- 50 years ago today, the public got its first taste of video calls
It seemed like the inevitable future at the time, we’re sure. On April 20th in 1964, Bell Telephone showed off the Mod 1 Picturephone — a precursor to the Skype and Hangouts video calls that have become a standard but under-utilized feature of… - Joystiq Weekly: Nintendo foibles, LGBT gaming cons and crash-prone dirtbikes
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