Microsoft is officially shutting down Skype (RIP). Even if you haven't used the app in years, it's possible Skype was your ...

Google is working on a new Video Chat panel for Android that lets you apply a variety of visual and audio effects to video calls. These effects include background blur, portrait lighting, portrait ...

Google Chat — Google’s business-oriented messaging platform that is similar to Slack and Microsoft Teams — just got a big update for its Android and iOS apps. The update dramatically changes how you ...

Last week, the European Union (EU) announced the first set of gatekeeper tech companies and gatekeeper services, and we've already discussed what it means. For example, iMessage isn't a gatekeeper yet ...

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