Mozilla Snowl introduced
Mozilla Labs has announced a new project named Snowl.
Snowl is basically a prototype Firefox extension which integrates messaging functionality into the web browser.
It currently supports RSS feeds in addition to Twitter feeds.
The app provides two interfaces to check out these feeds. One of them is like a traditional three-pane “list” view. The [...]
AOL Mail to open to third party developers
AOL has announced that they would soon let third party developers to code applications for their mailing services.
Developers would be invited to code applications and content. This could include new features like instant messaging or social networking.
AOL representative Richard Landsman spoke about this new development: “We are opening [...]
Apple patent points toward an iPhone chat application
Apple iPhone did not ship with an instant messaging client. An official client is still missing from the feature list.
However, things might change as the company seems to have gained a patent related to a similar application.
The patent application is titled Portable Electronic Device for Instant Messaging and [...]
Digsby: An instant messenger for social networking fans
If you are an online addict with continues need to stay connected to instant messengers, social networks and email… Digsby is a perfect application for you.
This application is somewhat like Pidgin but has added support for social networks.
It supports instant messaging networks including AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google [...]
AOL makes available Open AIM 2.0
AOL has announced the availability of Open AIM 2.0 platform.
This platform has been developed to provide the developer community the freedom to access the AIM instant-messaging network with unprecedented ease.
AOL needed to open up their instant messaging platform as they face intense competition from rival services like MSN Messenger and [...]
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Gmail Chat now supports AOL AIM members!
Google has added yet another major feature to their chat service available through the Gmail webmail service.
The chat module inside Gmail now supports addition of AOL AIM accounts.
Google states about this new feature addition:
Gmail chat now offers the option to sign in to your AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account [...]
AIM Tunes: AOL AIM 6.5 allows for music sharing!
AOL has announced the availability of their updated instant messaging application AIM 6.5.
This new release comes loaded with a new plugin which enables a user to listen to songs on a friend’s playlist.
The plugin is named AIM Tunes and it does not require a separate music application [...]
AOL Introduces New AOL Desktop for Mac
Leopard-ready AOL integrated software designed exclusively for the Mac platform offers fast load time, AIM integration, new mailbox and customization features
AOL today announced that it has released the first public beta of the new AOL Desktop for Mac (beta.aol.com). The all new Mac application will be Leopard-ready, load [...]
AOL Instant Messenger faces security glitch issues
Core Security Technologies has claimed that AOL’s Instant Messenger has a security hole which could allow hackers to gain control of a victim’s computer.
AOL claims that they have fixed the problem in the latest releases. But the experts believe that what AOL did was to block malicious programming code [...]
