Google Adds Voice And Video Chat to Gmail
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Google Adds Voice And Video Chat to Gmail
Sort by TechCrunch (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
Watch out Skype (and Meebo and Tokbox), Google is adding voice and video chat to Gmail today, all in one fell swoop. When you are having an instant message conversation with someone over Gtalk, a video and voice option will appear (after you download this plugin ). From the Google Blog:
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Gmail Video Chat: The Anti-Skype Arrives
Sort by Mashable (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
The last major piece of the puzzle that was missing from Gmail was voice and video chat. Not anymore ; if you have a webcam and a microphone, you can now video chat with your friends directly from Gmail by installing this plugin . The plugin works in all major browsers (I’ve tried it in the latest version of Firefox) and installs on all of them automatically. After you’ve installed it, start a chat...
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Talk face-to-face right from within Gmail
Sort by The Official Google Blog (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
From viewing videos on YouTube to screening family events, people love being able to watch something exactly as it happened. And as webcams have become popular, more and more of us are realizing that video is the next best thing to an in-person conversation. Today we're introducing Gmail voice and video chat, which lets you have free voice and video conversations right from within Gmail. Video chatting...
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Google Launches Voice and Video Chat Inside Gmail [Video Chat]
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Today Google started rolling out voice and video chat inside Gmail—but it requires a free browser plug-in download , and, obviously, a webcam. Googler Justin Uberti explains: Once you install the plug-in, to start a video chat, just click on the "Video & more" menu at the bottom of your Gmail chat window, and choose "Start video chat." You'll have a few seconds to make sure you look presentable while...
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Gmail gets voice and video chat capabilities
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When I was younger, I always thought that one of the coolest future technologies I had to look forward to was video phones. You'd be able to see people when you talked to them! How awesome! Well, the tech...
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Say hello to Gmail voice and video chat
Sort by Official Gmail Blog (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
Posted by Justin Uberti, Software Engineer I'm a big user of Gmail chat. Being able to switch from email to chat as needed, all within the same app, is really great for productivity. But people can only type so fast, and even with our new emoticons , there are still some things that just can't be expressed in a chat message. That's why today we're launching voice and video chat -- right inside Gmail....
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Google adds video to Gmail Chat
Sort by The Inquisitr (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
Google has added video conferencing to its chat function in Gmail. The new service required a plugin, but once installed is as simple to use as chat itself. From the Google Blog: Just click on the new “Video & more” menu in a Gmail chat window and select “Start video chat” or “Start voice chat.” You can [...]
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Voice and Video Chat in Gmail
Sort by Google Operating System (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
As anticipated in the post about Gmail SMS , video chat is the next big that will be added to Gmail. Justin Uberti says that video chat will be added today, along with voice chat. "We've tried to make this an easy-to-use, seamless experience, with high-quality audio and video. And we've built this product using Internet standards, such as XMPP, RTP, and the newly-standardized H.264/SVC video codec."...
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Talk face-to-face right from within Gmail
Sort by The Next Web (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
Okay, Google has added Voice and Video Chat right into Gmail. Read all about it here, here and here or log into Gmail and see if Google has activated your account or just watch the video: I wonder if this will really take away market share from Skype, MSN and other chat options. What do you [...]
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It's The Future!: Gmail, Now With Video Chat
Sort by Geekologie (Free subscription) - 11/12/2008
Truthfully, I only use Gmail and Gmail chat to communicate with two select individuals (you know who you are). But now, thanks to the marvel of modern technology, we can talk it up with streaming video. Oh happy day! You ever videochatting with a blogger that's only left bed to let the dog out and eat three bowls of cereal? And on a side note: did that just make your loins tingle? Because it did mine....
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Google launches web-based Gmail Voice and Chat
Sort by jkOnTheRun (Free subscription) - 11/11/2008
I've been looking for a better web-based video chat service for a while. I'm not sure that Google's new offering is going to take the place of Skype for me, but at least it's another option out there. Rafe Needleman gave it a shot and felt that it used up...
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Google Introduces Video Chat for Gmail
Sort by PSFK (Free subscription) - 11/12/2008
Giving Skype a serious run for it’s money, Google have just unveiled Gmail voice and video chat. The latest tool in their communication toolbox, the new service enables users to have free voice and video conversations right from their Gmail interface. While it doesn’t tap into the phone network like Skype, the simplicity and [...]
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Gmail Gets Video and Voice Chat!
Sort by geeksugar (Free subscription) - 11/12/2008
Talk about Google rolling out an exciting new FREE feature! If you have friends and family all over the world, and hate the thought of spending a small fortune on long distance calls, you can now use Gmail to chat via voice or video ! Available on Macs and PCs within the next couple of days, Gmail users will be able to select "start video chat" or "start voice chat" right from their chat windows and...
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Voice and Video Chat Comes to Gmail
Sort by Switched (Free subscription) - 11/12/2008
Filed under: Computers Gmail is great (when it's working ), offering top-notch spam filtering, gigabytes of storage, and a slick user interface all for free. It also offers integrated instant chatting for those who are into such things, and, as of a few weeks ago, text messaging too . Now Gmail is growing again, offering you the ability to chat with voice and video without having to leave the page....
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Gmail Introduces Video & Voice Features
Sort by MakeUseOf.com (Free subscription) - 11/13/2008
In what is probably a clear challenge to VOIP services such as Skype, Google has now introduced video and voice functionality to their Google Talk gadget inside Gmail. However, some of you will NOT see it yet as Gmail is doing their usual and rolling it out slowly to users. So some of you will have [...]