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#Use direct chat services to talk with friends and family. If you plan on doing a lot of one-on-one or group chats with you friends and family, you'll want a program or service that allows you to easily connect with them. Chances are everyone you know has at least one of the following chat programs or services available to them: | #Use direct chat services to talk with friends and family. If you plan on doing a lot of one-on-one or group chats with you friends and family, you'll want a program or service that allows you to easily connect with them. Chances are everyone you know has at least one of the following chat programs or services available to them: | ||
#*[[Use-Facebook-Chat|Facebook]] - Facebook is a social networking site that has also turned into a popular chat service. This is a great chat program that most of your friends and family members likely have access to. You can chat through the website on your computer or use the Facebook Messenger app to chat on the go. | #*[[Use-Facebook-Chat|Facebook]] - Facebook is a social networking site that has also turned into a popular chat service. This is a great chat program that most of your friends and family members likely have access to. You can chat through the website on your computer or use the Facebook Messenger app to chat on the go. | ||
| − | #*[[Set | + | #*[[Set up and Use Skype|Skype]] - Skype is one of the most popular chat programs in the world, and has millions of users. Skype is available for Windows Mac, Linux, and virtually any mobile device. Skype recently absorbed MSN Messenger. You can use Skype to video chat as well as text chant, and you can create group chats. |
#*Mobile messaging apps - If you spend most of your time on your mobile device, you probably want to chat using it. There are a variety of popular messaging and chat programs available for mobile devices. These include [[Use-Snapchat|Snapchat]], [[Use-Kik|Kik]], and [[Use-WhatsApp|WhatsApp]]. Creating accounts for these apps is free. | #*Mobile messaging apps - If you spend most of your time on your mobile device, you probably want to chat using it. There are a variety of popular messaging and chat programs available for mobile devices. These include [[Use-Snapchat|Snapchat]], [[Use-Kik|Kik]], and [[Use-WhatsApp|WhatsApp]]. Creating accounts for these apps is free. | ||
#*[[Get-an-AOL-Instant-Messenger-Screen-Name|AIM]] - AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is one of the older chat services that is still incredibly popular. You can chat through the web interface on the AOL website, or you can download the dedicated AIM client. | #*[[Get-an-AOL-Instant-Messenger-Screen-Name|AIM]] - AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is one of the older chat services that is still incredibly popular. You can chat through the web interface on the AOL website, or you can download the dedicated AIM client. | ||
