In this episode, we show you how you can

use Facebook chat

to

communicate with your Facebook groups

. We'll also show you how you can

appear invisible to certain groups

and give you a crash course on the

basics of Facebook chat

.

At CES 2011, 3D was everywhere. Running alongside CES 2011, the Adult Entertainment Expo 2011 wasn't immune from the 3D bug... though the use cases the consumer electronics and adult entertainment industries put forward are a little different. Kate checks in with the iTalk3D Webcam to find that sexy web chats have entered an entirely new dimension.

Collaborating on documents

is easy when you're

using Google Docs

. That's because Google Docs lets you

see modifications

to files in real time, including what changes were made and who made them, and even

chat in Google Docs

with others who are viewing the same files as you. We'll show you how it works in this episode.

Cam4.com is the online video network for exhibitionists and voyeurs alike. The single biggest thing that sets Cam4 apart from other similar networks is that it's free to use, whether you're showing off or taking in the show. There are premium paid service levels required for chatting with pros and stars on the network, but in the amateur stream it's not required.
Kate chats with Freaky Steve and Jasmine Jade about what's in store for Cam4.com visitors and Jasmine's own shows on the network.

Cheryl Poirier, AKA Miss Download, finds a way to make her webcam chats more interesting. WebcamMax software lets you change up your webcam video with neat effects, adornments like hats, glasses, wigs and so on. In the free version, Miss D whets her appetite for silly webcam effects; by dropping $50 on the full version of the software, she'll unlock literally thousands of new effects and add ons.

You already know that you can use Gmail to send emails. If you've been keeping up with our earlier tutorials, you'll also know that you can use Gmail to

chat with other Gmail users

. Now we'll show you

how to use Gmail video chat

to talk to any of your friends who are online! You'll be able to see who's online and who has a webcam, and you'll be able to

start a chat

whenever you want.

Chat rooms have been around since the dawn of the Internet. However, with the advance of web tech, they're now more prolific and, as Kate soon discovers, more graphic than ever before. This episode takes a look at webcam-enabled anonymous online chat services Omegle and Chatroulette and the interesting and in some cases ... very interesting people that frequent them.

Epicurious seems to abide an age-old adage slightly modified: "

It takes a village to raise a souffle

." The Epicurious community is a great place to connect with fellow foodies. Find members whose interests are most in line with your own, join chat rooms, post in and read the forums and get involved in group discussions on everything from vegetarianism to

gas vs electric ranges

.

If you'd like a powerful, yet

easy-to-use

way to

keep in touch with your family and friends

Windows Live may be your solution.
It's not just for "chatting" anymore. You can use it to

share photos, instant message, play games

and so much more.

Many of us use Facebook every day, not aware that beneath the placid surface lurks a sea of hilarity. Well, perhaps not hilarity but there are definitely a few grins, perhaps a chuckle and maybe even a guffaw or two to be had as Stacy Reed runs down her favorite Facebook Easter Eggs.

Paltalk is not your standard instant messaging client. You can video, audio and text chat with up to 10 people in a single chat session, link up with other IM clients and much more. This screencast introduction was produced by butterscotch under commission from Paltalk to highlight the program's unique features.

With so many

instant messaging services

out there, how do you keep track of all your friends and associates across all the IM services on your Mac? With

Adium

you can connect to all your instant messaging friends, regardless of their preferred IM. Add friends from ICQ, Windows Live (MSN), AIM, Google Talk and many more. Michael "Doc" Callahan shows us how to keep track and provides some valuable power-user tips along the way.

In an earlier segment we talked about how you could make Adium look the way you want it to by modifying colors and the like. The Xtras Manager, however, helps you to take Adium to a new level of customization. Nearly every aspect of Adium can be customized and altered to be just the way you want.

Cheryl Porier recently realized that she has yet to share her love for Skype with Miss Download viewers. To remedy this, she chats with A. Alfred Ayache, AKA Notorious Webmaster Web Applications Architect of Tucows and butterscotch.com via Skype to demonstrate its video chat abilities.

