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Time for Video Chat's Big Close-up?

July 07, 2011

"Video chat is not a niche application," Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst at Parks Associates, told TechNewsWorld.

Twenty percent of respondents to a 2010 Parks Associates survey said they conduct video chats at least monthly, and 12 percent said they do so weekly. The rates were "significantly higher" among younger consumers, Scherf said.

From the article, "Time for Video Chat's Big Close-up?" by Richard Adhikari

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