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= Popular Video Chatting Softwares =

Around the world there are many video chatting softwares. Today, video chatting gives people a sense of a closer feeling of the person they are talking to. Most of these companies are non-profit, giving then more clients. Eloquent page designs are put right on the desktop to use anytime. This makes video chatting convenient and efficient. Below, three popular video chatting softwares are listed and explained.

Skype is free software which enables people to talk with each other. It is used daily for busineses and personal reasons. Founded in 2003, Skype is responsible of 12% of the global international calling minutes. 12% may not seem like such a big number, but can you imagine how many people make international calls everyday? So, 12% of that would be pretty big number. In the third quarter of 2009, 3.1 billion minutes of calls were made to cell-phones and landlines using Skype. Skype is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the whole world. With Skype, you can even conference with up to 25 people! Amazing, right? This application also comes with other entertaining features. Skype is one of the main programs keeping families which are apart closer together.

As a part of my project, I also interviewed a Skype Expert. He works at the Skype Help Desk, so I asked him a few questions about Skype.

Q: Is a Skype conversation secure ? A: Skype uses an encryption* technique which is impossible to crack with present computer technology. The encryption keys are unique for each transfer and not stored by Skype. But beware if you are using Skype to call a normal landline or a cell phone – that phone can of course be tapped by others.

Q: Can I do a conference call with video in Skype ? A: You can do a conference call using Skype. But at this moment Skype does not have video conference feature. We are targetting to implement it in future.

Q: Can Skype call regular Landline Telephones ? A: Skype has a pay per use service called "SkypeOut" that allows you to use Skype on a PC to call any regular telephone or or cell phone in the world. Costs vary, but it is very cheap and I use it to call friends when I do not have a Cell signal or to check my voicemail. I highly recommend this service and use it regularly. media type="youtube" key="6OG-2SjR2wM" width="331" height="291" align="right"  Using ooVoo, you can talk to anyone at anytime. This can be done through multiple sources such as with video calling, video messaging, calling, texing and more. Oovoo says, "Use OoVoo to get face time with people you can't meet in person (and save travel time and money!). OoVoo makes life easier and more fun." One unique thing about Oovoo is that you can video chat with up to 6 people! Whereas in Skype, you can only video chat with another person. This makes this software suitable for business, which is shown in the video on the right. OoVoo also allows you to give anyone a web link that they can open in Firefox or Safari, and they can place a call to your ooVoo account without even installing the application.The quality of the videos are also pretty good. Making the software a pretty great one.



Technically, Google Talk is not a video chatting software. It is only an audio* chatting software. With google talk, you can text chat; send instant messages, send status updates, and do file transfers. Also with google talk, you can voice chat; you can make free PC-to-PC calls to people anywh ere in the world, you can do voice conferences, and you can also chat with your friends on Gmail, Recently, Google has made it possible to video chat via Gmail. It is known as Google voice and video chat

Note: The definition to these words can be found in the Video Chatting Dictionary. 

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