Filed under : “Google Talk”

"You can do lot of interesting stuff with Google Talk like get alert notifications, save bookmarks to delicious, manage web calendars, set reminders, write blogs, and so much more.

Such features can be easily integrated into Google Talk through ‘bots’ which, in simple English, are like virtual friends who are online 24×7 and will always respond with a smile to your questions or requests.

Here are some of the most useful ‘bots’ that transform Google Talk into a more useful program:"

Continue reading : Useful Google Talk Bots That You Must Add as Friends

Posted by Amit Agarwal @ Digital Inspiration

Filed under : “Google Talk”

"...Google Talk, Google’s approach to instant communications, also provides voice messaging. Google Talk is another product from Google that most gmailers use often. You would already know that Google Talk is integrated with Gmail too. Once logged on to Gmail, you can use the Gmail chat feature which provides instant messaging, buddy status notification and chat logging right inside your Gmail application.

If you are an active Gmail user and have thought of uninstalling Google talk, then think again! Here are some pros and cons for Google talk..."

Continue reading : Google Talk Client versus Gmail Chat Web Interface

Posted @ TECK.IN

Filed under : “IM Webcam Tools”

Jabbify is an instant messaging service, which you can integrate onto your website. Jabbify uses a script tag to load its functionality directly into your page.

Jabbify users have the option of keeping the conversation on the bottom of the screen or creating a pop-up window they can move like Facebook chat.

All you have to do to use Jabbify on your site is copy Jabbifty HTML code to your site's source code. After you sign, you'll be able to start chatting with anyone who's on your site.

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

Yolks Emoticon Pack includes 42 high quality emoticons. They are not animated ( few ones have been animated) , but you can use them in messengers.

Learn how to download and install Yolks Emoticon Pack for your IM client

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

Messenger Blocker allows parents to control their childs online activity on IM clients. With Messenger Blocker you can block all chat clients and get usage reports. It's compatible with AIM, Gtalk, MSN, WLM, Yahoo, Miranda IM, Pidgin etc.

Messenger Blocker Features :

# Block chat. Beside the fact that it is a yahoo free blocker and msn messenger blocker, the parental control software will stop all chat applications launched, before they take place. You don’t have to worry anymore that your child might talk with strangers while you are away.

# Choose user to block. If there is more then one account on the computer you can choose a specific user whose chat conversations to be blocked.

# View and manage reports. By accessing the user interface, you will be able to view reports related to the web usage, application usage and with the breaking rules attempts. You can further choose to delete the logs manually or to set the automatically deleting.

# Notify user when blocked with customized warning message. The free blocker allows you to notify users when are blocked and more than that, you can write customized messages.

# Updates. Periodically, you can hit the Updates button, and if there is a new version of Messenger Blocker available on the market, it will be instantly installed.

Messenger Blocker Screenshots :



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Filed under : “Windows Live Messenger”

First screenshots, now download link. Leaked beta version of Windows Live Messenger 9 is now available for downloading on Rapidshare. Uploaded by 9down.

Download Windows Live Messenger 9 Build 14.0.3921.717 - Mirror

Filed under : “Windows Live Messenger”

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

A rather novel looking concept camera phone has cropped in on the shape of the yin and yang symbol. The camera will be able to be separated into 2 parts, the yin and the yang, which can be the camera and storage device respectively. By unplugging the storage module from the camera, it should be a really easy procedure to just plug it into a computer and start copying the pictures that were taken. Of course, currently this camera is still at a concept stage, so don’t expect to see it at your local camera store...

Posted @ Übergizmo

Filed under : “AIM”

AIM team added new features to their web-based IM client.

AIM Express will now include tabbed IM conversations to avoid having multiple windows open within a single screen. Users will also be able to leave away messages that will be displayed even if they are not online, and view their buddies' statuses and away messages by rolling their mouse over screen names.

You can now send text messages to your buddies via AIM Express by typing their cell phones numbers on your buddy list.

