mobimii.com, the mobile social utility, has launched its new beta version which officially opens MXit, MSN, Yahoo, GaduGadu, QQ and other IM transports as well as in-application browsing and content sharing for the first time in South Africa and... (posted on 11 Jun 2008 by Bandwidth Blog)

4 Jun 2008

What is Plurk?

Social Networking Fatigue not withstanding, Plurk is more than a Twitter clone. Plurk is themed IM (Instant Messaging) for groups of people spread out on a time line. And if you like Twitter and Pownce, chances are, you're going to like Plurk, too... (posted on 4 Jun 2008 by Blah, Blah! Technology)
Fring, the free downloadable mobile application that enables Mobile VOIP, realtime presence and live chat with IM providers has been updated with a new release for S60 handsets. Version 3.35 promises Im proved stability, voice quality improvement,... (posted on 3 Jun 2008 by GoMo News)

26 May 2008

Mobile IM Eats SMS?

Following this week’s publication of a Gartner research report, there’s been some commentary onthe relative growth of SMS messaging and mobile instant messaging clients and services. The report - profile here by Betanews -  speaks of a 19.6% increasein... (posted on 26 May 2008 by Mobile Messaging 2.0)
Perhaps I'm just in a bad mood, but the latest news from Nimbuzz does not excite me. Oh sure, the client does multi-IM support-including Skype, and either supports VoIP calls over the PSTN or even VoIP with the new S60 3rd Edition client, but so what?... (posted on 15 May 2008 by The Mobile Technology Weblog)
In my I Love Email post, I got a wonderful comment from my friend Fred Wilson that said: to each his/her own these days. my kids use facebook and text messaging for the most part but now that they have email on their phones (bberry and iphone) they... (posted on 30 Apr 2008 by Feld Thoughts)
ATHENS, GREECE -- Business, government and the courts impose a bizarre "double standard" when it comes to how we treat spoken and written communications. Anything written at work is fair game for corporate snooping, recording and legal liability, while... (posted on 29 Apr 2008 by The World Is My Office)

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