Communication

Mibbit.com   No Java, no flash. With Mibbit, chatting online is easy, just choose your nickname and press go! No sign-up is required and you can use it from wherever you are with just a web browser.  Connect to IRC networks, IM, twitter, and more coming soon.  Mibbit has many customizable features which can help you make the most of your chat. You can change skins and use real-time language translation, image thumbnails, or even embed Youtube clips and exchange files with other Mibbit users. 

• Google has made a translation API that they have rolled up into the chat function so you can have an inline translation while you chat with someone who speaks another language.
• Google map API has been harnessed to provide a general location readout of where the person you are talking with is.