Mark Zuckerberg announced a few new features coming to Facebook this morning live in Palo Alto: group chat (along with a new chat design) and video calling with Skype integration. After a brief overview of the current state of Facebook (its now at over 750 million users), Mark got into the details of all three of these items. Find out more about each one below. Video Calling In a partnership Read more

Skype has just announced the release of Skype 5.5 Beta version for Windows, which will enable users to connect with Facebook friends and family. How does it work? A Facebook contacts tab will appear on the side bar, and users can instant message directly from Skype. In addition, you can view your newsfeed and "likes," and comment on your friends' Facebook statuses. A final version will roll out Read more

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I was chatting with my friends from another state for the second time via Skype. Everything was fine and fun until they proposed truth or dare. I chose truth and they chose dare so I dared them, the two guys, to peck on the lips. (There are 4 guys there.) Anyways, after the one guy that I Read more

This weekend was not pretty for me — I lost my iPhone. Now that the initial panic has subsided, and the pangs of withdrawal are gone, I'm doing OK. I'm getting a new iPhone next week, and unlike my landline- and voicemail-only days, not having a cell phone doesn't mean lugging a roll of quarters and an address book around. Besides email, here's how I'm staying connected: Gmail's "Call Phone" Read more

It's a new year, which means more weddings to come! My friend was telling me the other day on her plans to save by having a destination wedding, which will help reduce the guest list. At the same time, she'll be saving on her honeymoon costs as well, because she's planning on combining it with her destination wedding. If this is something you're keen on, perhaps you can even consider Skyping the Read more

If you're on a budget, a data-heavy smartphone package may not be the best situation for your pocketbook (especially now that both Verizon and AT&T have changed their data and text messaging packages), but sacrificing efficiency for a dumbphone may not be an option either. Thankfully, you have a third option: an iPod Touch. If you think that an iPod Touch can't suffice for a cheap alternative Read more

Finally! After waiting for months, Skype has announced an update to its iPhone app that includes the ability to video chat over a 3G connection. The update allows users to make Skype video calls to iPhones or using Skype on their computers, and it is compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod Touch fourth-generation models running iOS 4.0 and above; users with third-generation iPod Touch Read more

Back in college I studied abroad for a year, and even now, I still keep in touch with my closest friends from my time overseas. But I love is how keeping in touch has evolved over the years: we started out with the occasional email, phone card call, or online chat (or surprise pen pal letter!), but now even people I haven't seen in person for a long time are just a mouse click away on Google Read more

Today rumors hit that Facebook and Skype will partner to create a communication platform that will integrate texting, voice calls, and Facebook Connect. This service will supposedly be available in a few weeks in the next version of Skype, 5.0, which is currently in beta. The news at the moment is just rumblings on the web, but using Skype together with Facebook sounds like a great idea. With the Read more