Over the past few days, Microsoft has started to upgrade all users of previous versions of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 2009 builds to the newest version 14.0.8064.0206. Within time, versions 8.1 and 8.5 will be obligatory as well. If and when you upgrade via the prompt from WLM, the entire … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2009
IMBooster
IMBooster is an add-on created by IMinent to enhance IM programs such as Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. The first release of IMBooster was back in May 2007. Its primary version was called IMBooster Public Beta 1.0. Back then, IMBooster was revolving around one single service, Video … [Read more...]
AIM For iPhone Gets an Upgrade
MARCH 4, 2009 UPDATE - The ad-free, paid version of AIM for the iPhone went up on the iTunes Application Store today. As we initially reported, it costs $2.99, and is essentially the same as the free version, with the exclusion of advertising. AOL has updated their AIM application for the … [Read more...]
Google Syncs Your Phone
I can remember when... (man, I sound like my grandpa) I remember when your cell phone (we didn't call them mobiles) had it's own address book, and you had no way to back it up. If you lost the phone and didn't have a redundant storage system (paper or PC), you were screwed. Smartphones … [Read more...]
The Lifestream Goes Mainstream
AOL's $850 million purchase of the Bebo social networking site may pay off after all. AOL announced today the first of a series of major project changes with the addition of lifestreaming capabilities. This is similar to the stream of activity and status updates found on rival social networks from … [Read more...]
BeeJive IM Now on the Blackberry
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - February 23, 2009) - As a thank you to its loyal BlackBerry community, Beejive today announced a week-long sale on BeejiveIM for BlackBerry, the most reliable and user-friendly mobile IM application on the market today. This native, highly customizable application … [Read more...]
Latest IM Versions
This is a list of the latest instant messaging, voice over IP (VoIP) and chat programs, with links to the official sites where you can download them. Unless noted otherwise, all of these programs are free. We make every effort to keep this listing up-to-date, but before you complain that your … [Read more...]
Yammer Adds Feeds to Your Company Stream
Yammer -- the "twitter-for-business" microblogging system -- has added the ability for you to add RSS feeds to your company stream. Eric Eldon at VentureBeat likens Yammer's new feature to consumer lifestreaming services such as FriendFeed, but with (theoretically) a business focus. A great … [Read more...]
Nokia Adds Skype to Smartphones
At the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Nokia announced that their new N97 smartphones will come preloaded with Skype, the popular voice over IP (VoIP) software -- a radical shift for Nokia and a major business coup for Skype. Telecom companies have resisted explicit support for … [Read more...]
Truphone Adds AIM to its iPhone App
The Truphone mobile VoIP service announced support for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) chat into its iPhone app. This comes just a couple weeks after adding instant messaging support for Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. The Truphone iPhone app is free from the Apple App … [Read more...]