PaltalkScene – Pandora of Chatrooms
PaltalkScene is an online chat service and is also referred to simply as Paltalk. This chat service allows the users to communicate with the help of instant messaging, video chat and voice chat. There are thousands of chat rooms available and users can also create their own chat room in any category and based on any topic. Paltalk can be easily downloaded and this software application works only with Windows. Other than PaltalkScene, there is also the format PaltalkExpress. All the programs of this software application are owned by AVM Software. This company was founded in 1998 and is located in New York City, in the United States.
The company boasts 4 million users all over the world, which makes it one of the largest video and voice chat online community in use today. AVM Software also owns and operates HearMe, which is a voice and video enable internet conferencing service which allows users to conduct meetings of groups. This brand was acquired by Paltalk in 2001 and relaunched in 2007. IT allows desktop video and voice conferencing, allowing up to 2000 participants in a meeting room simultaneously. With HearMe a user and invite and join meetings with the help of Outlook. Users can create and access meetings fast using a unique URL. Choose and personalize the details to be displayed to the other attendees in the meeting. Users can share any desktop, application or file. They can display PowerPoint and similar presentations using transitions and animations. Share and broadcast pre-recorded videos. They can stream videos from a webcam or video recorder. They can transfer files to every participant in the meeting individually. They can send private instant text messages to the attendees of the meeting. In other words it is a complete video and voice conferencing service.
Paltalk became popular after Firetalk-a music and voice chat program- went out of business due to lack of funding. Along with PaltalkScene there is also Paltalk mobile which is a mobile chat client for Apple iPhone, Blackberry, Windows mobile and Android. PaltalkExpress is a free web- based flash application that does not have any banner advertisements. It is compatible with all internet browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome etc. IT can be used with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Paltalk produces many original programs for the PaltalkScene platform. These shows include Hollywood Now hosted by Joanne Colan, News Talk Online, and MusicScene etc. Many celebrities, musicians, politicians and entertainers are featured on the hosted shows. These participants are able to communicate live with the viewers with the help of video chat. Included in the guest list have been Slash, Stephen King, Lonestar, JoJo and the cast of popular movies and television shows. In other words Paltalk provides a complete instant messaging experience along with many other features.
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