without using their web browser or visiting… → Read More

September 2nd, 2011

Newly Launched IM+ Video Lets You Video Chat With Facebook Friends

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SHAPE Services, makers of the popular, cross-platform IM+ mobile instant messaging applications, is today launching its first video chatting app: IM+ Video. The new app, available here on iTunes, lets you video and voice call with your Facebook friends – and not just those using IM+. → Read More

August 11th, 2011

Facebook Rolls Out Changes to Chat, Other Experiments, Leads to Problems

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Facebook made changes to the Facebook Chat sidebar feature, several users are reporting. Now, your favorite online friends appear in the top section of Chat, with a separate list titled “More Online Friends” underneath. This makes it easier to find the Facebook friends you chat with often.

However, we’ve also seen reports where select users are getting a mini News Feed in their Chat sidebar… → Read More