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  OK, I guess this is cool- but doesn't Skype already do this?

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Google's Gmail Gets Free Video Chat
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — With the economic downturn forcing companies to cut back travel spending, Google intends to offer the next best thing to relaxing plane flights, sumptuous airline meals, and TSA security massages: free video and voice chat for users of Gmail ...

Voice and Video Chat in Gmail
Google Operating System — 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." To try the new features go to http://mail.google.com/videochat and install the required plug-in. After restarting the browser, open Gmail, select a contact from the chat section and see if there's an option named "Video & more". ...

Gmail Video Chat: The Anti-Skype Arrives
Mashable! — The last major piece of the puzzle that was missing from Gmail was voice and video chat. Not any more; 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 with someone and enable the new functionality from the Options menu at the bottom of the chat window. If you don’t have it yet, you’ll get it soon; Google is gradually rolling out the new feature to all users ...

Google Launches Voice and Video Chat Inside Gmail [Video Chat]
Lifehacker — [image] Today Google starts rolling out voice and video chat inside Gmail which requires a free browser plug-in download , and, obviously, a webcam or microphone. 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 it's ringing, and then you'll see and hear your friend live, right from within Gmail. You can click the "pop-out" icon to make the video larger, or click the fullscreen icon in the upper left-hand corner for a fully immersive ...

Talk face-to-face right from within Gmail
The Next Web — 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 think? Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. ...

Gmail Introduces Voice and Video Chat
WebProNews Feed — [image] Let the Good Times Roll Google's released some cool new features for Gmail today in voice and video chat, bascially allowing for web conferencing right from your Gmail account. On the official Gmail Blog, Justin Uberti, Software Engineer writes : We've tried to make this an easy-to-use, seamless experience, with high-quality audio and video -- all for free. All you have to do is download and install the voice and video plugin and we take care of the rest. And in the spirit of open communications , we designed this feature using Internet standards such as XMPP, RTP, and H.264, which means that third-party applications ...

Google launches Gmail audio, video chat
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network — [image] Google today launched the surprise addition of Gmail video chat to its webmail interface. The feature lets contacts use Google Talk to start a two-way video or audio-only conversation with anyone currently online and can be started in the middle of a text chat. Like dedicated desktop apps, the web version carries a picture-in-picture view and can be stretched out or made full-screen. The feature is also potentially usable by any other software, Google says: as it uses H.264 video and standard Internet streaming protocols, third-party apps can hook into the Gmail video chat format to use the feature without tying users to a web ...

Google launches Gmail audio, video chat
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — [image] Google today launched the surprise addition of Gmail video chat to its webmail interface. The feature lets contacts use Google Talk to start a two-way video or audio-only conversation with anyone currently online and can be started in the middle of a text chat. Like dedicated desktop apps, the web version carries a picture-in-picture view and can be stretched out or made full-screen. The feature is also potentially usable by any other software, Google says: as it uses H.264 video and standard Internet streaming protocols, third-party apps can hook into the Gmail video chat format to use the feature without tying users to a web ...

Google Launches Free Video Chat Service
Today @ PC World — [image] Google is getting into the video chat game with a new feature available as of Tuesday. Gmail Video and Voice offers Webcam-based video conferencing to all Gmail users. The service is available free of charge. How It Works Gmail Video and Voice requires a browser plug-in and either a microphone (for straight audio chatting) or a Webcam (for video and audio chatting) to function. The plug-in -- a proprietary, non-Flash-based system -- runs about 2MB and supports Chrome , Firefox 2.0+, Internet Explorer 7.0, and Safari 3.0. As of now, the video chat service will not be made available within the standalone Google Talk ...

Google's Gmail, Apps Gets Voice and Video Chat
AppScout — Fearful that the tone of your instant messages is sometimes lost in translation? Google on Tuesday announced that it is integrating a voice and video plug-in for it Gmail Chat offering that lets you see or hear the friend with which you are chatting. Users will need to download and install a plug-in and must have access to a webcam for video purposes. Google has partnered with Logitech and Buy.com to offer discounts of up to 30 percent on several cameras, as well as free shipping, until November 30. A $99.99 Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks, for example, is available for $69.99, while a $49 ...

Google adds video to Gmail Chat
The Inquisitr » Technology — 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 switch to a full screen view or pop out the chat window and change the size and positioning as you wish. Of course, not everyone has a webcam, but even if you don’t, you can still have voice conversations alongside your email and regular chat. GTalk/ ...

Gmail gets voice and video chat capabilities
DVICE Atom Feed — 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 has been available for a while now, but it just hasn't caught on. Maybe it's because there's no real benefit to seeing who you're talking to or maybe it's because people like sounding professional while they're actually in their underwear, but for whatever reason it just hasn't done much. ...

