Long Distance New Year

You don’t have to feel homesick, sad and lonely this Chinese New Year. Yes, it would be great to spend the Lunar New Year with the people you love most but if time and circumstances do not allow it, then try to make the best of it using Skype!

Here are some awesome ways that you can still enjoy those valuable moments with your friends and family this Chinese New Year if you can’t be together in person using Skype:

• Skype-to-Skype calls connect people anywhere in the world for free, through instant messaging, voice and video calls between two people with a broadband connection. And taking a step further, Skype’s new group video calling now lets users add more friends and family members to a video call and send greetings to multiple parties at a go – in one single video call.
• Video calling with iPhone 4 allows people to share special moments on the go like never before through face-to-face video calls no matter where they are located.
• Video sharing means even if you can’t get hold of loved ones during the Chinese New Year holiday period, Skype’s recent partnership with mobile video chat and sharing service, Qik gives users new ways to share the love. Video messages can be sent via SMS, email, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, just by downloading the Qik app.
• Skype on TV enables you to catch up with your friends and family from the comfort of your couch and see them as large as life with Skype-to-Skype video calls on a wide screen TV. With Skype’s collaboration with Panasonic and Samsung on the integration of Skype into their latest generation high-definition Smart TVs, you can call your contacts with audio and video, join conference calls, call phone numbers abroad and even get calls to your online number if you have one. All you need to do is plug a TV webcam into your Skype enabled TV from Panasonic and Samsung, and enjoy widescreen video calls from the comfort of your living room.