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<title>Fring group video calling goes live for Android, iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/27/fring.group.calling.now.live/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/fring-groupvideo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Fring in the middle of Wednesday updated its free Android (Market) and iPhone (App Store) apps to officially launch group video calls.  The feature lets owners of either platform make a call between themselves and as many as three others at the same time.  Chats are cross-platform and will work on 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi as long as the bandwidth can keep up....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fring ramps up group video calling beta for Android, iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/05/fring.outs.group.video.call.beta.for.android.ios/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/fring-groupvideo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Fring on Tuesday hoped to one-up other mobile video chat options by starting a semi-public beta for group video calling.  The test lets Android and iPhone users speak to three other users in real time.  It should work cross-platform and won't carry charges, a slight dig at Skype's charging for group video calls on the desktop....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fring intros adaptive video calling technology</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/06/fring.outs.dynamic.video.quality.feature/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1011/fringdvqin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Fring, the company that brought video calling to iOS, Android and some Symbian S60 smartphones, this weekend announced it has launched Dynamic Video Quality (DVQ) technology. This will optimize video bit and frame rates based on the network's bandwidth during a call instead of dropping the call altogether. A DVQ indicator symbol will pop up when network strength isn't at its best and call quality ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Skype asks Nimbuzz to pull Skype support by October 31</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/25/skype.to.cut.off.nimbuzz.support.by.october.31/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/nimbuzzskypein.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Nimbuzz , which provides free communications over the Internet through an app, was given until the end of the month to remove support for Skype by the VoIP company. The reason for this differs depending on who you ask, with Skype saying Nimbuzz cut off all talks with it over complying with API Terms of Use and the End User License Agreement. Nimbuzz, on the other hand, believes the request was mad...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Android Gingerbread given blurry photo, may pack video chat</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/18/gingerbread.may.match.iphone.with.video.chat/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/android3-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google's next release of Android, better known by its Gingerbread codename, may make video chat an important staple of its design based on a leak on Monday.  What may become Android 3.0 has received only a single blurry photo from a Nexus One but word that it should use the same video format as behind Gmail's feature.  The technique described by Phandroid could theoretically let Android users talk...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yahoo Messenger to hit Android, iPhone with 3G video chat</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1009/iphone4-7sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Yahoo's Americas mobile VP David Katz in a discussion today promised that it would bring a version of Yahoo Messenger with 3G or 4G video chat to smartphones.  Those with an iPhone 4 as well as Android phones with front cameras, such as the Samsung Epic 4G or T-Mobile's new myTouch, will have the option of a two-way chat regardless of which network they use.  It uses the same transmission format a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple rushing FaceTime-equipped iPad for the holidays?</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/10/apple.may.have.camera.ready.ipad.early/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1009/ipad-coffee.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple may be stepping up the release of a camera-equipped iPad to get it out ahead of time, sources claimed on Friday.  Although it only just launched in April and supplies have just caught up to demand, AppleInsider understood from a "proven" contact that the tablet was in late testing.  If finished on time, it could be ready as soon as the holidays but would arrive no later than the first quarte...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toshiba jumps into tablet space with Folio 100</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/02/toshiba.folio.100.android.tablet.now.official/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1009/toshibafolio100.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Toshiba after months of teases confirmed its launch into the mobile tablet space through the Folio 100.  The 10-inch tablet runs a heavily modified version of Android 2.2 and is one of the first major shipping devices to use NVIDIA's Tegra 2.  The dual-core ARM chip is powerful enough to play 1080p over a mini HDMI output but is still efficient enough to give the tablet a meaningful, if short, sev...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google special event Thursday may bring Android video calls</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/08/10/google.may.chase.facetime.with.android.video.calls/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1008/htcevo4g-qik.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google today sent notice of a special event at its Mountain View campus on Thursday to unveil a "couple of cool new mobile features" that may bring video calling to Android.  While the company has so far only said that mobile product lead Hugo Barra will lead the event, sources suggested Tuesday night that it may be video chat integrated with the mobile OS.  A second option raised by AllThingsD ma...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fring claims Skype blocking VoIP under legal threat</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/12/fring.accuses.skype.of.being.anti.competitive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/fring-iphone4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Fring on Monday accused Skype of anti-competitive behavior after it blocked the use of Fring for Skype chats.  The freeze came after Fring said it had to temporarily stop Skype to accommodate the load from iPhone 4 video chats.  The app developer accused Skype's team of being "cowards" by not letting the service come back to Fring and of trying to "muzzle competition" by forcing users to run Skype...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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