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Top 10 Instant Messaging Apps Worldwide

December 13, 2013 by Jeff Hester 3 Comments

Top 10 Instant Messaging Apps Worldwide

Instant messaging has been around for a long time, and while it's changed a lot since the early days in the 90's, its still one of the most popular methods for communicating. Why? This infographic provides some insight into what instant messaging apps are popular worldwide; who uses them and how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging Tagged With: Facebook, infographic, instant messaging, QQ, SMS, SnapChat, WeChat, WhatsApp

Skype Purchases GroupMe

August 22, 2011 by Jeff Hester 1 Comment

Group messaging startup GroupMe has agreed to be acquired by Skype. GroupMe was started just a year ago by Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci and has already raised over 11 million from investors. What is GroupMe? GroupMe allows you to create on the fly private phone groups with others, and then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Features, Mobile, VoIP Tagged With: groupme, skype, SMS, text messaging

Digsby Passes 1 Million Users

July 23, 2009 by Jeff Hester 2 Comments

Today dotSyntax announced that their popular multi-network desktop application Digsby has surpassed a major milestone: 1 million users. The desktop client integrates instant messaging, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and email into a single desktop client, making it an attractive choice for people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging Tagged With: digsby, Facebook, instant messaging, SMS

Chat Lingo

February 8, 2009 by Jeff Hester Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging Tagged With: chat, instant messaging, SMS

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Pardon the dust... but we are shaking things up at BigBlueBall. The site has been through a couple of evolutions, and this marks the latest and best yet!

Are you sick and tired of "Top 10" lists that don't really help you make decisions that will improve your life? That's a pet peeve of mine, too, and I'm doing something about it.

No more crap about the myriad of choices out there. Just the best choice. The right choice. The one fill-in-the-blank that rules them all. And all of them are vetted by us... through personal use and experience. These are the tools, the gadgets, the apps, the websites and the lifehacks that we use every day. No bullshit. Just good advice for better living.

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