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Do you think Gus Fring has the guts to face-off vs. the toughest of fring users?

So Mr. Fring, if you’ve got the stuff, get together for season 4 in a 4-way Group Video chat with some of your fring fans.

fringsters, tell us why you wanna video chat with Gus fring on fring, and we’ll send it on to the authorities (no guarantees).

Social media is hot.

San Carlos, California (the Valley’s ‘city of good living’) was the first United States city to proclaim June 30th as social media day, and selected fring as a key social media partner.

This June 30th event, initiated by our friends at Mashable, invites folks to take part in a scavenger hunt using key partners, fring and Gowalla to find, discover & share clues of city locations using fring’s free Group Video chats (now on iPad too!) and Gowalla’s checkins.

So, if you are in the Valley and want some to have some fun and explore social media, join San Carlos, CA Social Media day this June 30th.

Details of the event and frings involvement here.

fring is launching the world’s 1st Group Video chat App for the iPad

4 friends video chat at the same time. That’s at least 4 times more fun than regular 1 to 1 video chat (But fring lets you do that too…)

• Its FREE
• It’s cross platform: Video chat to any Smartphone platform including iPhone, iPad, iPodTouch, Android, Nokia…
• It works everywhere, on any connectivity (WiFi, 3G & 4G…)

Download it on your iPad to discover all the tailored fun features like drag & drop navigation to add friends into Group Video calls & simultaneous chat while you video call.

Check out our press release for more info

NEW for iPhone users.
The latest version has Bluetooth support, discontinues the buggy Stream feature and lots of connectivity improvements.

Update: Thanks everyone for the feedback, dialer and SIP support for iPad are not available just yet, we’re on it, don’t worry.

Share the love this Father’s Day with fring’s video calling.
Whether it’s a one-to-one video call between you and your Pa or get the whole family together on fring’s Group Video, you can say Happy Father’s Day with fring.
Or if your Dad isn’t on fring yet, call him for cheap using fringOut. fringOut lets you make cheap calls to regular phone numbers worldwide (from 1c/min).

Get the latest fring.

The fring Team

Nokia fringsters, get the updated fring fixes some of the most annoying bugs you told us about.
With the new fring, you’ll SEE improved video, hear better audio & get stability improvements.
So grab the newest version by pointing your mobile browser to m.fring.com

It’s here:

• Make free Group Video calls with up to 4 friends
• Improved voice quality
• Now on a bunch of new devices like: HTC Flyer, Samsung Droid charge, Nexus S (Running Android 2.3.4), Samsung Galaxy S 2, LG G2X
• Lots of bug fixes improving stability

If you’ve got a new Android device and want the latest in video calling, you’ll want to try this Android early access.
Try it on the new devices like: HTC Flyer, Samsung Droid charge, Droid 2, Nexus S (Running Android 2.3.4), Samsung S 2, LG G2X and Android winners like Desire, Galaxy and EVOs..

Apply to the early access here.

Following our Group Video launch success, we’re excited to announce that fring has closed its C-round of funding.

This funding complements our existing fringOut revenues - which has been hugely popular with our users.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you, our users, for your ongoing support and honest feedback.

We can’t wait to bring you more fun ways to communicate from your mobile.

Check out our press release for more info.

Hey all, we want your help to settle a fight we’re having at the coffee machine… if you could group video with ANY 3 people on the planet, we’d love to know who would they be? (note – we can’t promise to get them on the same Group Video call, but we’ll try )

Here are a few of the ideas some of the team have come up with…

• William, Kate and Pipa –congratulate them on their marriage
• Barak Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Ahminajad
• Lady Gaga, Madonna & Paris Hilton- say no more

So – who in the whole world would you group video with?

The fring Team

(thanks creative commons for the photos)

Some users are experiencing some issues with fring service over the past few hours. Those users will have trouble seeing all their friends on their fring buddylist. We apologize. Thank you for your patience.

Our production team is hard at work and we will update you as they progress.

Also, you can stay up to date about this issue, or any other issue on our fringStatus page.