Thursday, November 8, 2012

Remains of the Day: AT&T to Lift FaceTime Restrictions

Remains of the Day: AT&T to Lift FaceTime RestrictionsAT&T lifts its recent FaceTime restrictions, Wikipedia gets an HTML5 video player, Amazon gets into wine delivery, and Google+ updates its mobile app.

  • AT&T Expands FaceTime over Cellular Availability AT&T has announced that they will once again be supporting Apple's FaceTime video chat service across all tiered data plans. The company had recently restricted iPhone owners to use FaceTime solely over Wi-Fi or through it's shared data plans. Expect FaceTime to be fully supported again in eight to ten weeks. [PR Newswire]
  • After a 5-year beta period, Wikipedia finally moves into the video era with an HTML5 player Wikipedia has had video content for a long time, but the site is seeking to finally launch a video service more in the vein of it's collaborative spirit. Using the Kaltura open source platform, Wikipedia's new video infrastructure will better support collaborative creation and management of video content, and will also encourage edits and remixes. [The Next Web]
  • Amazon uncorks wine service, delivers to your door Amazon Wine is a new service that will deliver up to six bottles of wine to your door for $9.99. It's not without restrictions though?Amazon Wine is only available in certain states, and you must be 21 to both purchase and receive, of course. [CNET]
  • Google+ Gets Updated To Bring Even More Functionality To Users Google has released an update for all versions of its Google+ mobile app. In addition to bug fixes, and performance tweaks, the update also brings improvements to commenting, a "Find People" function, and improved photo access. [Talk Android]
  • Introducing Hulu Kids: A New Section on Hulu Plus That Kids Will Love Much like competitor Netflix, Hulu has launched a Hulu Kids content hub for all of its children's shows on Hulu Plus, grouped by age range. Unlike its Netflix Kids counterpart, however, it isn't so much a distinct experience as it is just another category. [Hulu Blog]

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