Other recommended social network o usare Mac and pc users

Apart from FaceTime, what other recommended social network is easy to use for my iPad2 to friends who are Mac and pc users? I had Skype and tried to update, but it got jammed there ... Now it is very difficult to communicate with my family as I am in a province in china where network is poor and my Chinese is limited what with their northern accent added to it .... Lol

Skype is the best I have used to date. You could always try Yahoo Messenger and AIM, both of which have Mac/PC/iOS apps.

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