Skype app for iPhone has been around since December 2010 and owing to the increased demands, Read more…
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In a recent announcement, Mozilla claimed that the very popular Skype Addon for Firefox caused more than 40,000 browser crashes last week and hence been held in blocklist indefinitely.
Skype toolbar is a browser addon that is installed automatically when Skype is installed or updated. This toolbar detects phone numbers on a webpage and re-renders it in a form of a button. To make a call, the user simply has to click the button.
Recently Skype went down and with it, a lot of vchat addicts went through hours of frustration. Skype has certainly gone mainstream and it’s the first thing that strikes one’s head when it comes to video chat. Well, very few of us do know that there are some great alternatives to Skype. Based on performance and stability, we have listed the 4 best that come at par with Skype itself.
ooVoo is a free video chat solution that offers video sharing for upto 4 users simultaneously. Simply download and install the software, import your contacts from your email and social network accounts and your are good to go. You can even chat with people who do not have the software installed using the browser-based applet.
TinyChat is a browser-based video chat solution where you can connect with upto 12 users (including you) simultaneously. There is nothing to install so that’s a plus.
FaceFlow is a relatively new service and is still in a beta but is quite decent. It offers free, browser based video chat with upto 3 users along with features like photo sharing, file sharing, games, full screen mode and ability to stay anonymous.
Tokbox offers video chat to upto 20 participants in a single call. You can import contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. Sharing YouTube videos within the interface might appeal to many. You can invite more people to join the video chat by promoting your call URL to your Facebook friends and Twitter followers.
