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Airtime.com
Type of siteVideo chat, real time (media)
Available inEnglish, Spanish
OwnerShawn Fanning, Sean Parker
URLwww.airtime.com
LaunchedJune 5, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-05)

Airtime was a group video, audio and text chat app available on iOS, Android, and Desktop. Users have the ability to communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in public or private group chats called "rooms". It originally launched to the public as a web product on June 5, 2012. It relaunched in April 2016.

Overview

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Airtime is a joint digital media venture between Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning that launched in June 2012.

History

Airtime.com went live for general use on June 5, 2012. The site was launched after a press conference in New York City, which featured a number of major celebrities Snoop Dogg, Olivia Munn and Martha Stewart. As of October 2013, the site appeared to have few active users.

Airtime relaunched in 2016 as a mobile-first experience for iOS and Android.

References

  1. ^ Segall, Laurie (June 5, 2012). "Napster founders launch new venture: Airtime". CNN. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  2. "Airtime - FAQ". Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  3. ""Sean Parker's group chat app Airtime relaunches on iOS and Android"". The Verge. April 21, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. "Shawn Fanning And Sean Parker Talk About Airtime And "Smashing People Together"". TechCrunch. October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  5. "Startup Launch As Celebrity Bonanza: Airtime's Ritzy, Glitzy, Glitchy Debut". June 5, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  6. "There is literally no one left on Sean Parker's Airtime – Milo Yiannopoulos – The Kernel". www.kernelmag.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013.
  7. Constine, Josh (April 21, 2016). "Sean Parker relaunches Airtime, a video chat room for watching – together". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

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