| 1 | Source: Yahoo! |
| 2 | Imagine making a video call without other people being able to listen in. |
| 3 | Yahoo is trying to make that happen with Livetext, a new app that seeks to make video calling as private as texting. |
| 4 | Yahoo says video calls can be better than texts for expressing emotions, but their audio component makes private conversations public. |
| 5 | With Livetext, you message friends by typing, just like texting, but you see video of friends without the audio. |
| 6 | It's the latest example of Yahoo trying to catch up in mobile since Marissa Mayer became the company's CEO three years ago. |
| 7 | Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Skype and other services already deliver video calls. |
| 8 | Yahoo's twist is silencing audio. |