Google Adding Video Chat to GMail, GTalk Next?
Search Engine Journal — Google has announced that users of their GMail email and chatting service will soon have the option to chat and converse with friends via a new video chatting service which will take on Skype and other video conferencing tools head on as Google moves to further define itself as an all rounded media company and not just a search engine. Here’s a video explanation of the service from Serge of Google : Gmail users who install the GMail Video Plugin can now pull up an expandable video screen and communicate with other GMail users who have webcams. No word yet from ...

$149 Costco iPhone rumor, $5 iTunes movies, Gmail AV chat
AppleInsider — By Aidan Malley Published: 06:30 PM EST One report is suggesting that Apple will not only expand iPhone sales to Costco but cut pricing at the same time. In a more confirmed price drop, Apple is now touting $5 movie purchases as a regular feature. Also, Google has launched its own video chat feature and has started tracking the spread of the flu through searches. iPhone seen reaching Costco for $149 In a more controversial claim, analyst group Global Equities Research founder Trip Chowdhry believes that Apple will bring iPhones to Costco for $149 in January. The step would be aggressive for Apple, which dropped the starting price for an ...

Google Adds Voice & Video Chat to Gmail
SolSie.com — Google Adds Voice & Video Chat to Gmail Today Google launched voice and video chat in Gmail. with effort focus on ease of use and high-quality audio and video.  You have first download and install the voice and video plugin . 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."  Nuf said, the video below will explain what to do! [Source GmailBlog ] [image] [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail

Video conferencing added to Gmail
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Gmail Gets Video and Voice Chat!
GeekSugar — 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 start talking for free. Even if you don't have a webcam, you can still have voice conversations with this useful plugin. To install, visit this link or click on options in the Gmail chat window and choose "add voice/video chat." Thank you ...

Gmail: face-to-face “voice and video chat” for PCs and Macs
D' Technology Weblog — Google has added “voice and video chat” right inside Gmail for PCs and Macs. All you have to do is download and install the voice and video plugin for easy-to-use, seamless experience, with high-quality audio and video, which’s designed using Internet standards such as XMPP, RTP, and H.264, which means that third-party applications and networks can choose to interoperate with Gmail voice and video chat. Once you install the plugin, to start a video chat, just click on the “Video & more” menu at the bottom of your Gmail chat window, and choose “Start video ...

Video and Voice Chat features added to Gmail
Gizmo Watch — IMs are the way to go, and with added in-browser functionality, things only get better by the day. GTalk has been in use over a number of years now, and there is ample potential that the messenger possesses. And with Google adding Video and Voice Chat feature to GTalk, we see it as surmounting advantage over the other IMs. Typing mails may be no way different to typing chat messages over the IM, only for the later being a quicker mode of transferring information. This added video, voice chatting could be the easiest and quickest means to deliver instant messages – may god bless your internet connections for it, souls. Using the in-browser ...

Google Chases Skype With New Gmail Video Chat
Webmonkey — Video chat service Skype has some new competition — Google has just added audio and video chat to Gmail. The new chat tools essentially offer most of the features of Skype, or Apple’s iChat, within the standard Gmail interface. When the SMS features we told you about earlier finally arrive, Google’s e-mail client will be a one stop shop for almost every form of communication you can think of — e-mail, chat, video chat, audio chat, and SMS. Using the new features is very simple, just hover over any name in your Gmail chat list and select “Start video chat” or “Start voice ...

Gmail Chat Gets Voice And Video Chat
GEARFUSE — Alright! Gmail is no longer just providing the most convenient email and chat service on the Internet, it’s now launching voice and video chat right in the browser. Now you’ll be able to speak visually to your favorite foreign exchange students with the click of a button. It’s simple to set up, too. All you’ve got to do is download and install the voice and video plugin. Then, you’ll be on your way selling your body for cash as Internet onlookers watch to see how much you can fit in — nevermind. Link

Gmail Adds Video, Voice Chat
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — google.jpg By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews Well, they don’t have SMS Chat working yet, but Google has ratcheted up the competition in webmail … or rather, all things communication, as Gmail is rapidly becoming, by adding video and voice chat to Gmail. Already, it was pretty convenient to use chat directly within Gmail, but with a webcam and a Web browser plug-in , you can now initiate video chats with other Gmail users. No webcam? You can still chat sans video, as long as your PC at least has a microphone plugged into it. On the other hand, no webcam? Google makes sure to “help you” with some suggestions ...

Gmail Introduces Voice and Video Chat
Gear Live — Tired of using emoticons to express what only your face can truly convey? So are Google‘s Gmail software engineers, hence, Tuesday’s introduction of Gmail Voice and Video Chat. In order to enjoy the new video/voice ...