This week at The Apple Blog, like a farmer with a gaggle of turkeys in the week before Thanksgiving, we’ve caught the juiciest news and posted it here for your consumption. Early in the week we heard about how a dodgy developer has been paying for fake reviews […] Read more »
I have to admit, I paid 15 bucks for Beejive Messenger for the iPhone and haven’t looked back since. That said, I realize that not everyone has the budget or inclination to spend that much money on a mobile messaging app, nor should you have to. […] Read more »
When I am in my office I am connected to most everyone I need to work with through some sort of Instant Messaging service. I find it convenient to be able to stay connected and have quick discussions. It is outside of the office where things […] Read more »
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As a web worker, I find myself involved in a lot of online conversations – I mean, a lot. As I write this, for example, I have four instant messenger windows open to people on various services, I’m hanging out in 3 Campfire rooms and 3 […] Read more »
Yuuguu is a favorite amongst Web Worker Daily’s writers, with new features being added continuously to the popular screen-sharing service, largely driven by the real needs of its users. Around a month ago the company added Linux and Flash clients, but I suggested that this perhaps […] Read more »
It’s been four long years since AIM 4.7 for Macintosh was released by AOL. The screenshots on their product page still show the horizontal pinstripes of the original release of OS X. The version was old. Some would say languishing in neglect. Really, though, since iChat […] Read more »
How can we reconcile instant messenger apps’ usefulness as a communication tool with the fact that it can be downright annoying? Read more »
I emailed my brother a picture of us when we were little to use as the picture that pops up when I call him, but when he received it he wasn’t sure how to save it to his iPhone (which you need to do to assign […] Read more »
Jeff LaPorte, co-founder and chief architect at EQO Communications, has come-up with an IM Map of the world using his company’s IM interconnect capability, showing each country seems to have a preference for a different IM network. For instance, 77.18 percent of Argentineans love MSN, followed […] Read more »
The Olympics is a boon to translators. Much of the reporting, interpretation and documentation for the massively international event is handled by humans, but human translators with the right skills can be scarce. “Between some pairs of languages, there are very few people who are experts […] Read more »
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Just a quick check in to let everyone know that we’re still trying to find out what’s up with YouTube apparently still not counting views of videos that are set up to autoplay on other web pages. This is a phenomenon we happened upon after top […] Read more »
Google has released a Google Talk client for the iPhone that allows instant messaging as long as the application is open. I’d like to think of this as a nifty way around rising texting costs, but that’s unlikely, given how much time my phone spends in […] Read more »
Perhaps still smarting from their precious Firefly being killed off so soon, Joss Whedon fans are already mobilizing to save his next show, Dollhouse… before the first episode airs. The Underwire blog writes that rabid Whedonistas are activating, forming DollhouseForums.com (which sounds like it’s for an […] Read more »
Hot on the heels of Windows XP SP3, Microsoft released an additional treat today, for Mac owners only, as the latest release of Microsoft Messenger for Mac (version 7) escaped into the wild. Version 6 brought the Aqua look and feel to Microsoft’s client amongst other […] Read more »
Use Skype IM within Pidgin For those of us who use instant messaging to conduct our day-to-day business, we know the frustrations of having multiple friends spread throughout all the major IM platforms including Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, and Skype. Pidgin is a freeware multi-protocol […] Read more »
As a remote workers and road warriors, there are certain tools in our toolbox that are indispensable. The ones that take some of the remoteness out of being located away from your teammates and colleagues. IM is great for quick conversations and email is fantastic for […] Read more »
The best way to be productive with instant messaging (or chat)? Don’t do it. Seriously, IM can take up your entire day if you let it. Those who stay away from it can get a lot more done. However, if done right, IM can be a […] Read more »
One of the things that makes the GOOG-411 directory service awesome — besides the fact that it’s free — is that cool “bippedy-bippedy-bippedy” sound it makes while searching. And now, for the first time ever, the man behind the “bips” (and the voice of 1-800-GOOG-411) breaks […] Read more »
No matter which name you call it, the new T-Mobile Wing looks to be a solid Windows Mobile 6 smartphone. Chris Leckness has one of the first reviews and videos of the handset and if I didn’t like my Dash so much, I’d strongly consider the […] Read more »
http://www.youtube.com/v/WazA77xcf0A OK, maybe not ‘ever’, but it has to be up there. Words simply can’t describe this spoof video about Microsoft’s new ofone. Enjoy, but don’t get dizzy. Read more »
After reading this post by Matt Miller, I’m starting to think maybe so! Since I’ve used Pocket PC / Windows Mobile devices almost exclusively for seven years, I realize my perceptions might be jaded. It’s all too easy to get your perspective locked into a hardware […] Read more »
Telcotrash adds to my previous telecom funding round-up. IPLogic, ($1.5 million), Clarus Systems, (VoIP company, $10 million), SoundBite Communications, (hosted VoIP, $8.5 million) and RigNet ($3.75 million). RigNet provides communication services to oil drilling rigs. More Read more »
Mike brings to attention that India is grappling with a unique set of problems when it comes to their 3G direction – whether to give away new licenses for free to existing license owners or charge carriers for it. This has everyone in an uproar. Indian […] Read more »
Mercora, one of the place shifting companies I have written in the past is going mobile. To remind you all, Mercora is a peer-to-peer radio network which lets you share playlists of music on your hard drives with a certain set of friends, or listeners. The […] Read more »
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