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Tonight.

On RTÉ One, at 8.30pm.

The Skype-based documentary series, Missing You.

RTÉ writes…

Tonight on Missing You viewers meet Emma Doyle and her family as they try to support her from afar while partner Paul goes through treatment for skin cancer.

Emma Doyle (26) left Kilkenny and her parents Joe and Johanne, to move to Perth, Australia in 2014. That year she met partner Paul Hobbs and soon after came the happy news that they were expecting a baby.

But just before their son Klay was born, Paul was diagnosed with stage 4 skin cancer which had spread to his brain. Doctors told him that if his treatment didn’t work, he had a life expectancy of 12 months or less. Emma is a rock of support to Paul, but when times get difficult she calls home to her parents in Kilkenny, for a shoulder to cry on.

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http://vimeo.com/85533950

Beautifully awkward Irish Skypes redux.

Karen writes:

You may have missed [RTÉ Two Reality Bites documentary] #MissingYou when it aired last Christmas, With the weekend that’s in your readers may like to see it again. It’s being repeated next Sunday at 10.25pm on RTÉ Two. #MissingYou is compiled of Skype video calls, recorded over six months, from of a group of Irish people living abroad, calling home to their loved ones.

Sentimental tosh.

*Skypes ma*.

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“Can you hear me.”

“We’ve loads of news but now that we’re on the spot we can’t think of any.”

“Can you hear me?”

“Does she have any news?”

“I can hear you.”

“Ok, we’re on.”

The genuine hell of the seasonal ‘Skype’ with TropperStopper. as the bewildered parents and Clisare as the fairly patient, in fairness, daughter.

Thanks Reppy

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New York comedian Mark Malkoff writes:

I wanted to share my new comedy video in which for Skype’s 10th anniversary I talked to 162 countries over Skype (including North Korea!) It was kind of an amazing experience….Ireland is at 3.47…The woman’s name is Amanda Johnson. She talked with me over Skype in a bar in Cork while a band performed Irish songs….

Mark Malkoff

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHUPojBdB6o

Facebook Video Chat, announced at [yesterday’s] (debatably) “awesome” event, integrates Skype video calling into Facebook Chat. It isn’t perfect—the video quality is average and calling is restricted to one friend, for now—but the new feature makes video calling a whole lot more convenient for Facebook’s 750 million users.

You can get Facebook Video Chat today by navigating to facebook.com/videocalling . On Facebook.com, you can initiate your first call by opening a chat with an active, Webcam-equipped friend and clicking the video camera icon to start a video call.

And what a joy it would be to videochat with any of the fine geeks featured in the video.

Hands On: Facebook Video Chat With Skype (PC World)