MG Siegler over at TechCrunch (an AOL property) is reporting that AOL is sticking its toes in the video-chat waters. Siegler is offering readers a sneak peek of the site. AOL’s video-chat product called “AV by AIM” reportedly will let users easily start and run a session with up to four users at once. Still in Beta, AV doesn’t require users to set up an account, but does require, that you have, gasp, Flash installed. READ MORE
Google has thrown down the gauntlet to competing web benchmark tools made by Apple and Mozilla, says MG Siegler over at TechCrunch. Taking aim at Apple’s SunSpider and Mozilla’s Kraken JavaScript Benchmark, the Chrome-maker didn’t just challenge its rivals in claims of speed, it went one better by modding SunSpider and hosting a new version of Kraken, so they both can better measure Chrome’s (obviously superior, they’re asserting) speed. READ MORE
