Can a social network make money without relying on advertising?
Houseparty, the video chat app so popular with teens Facebook copied it, is about to find out. The app, which bills itself as a “face to face social network,” just took its first step to…
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Bunch scores $3.8M to turn mobile games into video chat LAN parties
The best parts of gaming are the jokes and trash talk with friends. Whether it was four-player Goldeneye or linking up PCs for Quake battles in the basement, the social element keeps video games exciting. Yet on mobile we’ve lost a lot of that, playing silently by ourselves even if we’re in a squad with […]
View More Bunch scores $3.8M to turn mobile games into video chat LAN partiesInstagram now lets you 4-way group video chat as you browse
Instagram’s latest assault on Snapchat, FaceTime and Houseparty launches today. TechCrunch scooped back in March that Instagram would launch video calling, and the feature was officially announced at F8 in May. Now it’s actually rolling out to everyone on iOS and Android, allowing up to four friends to group video call together through Instagram Direct. With […]
View More Instagram now lets you 4-way group video chat as you browseSnap introduces group video calls for up to 16 people
Snapchat has today introduced a new group video chat feature, letting users chat with up to 16 of their closest friends. If users need more people in the chat (which, for those of us who have large conference calls, sounds awful!), Snap is also offering group voice calls with up to 32 participants. The feature […]
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