Yahoo Messenger 10 out of beta now
Yahoo has taken the latest version of their Yahoo Messenger application out of beta.
Yahoo Messenger 10 is now available as a free download. It replaces Yahoo Messenger 9 as their primary instant messaging offering.
Yahoo Messenger 10 is not a ground breaking upgrade. But it does improve [...]
Digsby has a video demo showcasing features
We are no fans of Digsby ever since it was discovered that they were using your processor power for some third party processing.
We tend to stick with Pidgin/Adium depending upon the platform we are using.
It remains a pretty good instant messaging solution however. The developers have released [...]
imo.im is a worthy challenger to Meebo
Meebo is probably the most well known web based instant messaging service today.
They have a couple of rivals including imo.im which continues to enhance their features to make it a worthy challenger.
imo.im enables connectivity with a variety of instant messaging services like AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, [...]
Digsby Build 70 released with Twitter updates
Developers behind the Digsby instant messaging client have released a new build that comes with Twitter related enhancements.
Digsby Build 70 is aimed to make communicating with Twitter network easily.
Changelog:
You can right click on a button in the top bar of the Twitter window and mark [...]
AIM 7 with social features to arrive next week
AOL would launch a brand new edition of their AIM instant messenger next week.
AIM 7 would come loaded with tons of new functionalities like support for social networks.
The company said that this new version would enable the users to stay connected with their friends and [...]
Exclaim Track: Get Twitter alerts on Google Talk!
Exclaim Track is a pretty useful service that can be used to get alerts on keywords from Twitter on your Instant Messenger.
It works with Google Talk or any other Jabber client.
You can get it to work by adding exclaimtrack {at} appspot(.)com
var [...]
AIM 4.0 now on Apple App Store with social networking features
AOL has announced the launch of AIM 4.0 on the Apple App Store.
This mobile instant messaging client now features social network connectivity.
Social networking features are currently available only on the paid version that costs USD 2.99.
The company said that this new [...]
Windows Live Messenger updated with security updates
Windows Live Messenger team has released a new version.
The developers said in a message that all users of the software would have to upgrade to the new version because of a major security bug.
The latest edition fixes the problem.
Microsoft added:
The Windows Live Messenger team has [...]
Pidgin 2.6.2 now available
Developers behind the popular open source instant messaging application Pidgin have released a new updated build.
Pidgin 2.6.2 is now available as a free download.
This is essentially a bug fix edition.
Checkout the changelog: version 2.6.2 (09/05/2009)
Download: Pidgin
Yahoo Messenger 10 beta released
Yahoo has announced details on their upcoming updates to their core products.
The company also launched a beta version of their upcoming instant messaging product Yahoo Messenger 10.
Yahoo also talked about the upcoming changes to the Yahoo Mail webmail service.
Yahoo Mail would now feature new social networking features. Users would [...]
