We've heard rumours of an impending Google Play re-design, as well as a consolidation of all-things chat from Google called Babble Babel. Now both have reared their pretty little heads. This is apparently what Google Play 4.0 will look like, while Babel's been poking its head out from behind Gmail. Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"*GASP*
(related: I hope this Google Babel thing is actually good, I'd kill for an official GTalk app for iOS rather than the current paltry affair of..." More »
Google Talk is great. It's lightweight, fast, and built on Jabber (XMPP). But then, Google's also got G+ messenger, Hangout, and even Drive chat. Mountain View's in a bit of a mess when it comes to chatting because there are just so many options across its different platforms. Google Babble is apparently set to end that, with one unified, cross-platform chat solution, which will span Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and the cloud. Read More >>
There's a virus we need to talk about. It's spread between our brains, fingers, and keyboards, we rarely think about it, and we almost all do it. Maybe it's harmless. Or maybe it's corroding our entire language. Ughhhhhhhhhhh! Read More >>
Google is reporting that there's a widespread outage of its Talk IM service. The company explains that it's "aware of a problem with Google Talk affecting a majority of users". Read More >>
Featured comment by Aevolve:
"Mine's been fine all-day chat-wise however The e-mail notification hadn't been updating properly and now thats dissapeared but no major issues for me." More »
Skype has acknowledged a bug that is affecting users in pretty much the most horrifying way possible. Instant messages sent over Skype are being sent to random contacts—even contacts you've never connected with before. Read More >>
Featured comment by houldendub:
"Uhhhhh, if anyone ends up getting a load of passwords from us... it's not us.
Fucking hell hahaha, we use Skype to fire around everything in the of..." More »
It seems Mark Zuckerberg isn't the only one trying to make a tidy sum out of Facebook right now. There's a social-spreading, IM-attacking worm on the loose and it'll take hold of your Facebook and IM accounts to ruin everyone's day. Read More >>
Featured comment by chuffnose:
"Truth to tell, the system they use at my work has a fairly high level of security built in and clicking on dodgy links usually just brings up a THIS S..." More »
For anyone inside the generation for which AOL was synonymous with the internet, and AIM was prerequisite to any social life at all, some pretty sad news: AOL just sacked its IM team. The old king of chat is paraplegic. Read More >>
Featured comment by eadingas:
"My company, which is firmly established in the year 2000 (we've only recently upgraded to XP) is still using AIM as the main means of communication.
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Everyone has an obnoxious instant messenger friend. If you don't, it's probably you. Our parents didn't come of age in the days of MSN and AOL, so it's unlikely that they were able to pass on the finer points of internet manners. Read More >>
Does anyone use their smartphones as phones anymore? Faux pas. Text me! Send an email. Heck, you know you can even IM me, right? Oh, but you don't know what the best Instant Messaging app on iOS or Android is? That's okay. Here you go. Read More >>
Featured comment by s.p.buckle:
"I recently purchased a HTC Titan with WP7 which has Facebook Chat and Msn built into it's messaging. A combination of having a BB before and this has ..." More »
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Your options
1. Make a big thing of how you couldn't contact her during the service outage and how it upset you AKA the guilt trip.
2. Buy here an..." More »
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