Tinychat
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Tinychat is an internet chat service that allows users to communicate via instant messaging
, voice and video chat. It offers thousands of chat rooms and the ability for users to create their own virtual chat room on any topic or category. Tinychat is a web based system that works on Linux, Windows and Macintosh as well as some smartphone
s. The system must either have Macromedia Flash enabled or the Tinychat iOS app installed. The chat rooms can contain a rolling maximum of 12 video feeds and dozens of audio feeds at the same time. A person can choose to chat in multiple rooms at once.
Tinychat, including all of its programs, is owned by Numerl LLC, a privately held company founded in 2008 and based in New York City, NY. Tinychat claims 5 million minutes of usage per day, making it one of the largest voice and video chat community on the internet today. Tinychat announced on November 16, 2009 the launch of its new service Tinychat.tv, which offers users the ability to live stream any video or show hosted on Tinychat. The service uses Tinychat's API and provides the ability to launch a personalized page and channel for initiating multi-user shows. Tinychat has also announced that it will not charge for the cost of bandwidth.
Tinychat announced in February 2010 a service similar to Chatroulette
called Tinychat Next. Tinychat Next differs from its competitor with the addition of topic-based rooms.
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
, voice and video chat. It offers thousands of chat rooms and the ability for users to create their own virtual chat room on any topic or category. Tinychat is a web based system that works on Linux, Windows and Macintosh as well as some smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s. The system must either have Macromedia Flash enabled or the Tinychat iOS app installed. The chat rooms can contain a rolling maximum of 12 video feeds and dozens of audio feeds at the same time. A person can choose to chat in multiple rooms at once.
Tinychat, including all of its programs, is owned by Numerl LLC, a privately held company founded in 2008 and based in New York City, NY. Tinychat claims 5 million minutes of usage per day, making it one of the largest voice and video chat community on the internet today. Tinychat announced on November 16, 2009 the launch of its new service Tinychat.tv, which offers users the ability to live stream any video or show hosted on Tinychat. The service uses Tinychat's API and provides the ability to launch a personalized page and channel for initiating multi-user shows. Tinychat has also announced that it will not charge for the cost of bandwidth.
Tinychat announced in February 2010 a service similar to Chatroulette
Chatroulette
Chatroulette is a website that pairs strangers from around the world together for webcam-based conversations. Visitors to the website begin an online chat with another visitor who is chosen at random...
called Tinychat Next. Tinychat Next differs from its competitor with the addition of topic-based rooms.
See also
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- Comparison of instant messaging clientsComparison of instant messaging clientsThe following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messaging clients. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date...
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