Facebook’s Messenger app hides a dirty little secret, Video conferencing

Facebook isn’t fantastic at hiding secret stuff in their Apps. Just last month, its iPad ambitions were outed by some folks rummaging around in the App. Today, Facebook released their Messenger app and seconds later, we see that there is a video component to the application:

The video component would seem to work on both Android (yep) and iPhone and would likely tie in with their recently announced Skype desktop video conferencing service as well. The code looks very rudimentary at this point so it isn’t certain that the video can be enabled like the iPad version was with just a few tweeks. Thanks Caleb!

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FaceTime looks to go 3G in iOS 5, up to carriers to enable?

We’ve been hearing that FaceTime will work over 3G in iOS 5 but it will be up to carriers to allow it (like Tethering or VoIP apps). A reader sent in this screenshot (above) which seems to confirm that Apple plans on enabling FaceTime for those carriers that allow it.

Carriers, especially in the Middle East, have been able to get Apple to block FaceTime use, even though it was Wifi-only.

We were originally able to use FaceTime over 3G using a jailbreak last year and the quality wasn’t bad at all over AT&T 3G. We’ll see which carriers decide to implement it. Hopefully, there isn’t an additional cost component.

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Apple seems to be providing many of it's new services through wifi and 3G, is this a sign that they might enforce a stipulation with any carrier such as they must provide a unlimited data option in their iPhone services. With iMessages, iCloud,
And FaceTime over 3G data usage will be strained and in my opinion Apple should force the carriers to implement a unlimited data plan for a reasonable cost!
Let us know what you think and what data plan you have in your comments, and are you happy with all of the improvements in iOS5?

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Facial recognition unlock for iPhone released in Cydia

It’s only for jailbroken devices with a front-camera. The $7 RecognizeMe by Apocolipse unlocks your phone by matching pre-recorded images of your face against the front camera feed. Simply holding the device in front of your face for a couple of seconds should automagically unlock it. Check out a cool video demonstration below…

Granted, the RecognizeMe tweak is not a suitable replacement for the iOS passcode lock feature, Engadget has found out. Their feeling is that the program works as advertised, albeit with a lot of room for improvements in performance and facial recognition departments. You can set verification threshold in settings and use Face Trainer to improve accuracy. There are literally dozens and dozens head-turning tweaks for jailbroken iPhones but RecognizeMe is without any doubt one of the more original we’ve seen.





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Creepy FaceTime glitch shows random pictures, raising privacy concerns

An unusual glitch with FaceTime calling has popped up in the Apple Discussions forum. It appears that for some people FaceTime would bring up a random image, a user wrote:

My boyfriend and I have both recently experienced this problem several times – when one of us is calling the other via FaceTime, an old picture freezes on our screen, while the person receiving the call only sees a black screen. It’s kind of creepy, because it brought up photos of both of us at work, where I have used FaceTime a few times but he never has.
Another poster suggested that the camera seems to be keeping random images that have not been taken before and don’t seem to originate from past FaceTime calls:

Just minutes ago when i called my girlfriend and i saw a “picture” of myself from today when i was at the office. I know it was from today because i had the exact same shirt. The weirdest thing is that picture is not stored on my iPhone.
Judging by the comments, restoring the phone and manually re-installing all the apps doesn’t help. This glitch is bound to raise privacy concerns. I, for one, would not be happy about my iPhone taking pictures of me when I haven’t told it so.



Actually, this reminds me of a similar problem when the original iPhone was released… Back then, eagle-eyed users had found out that the device grabbed a screenshot of the running app when the home button was pressed. This was by design so that the phone could zoom in to the saved screenshot when a user runs the same app again in order to give the appearance of loading more quickly.

The “feature” got substantial air time due to privacy implications. For example, someone could obtain your personal information by grabbing a screenshot of your banking app from the phone’s memory.





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FaceBreak Gets Updated With iOS 4.2.1/4.2.6 Support

FaceBreak is a Mobile Substrate extension that allows FaceTime calls over 3G now supports iOS 4.2.1/4.2.6(Verizon) and uses much less memory.

FaceTime is one of the best features of iPhone 4 (even iPhone 3GS if you have the proper hack installed). but one of its main drawbacks is it doesn’t allow FaceTime calls over 3G. That’s where FaceBreak steps in, it overrides apple FaceTime 3G checks and makes it think it’s actually connected to Wifi. FaceBreak doesn’t need any setup or user interaction, it will automatically kick-in when you start a FaceTime call over 3G.

You can download FaceBreak from the Cydia Store for $1.49.




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FaceTime App for iPad Gets Leaked by Apple?

It looks like the FaceTime App released in iOS 4.3 beta 1 actually contains support for the iPad.

iPaDevice reader DjBeppee has figured out how to decrypt the files and get it running on the first generation iPad.

The app looks somewhat similar to the FaceTime application for Mac OS X. Check it out in the video and screenshots below.










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Enable FaceTime on the iPad [Video]

Intell has posted instructions on how to enable FaceTime on the iPad. The steps are quite lengthy; however, the end result seems to function well. It's likely that this procedure will be turned into a deb for easy installation soon.

Take a look at the video below to see it in action or hit the link for Intell's detailed instructions.

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Fring Updates iPhone App With Improved Video Calling

Fring has released an update for their iPhone application which brings major improvements to the video calling feature.

FEATURES
• Free Video calls on 3G & WiFi
• Free voice calls on 3G & WiFi
• Free Live chat
• Call to other iPhones, iPod touches, Android, Nokia and more
• See your friends real-time status across networks
• Fun and easy to use
• Great for iPhone and iPod Touch

What's New In This Version:
* Updated Video calling GUI with full screen interface
* Improved video call quality: Dynamic video quality (DVQ) technology adjusts to your network bandwidth, giving you the optimized video quality at all times
* New Video call quality indicator
* Faster video call setup time
* Bug fix: calls no longer disconnect when switching from 3G to WiFi


You can download fring from the App Store for free.














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FaceTime for Mac Beta Compromises Your Apple ID

FaceTime for Mac Beta has a security issue which compromises your Apple ID.

According to MacNotes, "Once you’ve logged into FaceTime you can have a look at all the account settings of the used Apple ID. Username, ID, place and birth date are shown as well as the security question and the answer to it – in plain text, without another password request. To reset the password to an Apple ID, all you need it the exact birth date and the answer to the security question – we tried that out for you, and it worked fine."

Unfortunately, when you log out the password remains in the password field so anyone who launches the application can sign in as you and see your account information.

If you use a computer with public access we recommend waiting for the next beta update.



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