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Tagworld Chat (with Video) Goes Live Today


Tagworld released an alpha version of their new video chat service earlier today. The product hasn't been announced formally, but it's now being promoted on the homepage and they plan to roll it out over the next two weeks.

Tagworld Chat is both a downloadable IM client and a web-based app. You can use it as a conventional desktop client and chat via text, video and audio. But you can also ping your friends by hitting a button on their Tagworld profile - the video streams on the page itself. This means that only one of the users needs to have a copy of the desktop application. Web-to-web chat isn't currently supported. I tested the client version with Fred earlier today, and the video streaming is pretty smooth. And unlike the MySpace IM client, Tagworld Chat synchronizes with your friends list - adding a friend on Tagworld automatically adds that user to your IM buddy list. For the time being, the client only works on Windows.

It's obvious that the social networks want to own a piece of your desktop space. This makes sense: when users aren't on Tagworld or MySpace, they're probably on IM or checking their email. The question is: how many IM clients do we really need?

    Attention Tagworld Users!

    Mashable's Tagworld account is at - if you're a Tagworld user, feel free to add Mashable to your friends list!

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