Top 10 Mac Video Conferencing software for Eastern Europe

2011. FaceTime for Mac is now paid program



Video chat app FaceTime for Mac has officially come out of beta and is now available in the Mac App Store. The FaceTime for Mac beta was released last October and was free. Today, Apple suddenly announced that the app would cost $0.99. This is the second very strange decision Apple has made regarding FaceTime video chat. The first was when everyone expected FaceTime on iPhone to be able to "talk" to Apple iChat, but instead, Apple decided to create a separate FaceTime for Mac video chat client. Now, it turns out, it's a paid client. The $1 price tag is more of a deterrent to FaceTime's popularity than a way for Apple to make money. Meanwhile, its main competitor, Skype, recently released a free video calling client for iPhone, which allows free calls to its free desktop client.


2010. Windows Live Messenger 8 for Mac now supports video calling



Windows Live Messenger 8 for Mac has left beta and is now available for free download. It enables chatting and free voice and video calls for Windows Live Messenger for Windows users. Chat and audio communication are also available between Windows Live Messenger 8 for Mac and the mobile and web versions of this messenger. As a reminder, the mobile Windows Live Messenger runs on any phone or smartphone with a browser, and the web client is located in Windows Live Hotmail. Note that Windows Live Messenger for Mac will no longer be able to work with the Lync communications server (formerly MS Communications Server). Lync users will now have access to the corporate IM client Communicator for Mac.


2010. FaceTime video chat is now available on Mac



Apple's Apple FaceTime video chat app, previously available on iPhones, is now available on Mac OS X computers and laptops. iPhone 4 and iPod 4G users can now make video calls from their mobile devices to their desktops or receive calls from their Macs. FaceTime is also expected to be a key feature in the new iPad 2 tablet. Yahoo Messenger recently added video chat between iPhones and computers, and it also works over 3G networks. FaceTime only works over Wi-Fi.


2009. Logitech unveils the world's simplest video calling software



Vid is the first product to emerge from Logitech's acquisition of the SightSpeed ​​video conferencing service. More specifically, Vid leverages SightSpeed's infrastructure and platform, but doesn't replace it. Logitech's research showed that the top reason for not using video conferencing is dissatisfaction with software complexity. So, Logitech came up with this trick: Vid comes free with any Logitech webcam and installs automatically when you connect the webcam to your computer. To connect with someone via video, all you need is their email address. Subscribers simply accept the invitation to join a video conferencing session using Vid, after which they can seamlessly connect and start communicating. The best part is that if you don't have a Logitech webcam, you'll only be able to use Vid for free for 30 days. Then he'll have to buy a Logitech webcam. The program won't work with other webcams for much longer.


2008. Microsoft Messenger for Mac to get video conferencing features



Microsoft has announced that consumer Messenger for Mac users will now have audio and video conferencing capabilities. Having previously added video conferencing to the enterprise solution, the company is now working to bring similar technology to consumer software. This functionality is already available in the Windows version of Messenger, and a new beta version of Messenger for Mac with the same capabilities will be released next year. The company notes that users of Windows Live Messenger and Messenger for Mac will have no problems communicating with each other via video conferencing. Microsoft also announced that the new beta version of Messenger for Mac will include several other new features, but has not yet specified what they are.

2008. Cisco WebEx Expands Support for Apple Mac Users

WebEx, a recent addition to Cisco's portfolio, now supports Mac OS X Leopard and the Safari 3 browser. Previously, limited support for Mac technologies was due to their low popularity among corporate users. However, due to the rapid adoption of Mac OS in the corporate environment, Cisco WebEx recently decided to support Mac across all its products. Over the past three years, Cisco WebEx has added a number of new features and capabilities to its products aimed at broader support for Mac OS users. Recently, Cisco WebEx announced that its remote access solution, WebEx PCNow, supports PC-to-Mac, Mac-to-PC, and Mac-to-Mac connections, as well as Apple iPhone sessions.