Orkut in an effort to get people more engaged with each other, introduced new voice and video chat buttons which can be seen at the top of chatting box. Though they were already present, very few people were using it as compared to users from gmail. It seems Google felt people were unware of it, so they just highlighted them by adding to the top, if told in simple words.
Google’s official blog added ” If you’ve never used voice or video chat in orkut, it’s easy to get started. You’ll just need a webcam and a microphone. If you already have a webcam and a microphone, you’ll just need to download a small plugin for video chat, available for free at www.google.com/chat/video
With the plugin installed and your camera enabled, your friends will see a small green camera icon like this 
next to your name in their chat lists. Then, to start a voice or video chat, simply click either the voice or video icon in the toolbar and talk away to your heart’s content – all for free via orkut. “
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No. 11 2012 Issue