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You Can Now Chat with Your Google+ Circles in Gmail, Orkut

Google Talk has been around for quite a while. Most people saw it used in Gmail and it was added to Google+ as well. Even on the new social network, the chat widget has remained unchanged until now. Google is making a subtle but very important change to the Google chat box, you can now talk to anyone in your Circles...

21 November 2011
11:11 GMT

Motorola PHOTON 4G Tastes Software Update

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and wireless services provider Sprint have just made available for download a new software update for the high-end Motorola PHOTON 4G. The new firmware upgrade will not change the operating system version on the mobile phone, but there are a nice range of enhancements that use...

14 October 2011
13:51 GMT

You Can Now Retrieve Your Gmail and Google Talk Chat Logs via IMAP

It seems that Google's Data Liberation Front is not done with Gmail and its related products. After 'liberating' Google Voice, the team found another target and has now liberated chat logs in Gmail as well. Granted, it's not a big a move as Google Voice, but it's another small step towards a ...

19 September 2011
11:51 GMT

Synchronica Completes Acquisition of Nokia's Messaging Service

Announced two months ago, the deal between Synchronica and Nokia has just been completed, as the former announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nokia Messaging Service. For those who are not aware, Nokia Messaging provides email, IM and social networking services to various carriers in North America, in...

2 August 2011
05:46 GMT

HTC Wildfire S Coming Soon to Bell Canada

It looks like HTC's Wildfire S Android smartphone is close to making its debut at Bell. The phone has just been listed as available for pre-order by Canadian retailer Baka Wireless, which states that the estimated release date is June 1st. Customers interested to purchase this entry-level smartphone must pay $...

25 May 2011
13:31 GMT

AIM Debuts Bulk Contact Importer for Gmail Chat Interoperability

A couple of weeks ago, people noticed that they were unable to log into their AOL/AIM accounts from Gmail, like it they have been for the past few years. Well, the three people still using AIM noticed. At the time, AOL provided some info and said that AIM and Google Talk will become interoperable, but the move came w...

20 May 2011
06:11 GMT

Google Talk and AIM to Become Interoperable, with a Couple of Caveats

Gmail and Google Talk users have been able to chat with their AIM friends for several years now. But this required them to log into both their accounts. Now, that is changing and Google Talk will become interoperable with AIM chat. However, this comes with a couple of hurdles for users and the transition won't b...

9 May 2011
05:20 GMT

Google Talk for Android Now Supports Voice and Video Chat

Google has announced that the Android version of Google Talk now supports video and voice chat, at least the one running on the very latest Android 2.3.4, which is now rolling out for Google Nexus S devices.Currently, Google Talk on Android enables you to chat with your contacts but not much else. The video and voice...

29 April 2011
07:30 GMT

Video Chat Arrives on Nexus S in Android 2.3.4

Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has just announced the availability of a new feature for Nexus S smartphones out there, namely video and voice chat, which comes as part of the Android 2.3.4 software update. The new capability would arrive on more devices in the near future, Google announced, while unve...

29 April 2011
02:25 GMT

Google Talk Guru Can Answer Your Questions via Chat

Google Labs is full of interesting, quirky tools. The latest addition is a Google Chat bot that can answer questions and even do simple calculations. If you want to find out what's the weather like in some city, or last night's score, the Google Talk Guru can help you. It's not the most advanced tool i...

30 March 2011
08:01 GMT

Windows Live Messenger vs. Skype, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AIM and Facebook

Although there are no Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 Beta bits available for download at this point in time, the Preview website made available by Microsoft delivers more than enough details on the upcoming release of WLM to at least give a taste of what’s coming. One piece of information on the site is the Wind...

30 April 2010
11:26 GMT

Google Chat Web Apps Now Support File Transfers

There are a multitude of file-sharing options out there. For huge files, there are always peer to peer protocols like BitTorrent, you can share files on countless 'file locker' sites like Rapidshare or you could use simple tools like Drop.io. Yet, there are times when even the simplest of services is too mu...

