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...]
IM Interoperability Matrix
Interoperability is the holy grail of instant messaging, allowing your instant messenger to communicate with other instant messenger platforms. How does your instant messenger stack up when it comes to interoperability? The following chart shows which protocols are supported by some of the most … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Meebo Adds Facebook Chat
Several months ago, Meebo added an "unofficial" connection to Facebook chat. Backwards engineering Facebook's chat system proved unstable, and it was later pulled. Well, after working through official channels with Facebook and their API, Meebo has officially added Facebook Chat integration once … [Read more...]
Choosing an Instant Messenger
WHAT IS INSTANT MESSAGING? What makes instant messaging the fastest growing technology on the Internet? Like email, it allows you to communicate with other people. But like a phone call, you communicate in real-time. Using instant messaging, or simply IM, you can instantly see if your friends are … [Read more...]
Chat Lingo
Instant messaging and chat communications are often more informal than email, and you'll see people using acronyms to quickly express emotion or just to communicate a lot of information with less effort. They can be intimidating and confusing to the newbie, so keep that in mind when chatting with … [Read more...]
Google Talk
Google Talk is a service offered by Google for Voice over IP and instant messaging. Google Talk beta was released on August 24, 2005 and consists of both a service and a client used to connect to the service. Unlike some other instant messaging services, Google Talk uses an open protocol (Jabber) … [Read more...]