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Roundup: Is Apple doing a video phone? Blue Monster tattoo man laid off, and H-1B worker woes

Roundup: Is Apple doing a video phone? Blue Monster tattoo man laid off, and H-1B worker woes

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Is Apple planning a video phone feature for the iPhone? The recent patents for multi-touch displays also yield some interesting details about how Apple could put a video recording feature and a videophone on the iPhone. EE Times has more.

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Will Charter Communications file for bankruptcy? Reuters reports that the cable giant is weighing the option to deal with its $21 billion debt load.

Western Europe sees growth in mobile social networks: Usage is growing for social networks in Europe, and that’s driving mobile Internet use.

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Guy with blue monster tattoo among those laid off at Microsoft: He became famous for putting Microsoft’s unofficial logo on his arm. But blogger Dan Woodman continues to profess, “I love this company” and says his plan is to get rehired.

Did Wellsphere pull a scam on the health blogosphere? Wellsphere managed to sign up 1,700 to its health blog network and then sold it on Jan. 28 to HealthCentral Network. But the bloggers say they were duped into giving rights to their content to Wellsphere, which apparently took ownership of the blogs’ content via fine print in its terms of service. There are reports about the latest blogger revolt against Wellsphere on the alleged scam here, here, here and here.
Want to live on the ocean? The Seasteading Institute is dedicated to creating cities on the high seas, outside of the borders of any countries.

OS X and Windows 7 see Internet market share jump in January: Net Applications reports that there’s a growth in both of the operating systems in terms of computers accessing the web.

Netflix thinking about premium content streaming for $9.99 a month extra: Netflix sent a survey asking customers if they would pay more for new premium services such as HBO. Hacking Netflix got word of it.

Super Bowl broadcast hijacked by porn in Arizona: Comcast subscribers in Southern Arizona saw porn instead of the last three minutes of the Super Bowl on Sunday. The company says it believes it was a malicious act. (The Janet Jackson image here should spark some memories of related trouble at the 2004 Super Bowl.)

Mind Candy buys education site TutPup: Expanding its reach into the kids market, Mind Candy, the publisher of Moshi Monsters, has acquired TutPup, a kids education site.

H-1B visa holders face deportation after layoffs: Inflexible immigration law means that immigrant tech engineers and others — even those educated at American universities — could be deported if they can’t find jobs quickly after being laid off. The Mercury News has more.

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