Tag: facetime

  • Camo Beta

    Michael Tsai: Reincubate (tweet, via Joe Cieplinski): Want to look your best on video calls? The camera on your iPhone or iPad is leagues ahead of any webcam on the market, and Camo makes it easy to use your iPhone as a webcam. iPhone cameras are getting better whilst webcams get worse. As the Wall…

  • Apple sued over fatal ‘FaceTime crash’

    BBC News reported on Apple being sued over fatal ‘FaceTime crash’. The lawsuit alleges that the firm should have introduced a feature that disabled use of the video-chat application while driving. Does that mean drink-driving offenders should blame the alcohol breweries?

  • WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned in the UK under new surveillance plans

    The Independent reported on UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to ban encrypted messaging. David Cameron could block WhatsApp and Snapchat if he wins the next election, as part of his plans for new surveillance powers announced in the wake of the shootings in Paris. The Prime Minister said today that he would stop the…

  • A seamless Apple communications system

    Cult of Mac writes about how Apple can become the ultimate communications company. I previously talked about my wish for a seamless experience switching between devices while on FaceTime. The ultimate future home run, of course, is when Apple does and should auto-select how to make calls. In other words, you call someone by taping…