Skype video chats just got some competition from Zoom.us, a free service that lets up to 15 people chat at once, on phones, tablets and computers, or a mix of all three. When one person is talking, their face dominates the screen and the rest are seen in thumbnail images. To add someone to a chat, just send them a link.
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Often you can solve someone’s computer problem if you can just see what they’re talking about. Join.me is a free service from LogMeIn.com that lets you do that.
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Free online conferencing at join.me.
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Making free video conferencing calls on Skype used to be annoying, because you couldn’t include Mac users in your group. Now Skype has released a version that corrects that. Get everybody in the picture. The new version, Skype for Mac 5.0, has a mini toolbar that sits atop any photos, web pages or documents you have open. It lets you do instant messaging offline. Finally, Skype has a new contest: The prize is a $1,500 gift certificate at the Apple store. Visit bit.ly/dm6AAe to enter. More info on video conference calls at the Skype blog.
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Free calls on Android phones.
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StreetSmart meeting lets you make free conference calls and has some extra features.
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Most people who want to make video phone calls use Skype. You just plug in a webcam into your computer, download the free Skype software, and follow the easy instructions to make free calls to other Skype users, or cheap calls to regular phones.
We’ve been testing a new system that lets you make Internet phone calls to any kind of landline, cell phone or Internet phone. The phone includes a video screen…
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You can leave a spoken message for one person or a hundred using a free service called Pinger, available from Pinger.com.
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Making free international phone calls through the Internet is even more fun than we hoped. We were talking to a new contact in India through the free phone service called Skype when she suggested we talk to another Skype user she called “Peter of England.”
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Skype, our favorite service for making Internet phone calls, just came up with a $30 calling plan that allows you to make unlimited calls to people who use regular phones and don’t have Skype. That’s $30 for the year, not a month!
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