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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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