Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Chatroulette is one of the most popular random chat websites on the Internet. It’s a fairly simple premise. You match with other people and have a chat. There are a bunch of apps that do this, believe ...

Random video chat apps are becoming increasingly popular and allow users to chat with strangers worldwide while maintaining privacy. These apps allow users to meet new people, make friends, and have ...

Reddit yanked a new chat room feature just a day after launch after an outcry from moderators. Quiptalk is a social networking app for communicating with friends in topical chat rooms. Its spotlight ...

Regular phone calls are over—these days, it’s all about video chatting. If you’ve got a smartphone, you’re likely holding a video-chatting machine (in all its forward-facing 1.3 megapixel glory). And ...

Messenger Room is Facebook's response to the popular video chat app Zoom, which saw its usage spike during the coronavirus health crisis. Zoom has been the subject of plenty of criticism lately ...

The world of instant messaging is crowded and becoming even more so. It began with ICQ (does anybody use it today?), which was closely followed by AIM, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. More recently ...