AIM Express is compatible with most popular Web browsers, including IE 6 and 7, Firefox 2 and 3, and Safari 2 and 3 for Mac users.

Filed under : “Yahoo Messenger”

Yahoo! Messenger team announced a new resource for Messenger users, called the Workshop.

These Workshops are live, online, moderated chats led by Yahoo! staff, with a focus on a specific topic of conversation at a specific, scheduled time.

First Workshop for the Yahoo! Messenger team will focus on New User features and orientation, and will be held on Monday, August 25th from 4pm to 5pm Pacific Time (time zone converter). During the workshop, Yahoo team will answer questions about basic Yahoo! Messenger tips and tricks.

>> Attend the Workshop <<
Read more on Yahoo! Messenger Blog

Filed under : “Skype”

The new The new official Skypephone S2 is now available for purchase from 3 Store.3 Skypephone S2 allows you to call and instant message free Skype-to-Skype to anyone in the world at the touch of a buttonan d make regular mobile calls and text people who aren't on Skype.

3 Skypephone comes equipped with a high quality camera and generous memory so you can take better snaps and save more of them, plus you can access Google, Facebook and Last.fm straight from your phone with a fast 3G connection. You can also use the 3 Skypephone S2 as a broadband dongle, so you can plug it into your laptop and surf the internet wherever you are.

3 Skypephone Features :

* Free Skype-to-Skype calls from your mobile.
* 3.2 mega pixel camera.
* 50MB memory.
* Available in black with silver trim.

Filed under : “Windows Live Messenger”

Appearing Offline Helper is a Messenger Plus Live script which allows you to use some features while you're appear offline on WLM :

-Send/Receive Files when you are appearing offline
-Send Files to appearing offline users**
-Start Audio/Video Chatting with an user who is appearing offline**
-Share Background when you are appearing offline
-Share Background with an user who is appearing offline**
-Add users to the chat when you are appearing offline
-Start Activities and Games when you are appearing offline
-Start Activities and Games with an user who is appearing offline***

**A Chat session must be initialized
***You must be not appearing offline

Appearing Offline Helper Screenshot :





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Filed under : “Yahoo Messenger”

Yet another online status checker. Yahoo Status Check allows you to detect status of your Yahoo Messenger buddies.

I personally tried the script and it showed invisible users as well. If you want to track the status of your buddies, I suggest to you try Yahoo Tracker.

Filed under : “Windows Live Messenger”

This theme is based on Apple iPhone. To install this skin you need to have Messenger Plus Live plugin installed on your computer.

Download iPhone Skin for Windows Live Messenger 8.5

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

EQO Communications has introduced an Instant Messaging Map of the world based on EQO’s IM interconnect capability . As shown on the map above each country seems to have a preference for a different IM network.

You can download this full map and country results as a PDF file. Here are the top IM networks of different countries :

MSN : Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, South Africa, Sweden, Netherlands, Mexico
ICQ : Germany, Russia
Yahoo: Indinasia, Saudi Arabia, India
QQ : China
AIM : USA

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

"I hate instant messengers these days. The reason I hate them is because people don’t have any courtesy when they use them. They think that because it’s just a form of online social networking that they don’t have to use the common courtesy that they use with people with whom they are speaking face to face. Here’s some of the stuff that’s been nagging me lately about IMs:

Scenario 1: You see a friend online on your IM. You send them a HI. They respond and you start talking. Then your friend just stops answering you. After 10 or 15 minutes go by, you wonder if they are on the phone or working or something. However, an hour or more goes by and you notice that the person still shows as online, yet you never once got an explanation from them for why they stopped talking to you..."

Continue reading : IM = Social Rudeness ?

Posted @ Sunlight Sucks

Filed under : “All In One Web Messengers”

Gizmo is one of the big competitors to Skype. It allows you to call your friends for free and chat with your AIM, MSN, Yahoo and Jabber buddies.

Now, you can embed Gizmo's Universal IM Widget in your webpage.

The universal widget is easily embedded on your iGoogle, Netvibes, Wordpress, Typepad or Windows Live blog or any website that will allows you to insert HTML.

