In this article, Om Malik, the author, reveals to the public that video chat is now accessible on the iPhone using skype. The application is Fring, a messaging startup based in Israel, which allows you to receive video calls on the iPhone. I know most of you are wondering how could the iPhone access video calls when the camera is located behind the phone. Thats a normal thought, however, it can only receive video calls, it can not outsource video calls. Basically, a user behind a desktop computer can call out to an iPhone user using Skype, and the iPhone user can watch it on their home screens. This casting call can only operate using Wi-Fi.
Aside from the fact that I own an iPhone, which is like the matrix phone to me because it does everything, but being able to use access social networks over their mobile device using video to see someone in another state,
country, or continent. Technology surprises me everyday and due to Web 2.0 these social networks are a means for joining everyone in a multi-connected community.
Earlier in this course we discussed the new wave of internet as Web 2.0, explaining that social networks as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Skype etc. will have a major impact during the course of 2009. Each will develop immensely connecting users from all areas, geographically, in public forms sharing user-generated content, information, and various sources of media. This stream of information allows users to access news faster than ever before. With the merge of Skype with iPhone accessibility, people who are merely making average phone calls during their day can now stream social networks with these applications such as skype keeping them connected in the web 2.0 community.
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