Dave Taylor shares step-by-step instructions for making video calls over the Internet using Skype

Keywords: video, calls, Skype, how-to, software tutorial, Inside Scoop

Now that some of my friends and colleagues are on Google Plus, I want to be able to have chat windows open so we can collaborate, or talk about the latest TV show. Does G+ have this instant messaging (IM) capability?

I'm so psyched I can video chat with my girlfriend on Facebook now that the company has announced its video calling feature in cooperation with Skype. But how do I get started and set things up properly so I can see her smiling face? In the name of love, Dave, ya gotta help us out!

I'm getting into my new MacBook and am excited to try out the new Apple Mac App Store. I'd like to also get FaceTime so I can have video chats with my wife, who has an iPhone and is constantly on the road. How do I buy FaceTime (or any other App for that matter) from within the Mac App Store?

I saw a demo of a video chat using FaceTime where one person was on their MacBook and the other was on their iPhone 4. Incredible! How do I set up my Mac so I can have face to face chats with my girlfriend, even when she's on the road with her iPhone 4?

I'm a Gmail fan and just learned that Google is going to implement "dial out" capability from right within Gmail [ed: see Call phones from Gmail on the Gmail blog]. Darn cool, but they said you need to install "Google Voice and Video Plug-In" and I'm hoping you can explain how to do just that?

Now that I have a new iPhone 4 - thanks to standing in line for four hours - I am eager to try some of the new features and am a bit baffled by how to get to FaceTime, the video conferencing system on the phone. Do you have an iPhone 4? Can you show me how to do it?

This may be obvious and I'm just not seeing it, but how do I initiate an audio or video chat with someone in Apple's iChat program as included in Mac OS X?