Face fans no longer have to type their messages to friends through Gmail and GoogleTalk, they can chinwag through video and voice, as Google adds webcam support to its all-powerful email service.

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Nintendo’s recent conference wasn’t all about the DSi y’know. After all, a Nintendo conference wouldn’t be complete without peripheral news. Voice gizmo Wii Speak along with its own channel will finally be out next month.

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Thought Nokia dealt solely in mobile phones? Think again. This delightful little creature is currently scuttling around its development labs as part of an experiment around video chat.

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iPhone developers just got their hands on brand new iPhone software from Apple, packing the first version of the company’s ‘notification service’. What does it mean? Apps can now get updates from the web, even when they’re not running.

In short, it means chat apps are about to take over the iPhone.

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A monster patent document for Apple’s iPhone has shown up, listing Jobs as the inventor, and hinting at features planned from the start, but not yet released.

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Webcams used to be the preserve of cyber geeks, but now Microsoft is looking to turn online chat into an even more social experience with the LifeCam series, offering photo swapping and “on-touch calling.”

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It’s just a few weeks until Apple kicks off WWDC, where everyone’s expecting the 3G iPhone to wow the crowds. But if you believe the rumours, it’s not just it’s design that’ll prompt the oohs and aahs, it’ll be its new mobile TV service, GPS and video chat.

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