Gizmo5 Universal Widget Features :

* Auto-updating on any page
* Audio alert when getting new messages
* Use your MSN, Yahoo, AIM or any popular IM account info

Filed under : “IM Webmaster Tools”

Tell A Friend is a new JavaScript based widget for blogs and websites that will allow site visitors to send a link of the current web page to their friends via email or through IM like Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, etc.

Your visitors can pull a list of their friends who are currently online on Gtalk or AOL and directly send them a link of the current page. Alternatively, they may select one or more contacts from their address books inside Gmail, Yahoo! or Live Hotmail and send them a message with a link to the current page.

Where can you use it?

* Product Pages - replaces the traditional "Email a friend" link to spread the word on products/brands/sites.
* Search Results - pairing the Tell-a-Friend widget button with each listed item will entice users to pass on information like cheap airfare deals, great discount offers, etc...
* News Items - news items usually have tools to share, print and bookmark. Adding the Tell-a-Friend widget adds a more comprehensive set of options to enable interactions while keepng visitors ON your website.
* Blog Posts - word-of-mouth is the best way to direct traffic to your blogs and Tell-a-Friend is the best way to encourage word-of-mouth referrals.
* Get the word out - make time sensitive announcements contests, events and offers to spread the word instantly.

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Filed under : “Google Talk”

IBNLive, one of the online news portals in India, recently launched IBNLive Gtalk Buddy.

This lets you get the latest news on your Gtalk client by sending a message to the IBNLive GTalk Buddy.

All you have to do is add "im@ibnalerts.com" to your friends list on Google Talk, that's all. Now whenever you want to know whats happening around the world just send a message "Top" to im@ibnalerts.com and get the latest news delivered at your Google Talk.

These are the other keywords you can use:

top: Gets you all the latest stories from IBNLive
sports: Gets you all the latest sports stories from IBNLive
biz: Gets you all the latest business stories from IBNLive
ent: Gets you all the latest showbiz stories from IBNLive
search: Search IBNLive’s stories (Example: "search Euro 2000")
subscribe: Shows you the ways in which you can subscribe to or manage alerts

Once you add im@ibnalerts.com to your list. Status will continue to show as "invited" but you can start using it rightaway.

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

Could the web browser help you follow and participate in online discussions? Snowl is an experiment to answer that question. It's a prototype Firefox extension that integrates messaging into the browser.

The initial prototype supports two sources of messages: RSS/Atom feeds and Twitter.

And it exposes two interfaces for reading them: a traditional three-pane "list" view, targeted to active reading of important messages; and a "river of news" view, based on the concept popularized by Dave Winer, designed for casual browsing.

Filed under : “AIM”

Apprise RSS and News Reader allows you to read and your news on one place. With built-in AIM and Twitter support, all you have to do is click on a article to start it cascading through your social network. You don't need to copy and paste URLs from your news reader or browser into your AIM or Twitter client in order to share stories with friends.

Apprise is 100% open source and free. The source code is available on Google Code, and comments can be posted to the Apprise Reader Google Group.

Apprise Reader Features :

* AIM Integration. Just click on a story, and choose which of your buddies to send it to.
* Twitter Integration. Post URLs to Twitter right from Apprise.
* Drag and drop. Easily drag and drop (or copy and paste) articles to share them via email.
* Site View. View an article's summary, or switch over to Site View to see the entire webpage in the integrated browser. If you're browsing and find a site that provides a feed, you can easily click to add it to Apprise.
* Automatic feed resolution. Rather than tracking down and entering a feed URL, just put in the site's normal URL and Apprise will automatically find and aggregate its feed.
* Vi keys! (Emacs support pending.)
* Realtime search across all feeds.
* OPML import and export.
* Folders. Organize your feeds any way you want.
* Automatic categorization by author and topic.
* Completely cross-plaftorm, thanks to Adobe AIR. (Linux support still in alpha.)

