Posts Tagged with ‘instant-messaging’

imo.im seems to be one of the startups launched by ex-Googlers that gets less attention than an average ex-Googlers' project and even less than deserved. So after getting an announcement from the guys behind imo.im I've decided to update you on their latest news - support of Skype protocol.
We covered imo.im before on Profy but for those uninitiated I'll remind you that this is a web-based instant messaging multi-protocol client competing with Meebo in the field. It [...]

I have bumped into a post by Mark Krynsky today titled "AOL launches buddyupdates Lifestreaming Service and Nobody Notices". Since I am far from a heavy AIM user myself (I only have 2 contacts and one of them actually forced me to get another IM protocol when I clearly felt I did not need one), I had not been aware of the buddyupdates existence neither so it was interesting to check it out, especially because it was [...]

IMO.im , which happens to be founded and advised by several ex-Googlers, is a web based instant messaging that allows users to instant message other friends on AIM, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, and Yahoo Messenger. Users who happen to be registered with more than one of these free IM services have the innovative ability to link these accounts through IMO.im, so that logging into this service then logs them into all of their clients simultaneously.
Even better than the single login [...]

Everyone’s talking about APIs these days.
The developer world loves ‘em. They eat them up like luscious treats of godly goodness. After they finish their celebratory cheers and siphon those lasts few sips from them party kegs, they plant themselves before their screens and pore over the releases’ particulars to determine how good the kits are (whether they’re offer up enough info to enable some really nifty and powerful third-party stuff, whether they’re “open” enough, etc., etc). And then they [...]

AOL is the latest company that has jumped on the mobile bandwagon, with new services targeted at users of the mobile web being launched at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event taking place this week in San Francisco.
In today's press release, AOL announced several new mobile services which are “designed to create rich mobile experiences that take customization, ease-of-use and experience-sharing to a new level.” [...]

Today, MySpace and Skype are set to announce a partnership that will bring interoperability between the instant messaging clients of both services, as revealed at Webware. This will of course mean the introduction of free voice calling to any MySpace user through the VoIP service, and also free calls between a Skype user and a MySpace user. In addition, users will be able to link their MySpace profiles and photos or avatars to their accounts on Skype.
As it stands, no [...]

Until today, I had heard nothing about an instant messaging client for Facebook being in the works. But, apparently that may be the case.
In news that is not just new to me, Sam Sethi of blognation UK has stated today that he has “just been given a sneek preview of a new Facebook IM client that is going into beta this Friday.”
If this is true, is it really created by Facebook developers (as opposed to being a third party [...]

Today we received news that the folks behind Meebo, the very popular Web-based IM client, released an updated website for iPhone users to enjoy. While the company did in fact announce an iPhone-friendly version of its instant messaging client shortly after the official debut of Apple’s handheld, the update is being regarded by numerous bloggers as the development that should’ve been made available from the start.
Apple has no doubt caused a sort of ruckus among a niche of customers frustrated [...]

Meebo, everyone’s favorite Web 2.0 Instant Messaging client just got better this week. For those not familiar with this lovely service, Meebo is a free Web based instant messaging client that combines the most popular IM services (eg. Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, GTalk etc), making them all accessible from a single location.
The most visible upgrades center around design. The whole site looks more polished and more inviting than ever before. Going beyond that Meebo now has:
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