30 March 2010
04:55 GMT

Google Confirms Gizmo5 Acquisition

It's official, Google has confirmed the acquisition of VoIP startup Gizmo5. The company hasn't provided any financial details about the deal or what its plans are for Gizmo5, but it said that it would integrate it in some way with Google Voice, the hot new service which enables users to switch between mobi...

13 November 2009
03:47 GMT

Track Twitter Terms Through IM

Besides becoming hugely popular with a large set of people, Twitter has actually become a necessity for many users. Unfortunately, the service has been very slow to bring any kind of new features and has even removed some older ones. One of them is the possibility to keep track of a particular search word, which, tho...

14 September 2009
10:30 GMT

Google Latitude US Users Can Now Enjoy Two New Apps

A few months ago, a new free feature for mobile and iGoogle users was launched, namely Google Latitude, which offers them the possibility to share their location with their friends. On May 4, 2009, Google announced two new and fun applications for Google Latitude users, Google Public Location Badge, which allows them...

6 May 2009
08:33 GMT

One More Feature Added to Google Maps, Latitude

The Google mobile team has announced today that they have added a new feature to Google Maps for mobiles, namely Google Latitude. The new addition is meant to offer users a simple way to find other people with the service, this way extending the functionality offered by My Location for Google Maps, a feature that was...

4 February 2009
06:05 GMT

Hot Version of Google Talk Available for Download

So, here we go, another version of Google Talk beside the three ones that were already available on the web: Gmail Chat, the main Google Talk application and the iGoogle gadget that lets you talk with your friends straight from your personalized homepage. Google Talk, Labs Edition is the Mountain View-based company&#...

7 April 2008
04:30 GMT

Google to Buy Skype?

We've heard a lot of rumors, especially on April Fool's Day, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if somebody came out and said: "Hey, Google wants to buy Skype!" Oh, wait, somebody else has already done that! Michael Arrington of TechCrunch brought another rumor in the spotlight, saying that the Mountain...

3 April 2008
06:59 GMT

Gmail to Provide Language Translation

What happens when you receive an email written in a different language than your native one or the ones you don't know too well? Well, it's simple: copy the text, go over to Google Translate or to any other translation website/service/application, paste the text, select your language and start the translati...

27 March 2008
16:06 GMT

Google Chatback Gadget

The Google Talk team has been working their arses off these past weeks and has come up with two new features that will make heavy duty chatters' lives a lot better. First, there was the option to choose not to be seen by your contacts when you are online, the much talked about invisibility that would slow down a...

26 February 2008
16:31 GMT

No, Windows Live Messenger 9 Does Not Integrate with IM Clients Beyond Yahoo Messenger

Windows Live Messenger 9 is designed as the successor of Windows Live Messenger 8.5. Microsoft finalized the development process of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 in early November, and made the instant messaging client available for download, offering a product tailored on Windows Vista. Not to the extent of Yahoo Messe...

28 December 2007
04:57 GMT

On GMail and Google Talk Privacy

The privacy of ones email is, among others, one of the most important features by which you choose your @company.com mail address. As such, it is very important for you to trust the provider of the mail service to not snoop into any of your messages, be them work related or emotional and intimate. And then came Googl...

10 December 2007
15:46 GMT

Growing in the Shadow of Windows Live Messenger

Following an instant messaging bridge built by Microsoft and Yahoo in mid 2006 by offering interoperability between Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, the duo became representative of the largest IM platform worldwide. Still, there are alternative instant messenger solutions growing in the shadow of the Micr...

8 August 2007
06:07 GMT

Web-Based Google Talk Now Available

Google Talk is an instant messaging client developed by the search giant that allows users to communicate on the Internet using a simple application. Google Talk is based on an XMPP protocol, similar to the Jabber servers, allowing users to connect using a different application that supports the Jabber functions. Fir...

4 April 2007
08:37 GMT


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