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The launch event for News Corp.'s highly touted online newspaper designed for the iPad apparently featured more than just the latest stories out of Egypt. The publication was unveiled on an unreleased version of the iPad featuring dual front- and rear-facing cameras.

Will talk of a revamped iPad with camera features due to roll out next year dampen holiday sales of the device?

Tony Bates, the incoming CEO of Skype, is a serious player aiming to crack the corporate market. But solving the many problems of wild child Skype won't be easy for the ex-Cisco exec.

Apple's iPhone 4 debut will help get mobile videoconferencing off the ground in a big way, analysts say. While WiFi hot spots provide a free alternative for video chatting, network time may prove costly, after AT&T recently discontinued its unlimited data service plan.

Wall Street Journal writer Jessica E. Vascellaro recently wrote a provocative article arguing that e-mail is giving way to other, richer forms of communication: Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, and (on an approach vector) Google Wave (GOOG). Fifteen years ago, electronic mail was fresh and...