Pidgin 2.6.1 released
The developers behind the popular instant messaging program Pidgin have released a brand new version.
They have released Pidgin 2.6.1 (Pidgin 2.6.0 was released earlier today).
This is a major update as it brings in two new features.
The developers have now added support for both voice and video in the libpurple. This can [...]
Digsby adds global status and link shortening service to instant messaging client
Digsby is gaining popularity in the instant messaging world.
The service has already gained around a million users.
They keep on updating and enhancing the feature set to make it more friendly with social networks.
Some of the new features added to the [...]
Digsby Affiliate Program announced
Digsby is one of the new players in the instant messaging scene. They are one of the prime rivals to products like Pidgin and Trillian.
The company has just announced that they have reached some cool milestones.
They are now serving more than 1 million users who have connected as many as 3 [...]
Pidgin 2.5.8 released to resolve more Yahoo and MSN issues
Pidgin users have been facing several issues with Yahoo and MSN protocols in the recent times.
The developers had released a new version that fixed some of those problems.
They have fixed some more issues in the latest release.
Pidgin 2.5.8 is now available as a free [...]
Microsoft discontinues MSN Web Messenger
Microsoft has some bad news for the fans of MSN Web Messenger.
They are discontinuing this service at the end of the month.
The company wants the interested users to use the integrated web messenger from inside Windows Live Hotmail.
Microsoft has also integrated it in their Windows Live People service.
The [...]
Digsby Build 60, r22564 released
The developers behind the Digsby instant messaging application have released a brand new build to all users.
This is a major update.
The developers said: “This release includes all the features, bug fixes and enhancements in ALPHA Builds 53 – 60”.
Changelog for this build is pretty huge:
Performance: We’ve optimized performance from the [...]
BeeJive supports push notification on Apple iPhone
BeeJive has now become one of the first instant messaging applications on the Apple iPhone to support push notifications.
iPhone users can now receive their instant messages just like they receive sms messages. Even when the application is not active.
There are some initial bugs however but the developers [...]
Pidgin 2.5.7 fixes Yahoo problems
Yahoo recently announced that they were disabled support for older versions of Yahoo Messengers.
This resulted in broken functionality in third party messenger products like Pidgin.
The Pidgin developers have responded by releasing an updated version of their Pidgin client.
Pidgin 2.5.7 is now available as a free download and it comes with [...]
Yahoo kills Yahoo Messenger 6-7.5 and Pidgin fails
If you are user of the popular open source Pidgin instant messenger, you would have noticed that you are currently unable to connect to Yahoo servers.
Yahoo has killed their older versions primarily the ones between Yahoo Messenger 6-7.5.
This has probably broken down some functionality in Pidgin IM client [...]
Miranda IM v0.8.0 is out
The developers behind the popular instant messaging application Miranda IM have released a new version.
This is a major update and it brings tons of new features. They have also fixed hundreds of bugs in this edition as well.
Miranda IM developers are advising all existing users to upgrade to this latest [...]
