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Cheap Ways to Chat With Mom on Sunday
Sometimes the best things in life are free, so if you won't be able to see your mom this Mother's Day, why not surprise her with a phone call or video chat session? Even if you can't be with her, she'll still be able to hear your voice and see your smiling face. And just think, you won't be spending a small fortune on a gift she'll never use anyway!
Geek Tip: Download Chax to Improve iChat
Spend all day on iChat like me? You're bound to be annoyed by some things that it does, like making you accept every chat invitation or file transfer from your contacts.
Solving your problems is Chax, a free Mac download that rights all those wrongs.
Twilight's Carlisle Cullen Is a Mac Who Uses "The iChat"
Carlisle Cullen — that's the actor Peter Facinelli for all you non-Twilighters — told Us Weekly at the movie's premiere, how hard it was to be away from his family in L.A. while filming Twilight, and what he had to say pleased me greatly.
"I have a Mac computer, and we do the iChat, so sometimes I can eat dinner with my family," he says.
Do You Video Chat With Distant Relatives?
I'm lucky enough to live in the same city as my parents and in-laws, but some of the moms at Sugar HQ live thousands of miles away from their tots' grandparents. To break the distance barrier, they use the web cams in their computers to iChat with their parents on a regular basis. They say the online video conversations allow their children to keep up their relationships with their grandparents and satisfy the grandparents' desires to see their loved ones on a more frequent than possible basis.
Abigail Breslin's iPod Touch Is Lost But Not Found in NYC
The not a girl, but not yet a woman Abigail Breslin — who is eternally seven in my mind — made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last Thursday and had some sad news — she lost her iPod Touch the other day in NYC. Here's what she had to say about the ordeal. .Geek Tip: Work Together With Screen Sharing
The first time I used iChat's Screen Sharing feature was to help my mom figure out how to attach a photo in an email. Apparently, this whole technology thing still keeps my parents entertained, 'cause they told all of their friends what went down the next day. Since then, I've used screen share to collaborate on stories, photos, and of course, help my parents figure out how to spin up their www, aka, check their emails.
Kyra Sedgwick Tech Talks With Conan
Just like Justin Timberlake who said he uses iChat to stay connected while on the road, Kyra Sedgwick also confessed her love for iChat on Conan O'Brien recently. When asked how she keeps in touch with her husband in NYC while in LA she said that she prefers iChat over using the phone—"Lets just say I'm really grateful for Steven Jobs, he's kept my marriage together." She also mentions how she hasn't mastered the art of text messaging, thinking that 'lol' meant lots of love instead of laugh out loud—too cute!
Justin Expresses His Love For iChat With Oprah
On today's episode of Oprah, the ever so sexy and stylin' J.T. couldn't help but share a few secrets about how he keeps in contact with his latest love Jessica Biel—although he didn't reveal his 'mystery woman's' name on the show. Here's what Timberlake had to say about iChat, one of the ways he stays connected while on the road: "Technology is a wonderful thing sometimes....
Martin Scorsese Is A Big iChat Fan
Apple's iChat can be quite addictive when chatting with friends and family, but who knew that an Oscar winning director could use it for work? In The Departed, Martin Scorsese used iChat to help him direct the final "rat shot" scene from a Mac in New York.
According to Macenstein, in an interview with visual effects supervisor Rob Legato, he explains how Scorsese wanted to do a reshoot of a scene filmed in LA, even though he was in New York at the time.
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How To: Video Chat With Up to 10 of Your Friends at Once
Although iChat allows me to video conference with up to three people at the same time, sometimes I just want to have an iChat party with more of my friends or family. Same goes for those who work from home and need to video with other co-workers in a conference. And with SuperIM, you can now video chat with up to 10 people.
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