Want a chat room without all the hassles of software, registration, and fees? Tinychat is the quick, easy, and free answer.

Enter ChatStep, a free group-chat service that creates private rooms and records absolutely no history of your team’s presence — an important consideration for security-minded organizations.

By combining a collaborative code editor with live video chat, Codassium makes the process a bit less painful. While I personally find the idea of coding on-the-fly while someone I hope will give ...