Eurostar is already gaining a reputation as a first-class chat-up line.
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Voice chat start-up Vivox is powering a new service called Bobsled for partner T-Mobile that enables people to talk with their friends on Facebook.
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Instant messaging, that rat-a-tat chat technology that is catching up toe-mail in popularity, still hasn't overcome a critical hurdle that e-mail cleared years ago: utter incompatibility among rival brands.
He had set-up web chat groups on social issues, said a US-based rights group.
When one saw him across a crowded room, one couldn't wait to get together with him and have a chat and a catch-up.
Dozens of video-chat tools have popped up in recent years.
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They provide basic biographical information and weight loss goals and are automatically transferred to Spark Teams, small chat groups bound by similar shape-up goals.
For example, the site's developers plan to set up English-language chat rooms where kids can hone ability in an atmosphere free of classroom cobwebs.
On one level, the games are revved-up, visually enhanced internet chat rooms.
She said she had not made any new friends in Internet chat rooms, but used e-mail to keep up with existing ones.
Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning are teaming up on a new start-up called Supyo, a new video chat company, according to multiple sources.
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Whether it's who will cover Disneyland tickets or the grocery tab or a fill-up at the gas station, having a frank chat before arrival will save a lot of awkwardness later.
He also engaged in Facebook chat with other people and kept up his pretence of his alter-ego, claiming he had been on trips to Jalalabad, had suffered shrapnel injuries and implied he was a member of the Taliban, said police.
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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Mozilla recently demonstrated Chrome to Firefox browser chat connectivity recently, talking up tools developers can use to build Web real-time communication apps.
In mobile, email, its newly acquired About.me service and in its new video chat service, the company is trying to erase your memories of AOL dial-up CDs in your mailbox.
Mr Knapman took over the role of leader in 2002, but in 2004, a new pretender to the crown - former Labour MP and chat show host Robert Kilroy-Silk - arrived in a flurry of publicity to shake things up once again.
There are many people who's Internet interactions revolve almost entirely around Facebook, which serves up their news and entertainment and acts as both an e-mail and chat program.
One name that comes up in almost any jazz chat right now is Christian McBride, the talented 40-year-old Philadelphia-born bassist not just for his musicianship, but for his burgeoning leadership role.
Google Docs has really stepped it up of late transitioning to a format reminiscent of Microsoft Word, and adding features like completely redesigned spreadsheet, document and drawing editors, group chat functionality and the ability to collaborate with real-time character-by-character mark-up.
There's no camera on the back, but Kobo did include a 1.3-megapixel shooter up front, in case you're in the mood to video chat.
They also want information about the people who are talking them up--or down--so they can figure out how to massage these chat-fests and send messages to potential customers.
That's right, you no longer have to be jealous of your friends who've all been group video calling using Skype 5.0 for Windows for months -- Skype's new Beta 5.0 for Mac finally brings the ability to video chat with up to ten of your Skype contacts to OS X client.
ENGADGET: Skype 5.0 Beta for Mac finally available, includes group video calling
It was Libyan activists -- in the underground, in chat rooms, in mosques -- who kept a revolution alive, even after some of the world had given up hope.
To play up the speed of their 4G networks, carriers are emphasizing bandwidth-heavy applications such as video chat and streaming music on these devices.
We caught up with Greg Sullivan -- senior product manager of Windows Phone -- for an early morning chat during Mobile World Congress.
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