A new study has found that using video chatting platforms like Skype to connect with friends and family can stave off depression in older adults. According to the HT report the researchers at Oregon Health & Science University in the US compared four different types of online communication technologies such as video chat email social networks and instant messaging used by people 60 and older. After that they gauged their symptoms of depression based on survey responses two years later. Alan Teo associate professor at Oregon Health & Science University in the US reportedly said: “Video chat came out as