Molly McDonald, AKA DemoGirl, runs through

everything you need to know about Yahoo!

. From signing up for an account, using power-searching tricks and techniques, getting your Yahoo! Mail on your mobile, finding your way with Yahoo!'s powerful mapping service, creating your own personalized Yahoo! home page and more.

Adium makes it easy to chat with family and friends across a wide range of instant messaging networks. You can talk back and forth, use emoticons to express your feelings, add hyperlinks to your messages, change the font, the font color and more. Adium makes it fun to chat with all of your contacts.

When you have contacts that all use different instant messaging networks it can be hard to stay in touch. Enter Adium. You can add all your contacts from a wide variety of messaging services and have everyone in one easy-to-use interface. Adium is a great way to manage multiple IM clients, all in one place.

There's such a variety of instant messaging clients today that it's hard to keep up. Adium lets you work from your Mac and stay in touch with family and friends that are on a variety of IM networks. With support for ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk and more, Adium is a perfect choice for coping with IM overload.

Windows Live Messenger

, formerly known as

MSN Messenger

, is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, whether they're around the corner or all around the world. You can

send and receive free instant messages

, even play a game together while chatting, share files,

voice and video chat

and so much more. Doc Callahan explains in this 10-part series on Windows Live Messenger

Parental controls can be a very important tool for parents. The Internet is an amazing place full of knowledge, wonder and communication unlimited. It can also be a dangerous place with hackers, phishers and even predators. Fortunately your Mac has built-in Parental Controls that you can set to help keep your family safe. This is part 1 of 2.

When you're online it's nice to be able to chat with family and friends. Windows Live Messenger makes it easy to do just that. Just find a friend, open a chat window and type up a quick "hello" message to start a conversation. Windows Live Messenger's program has a simple interface that makes chatting easy.

Over the years Messenger from Microsoft has evolved from MSN to Windows Messenger and finally into Windows Live Messenger; a program that really lets you do it all. You can access your Windows Live Hotmail account, share folders and files, chat with family and friends, make phone calls, send SMS messages and much more.

Skype has been a great way to make voice calls from PC to PC for quite some time. You can even call landlines and long distance. This new version of Skype for Windows, however, adds expanded video, top-drawer sound and lots more.

Building the cross-application integration that the iPhone so sorely needs, Pinger Phone connects instant messaging, Facebook, MySpace and more and allows you to call, chat with or message your contacts.

You've heard of Skype, software for the PC, Mac and other platforms that allows you to make free PC to PC calls and cheap PC to cell phone. New on the CES 2009 show floor was a brand new Skype with full-screen video calls and other improvements. Also, Skype announced a new version for Google's Android mobile phone environment.

Webcam conversations can be so impersonal. Novo aims to change that with its Minoru 3D webcam. This little guy has two "eyes" that allow the Minoru 3D to see in stereo. Chatters on the other end who are willing to don the 3D glasses can see you popping out of their screens in 3D.

While other email providers have separate chat applications available (Windows Live Mail, aka Hotmail has Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Mail has Yahoo! Chat, for example), Gmail is unique in that it integrates its chat messenger into the email client. If your Gmail contacts choose to be visible and are online when you need to send them a message, Gmail Chat allows for an instant response to your question or comment. Chats can also be stored and archived and are searchable, just like email messages.

With so many instant messaging services out there, how do you keep track of all your friends and associates across all the IM services on your Mac? With Adium you can connect to all your instant messaging friends, regardless of their preferred IM. Add friends from ICQ, Windows Live (MSN), AIM, Google Talk and many more. Michael "Doc" Callahan shows us how to keep track and provides some valuable power-user tips along the way.

Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger, is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, whether they're around the corner or all around the world. You can send and receive free instant messages, even play a game together while chatting, share files, voice and video chat and so much more. Doc Callahan explains in this 10-part series on Windows Live Messenger