Now, however, we have a date. Airtime launches June 5 at a somewhat exclusive New York City event.
If you don't know anything about Airtime, stop beating yourself up. No one knows anything, except for who is launching it. They're the industry's blue-chip product creators and investors. Sean Parker is Facebook's former president and a current Spotify investor.
Shawn Fanning famously launched the world's most popular peer-to-peer song sharing service Napster (no, not Napster's recent, though deceased, upstanding incarnation. Ask your parents or older siblings about the history of Napster, they'll know). Parker also claims to be a co-founder of Napster.
Little is known about Airtime. There is a website, complete with a countdown clock -- which we now know means "Countdown to Launch." Parker verified last year that he was working on Airtime, but offered no details. Speculation says the service will offer real-time video chat, but in a social atmosphere.
Airtime's site says the company is located in San Francisco, and continues, "Our small team shares a passion for using the latest video technology to bring people together. Our investors include Founders Fund, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, SV Angel, Yuri Milner, Ashton Kutcher, will.i.am, Scott Braun, and Michael Arrington."
It's an impressive list, which means we'll be watching the launch closely. We'll be there at Milk Studios to report on the June 5 event in person.