What is Twitter? Current TV offers this humorous explanation in Twouble with Twitters. Watch for the Fail Whale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2009
iPhone 3.0 Software Unveiled
Apple today unveiled the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0 -- the next version of the software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available today to iPhone developers, and released to iPhone owners sometime "this summer," the new iPhone OS brings over 100 new features, including some that have been missing or … [Read more...]
AOL Releases AIM 6.9 Beta 3
AOL has released a new beta version of their venerable AOL Instant Messenger program. The AIM 6.9 Beta 3 sports new icons, new design, a return to the "running man" logo and integration with Bebo profiles. And -- hold onto your seats -- you now have the option to display emoticons as text! The … [Read more...]
ICQ Beta for Windows Mobile
AOL announced an open beta of a new Windows Mobile application called ICQ Mobile. ICQ Mobile brings much of the functionality of their desktop app to your Windows Mobile device. Device Support ICQ for Windows Mobile supports devices with Windows Mobile 5, Windows Mobile 6, and Windows … [Read more...]
drop.io adds real-time chat
drop.io promises simple, secure, real-time file sharing and collaboration. It's easy to setup a drop.io "box" -- you don't even need to register. Once you've setup a drop.io space, you can send files, share and retrieve files from that space using almost any method imaginable. Web uploads/downloads, … [Read more...]
FriendFeed Releases Notifier
Social network aggregator FriendFeed has released a desktop notifier. FriendFeed Notifier is an Adobe AIR app, so it runs on muliple operating systems. The Notifier allows you to view notifications for either your FriendFeed home or any of your Friends lists. … [Read more...]
Trillian
Trillian is a multi-protocol instant messaging program for Windows, that currently comes in two versions -- a free, basic version appropriately called Trillian Basic; and an enhanced, commercial version called Trillian Pro. Trillian was first developed as a free IRC client, but didn't achieve … [Read more...]
Yahoo Pingbox Now on Facebook
Yahoo! Pingbox, their embeddable IM application for web pages, is now available for Facebook. You can add a Pingbox to your Facebook profile and visitors will be able to IM you without downloading or even signing on to Yahoo! Messenger. And if you use Yahoo! Messenger, you can receive IMs from your … [Read more...]
IMBooster Public Beta Invitation
IMBooster launched Public Beta this week, announcing that registrations will be open until a maximum of 4000 beta testers subscribe. IMBooster is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger that extends those programs with new avatars, winks, nudges and emoticons. If you'd like … [Read more...]
Kopete: IM for KDE
Kopete is a free, multi-protocol instant messenger for the K Desktop Environment (KDE) on Linux and UNIX. The goal of Kopete is to provide a single program to access all of the most popular IM systems. Kopete includes useful tools such as message encryption, archiving, and "tuning" of the … [Read more...]