Apprise Reader Screenshot:

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With ScreenCamera you can do live video chatting using the desktop screen as webcam or with the webcam together at the same time.

ScreenCamera supports multiple applications simultaneously and works with MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Camfrog, ICQ, AIM, Skype, Paltalk, ANYwebcam, Stickam, YouTube, or any other video conferencing software or web site.

By inviting people to view your desktop you can perform a number of tasks such as provide technical support, demonstrate a software application, review documents, give presentations, send photos, send video, or else, and all of this having your webcam showing on the side.

ScreenCamera Features :

# Simultaneous webcam and screen broadcasting
# Multiple applications using your webcam at the same time
# Fast and easy desktop manipulation
# Snapshot capture capability
# Zero interference while on MSN, Skype, ICQ, Yahoo!, or other messengers

ScreenCamera Screenshots :

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

Nokia teams has updated their popular N800 series to 810 and it's now supporting VoIP calling, instant messaging :

"Updating the popular N800, Nokia has made significant improvements on its predecessor with the N810 Internet Tablet while retaining much of what made the N800 such an easy-to-use mobile multimedia/communications device. The N810 augments the onscreen keyboard with a backlit, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and it also adds a front-facing webcam, 2 GB of internal storage (expandable via memory cards up to 8 GB), and integrated GPS. Built to be constantly in use, you'll easily stay in touch with business associates, friends, and family thanks to its VoIP calling, instant messaging and email connectivity. And with stereo audio, multimedia support and a new ergonomic design, the Nokia N800 morphs into a portable Internet entertainment device, enabling playback of streamed and downloaded content wherever you roam."

Read more on Amazon.com

Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet Features :

# Web 2.0 internet experience with Mozilla based browser, also works with Skype, Google Talk, and Gizmo
# 4.1-inch LCD wide touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard
# Stream and store MP3s and videos with high quality stereo sound
# 2 GB onboard memory, which expands via Secure Digital, SDHC, MMC, miniSD, and microSD cards (with extender)
# Integrated GPS receiver

Filed under : “All In One Web Messengers”
Filed under : “Mobile Messengers”

Ebuddy team released a new version of the eBuddy Lite Messenger for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Ebuddy allows you Chat with your buddies on MSN, Yahoo, AIM, MySpace and Google Talk via your iPod Touch or iPhone. It's free and runs directly in your browser.

Type www.ebuddy.com on your iPhone's browser address bar to chat with your buddies.

Filed under : “Google Talk”

Our reader, Anirudh Mehta, discovered a bug in Google Talk’s invisible status feature available in its Gmail Chat version. If use smartly, you can figure out if the girl next door is really invisible or avoiding you.

Here are steps:

1. Set the chat as off the record with target user (how?). This can be done only when the other user is online. (need help?)
2. Now try sending chat to that user when he is invisible or offline.
3. If he is invisible, then he will receive chat.
4. But if he Is offline, then you will receive error “username did not receive your chat”.

Continue reading : Bug in Google Talk’s Invisible Status Feature

Posted by Rahul Bansal @ Welcome To Devils Workshop

Filed under : “Instant Messaging”

Now Playing X allows you to use MSN or Live Messenger’s “Show what I’m listening to” feature with services like YouTube.

Other supported instant messaging (IM) clients are: AOL Instant Messenger AIM, Google Talk, Skype and Yahoo! Messenger.

In principle you can use Now Playing X with which ever site you want be it blog, social networking, video or wiki. You can easily add your favourite sites through options. Page title or specific HTML-element can be used as now playing status text source. YouTube is supported by default. See configuration examples and user's guide.

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Filed under : “Mobile Messengers”

My Mobile Messenger is a free web application which allows you to use your favourite instant messaging services through your mobile phone.

My Mobile Messenger currently supports Windows Live Messenger, AIM, ICQ or Yahoo Messenger.

You need to have an internet access on your phone to use the service. It uses your phone's data plan and you do not have per message charges.

First release is compliant with Apple iPhone only.

MyMobile-Messenger Screenshots (iPhone) :