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Bettween Displays Twitter Conversations In An Easily Read Format
1:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Twitter has always been great for one-offs into the ether, but if you happen upon a dialogue that interests you it’s a bit of a pain to read. Bettween makes Twitter dialogues much easier to read. More »
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Imo.im Provides A Web-Based Portal To Messaging, Social Networks
12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | When you’re away from your home terminal and without your favourite portable cross-service IM application, imo.im can help you get all your messages back into one window again. More »
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3:00AM Kevin Purdy | You’ve probably heard about a hard-to-get hugely new service called Google Wave. Lest ye forget, there are plenty of web-based collaboration tools that don’t require learning a new way of speaking. Here are a few of our (mostly free) favourites. More »
Top 10 Web Collaboration Tools (That Aren’t Google Wave)
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | You’ve probably heard about a hard-to-get hugely new service called Google Wave. Lest ye forget, there are plenty of web-based collaboration tools that don’t require learning a new way of speaking. Here are a few of our (mostly free) favourites. More »
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5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | The third quarter of 2009 was filled with all sorts of useful communication tools, time saving applications and software to help you get things done. Here’s a look back at the winners in each of the categories. More »
Best Of The Best: Tools And Apps, Third Quarter 2009
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | The third quarter of 2009 was filled with all sorts of useful communication tools, time saving applications and software to help you get things done. Here’s a look back at the winners in each of the categories. More »
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Video Chat Directly From iGoogle
12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Earlier this year Google added the chat sidebar to iGoogle, which gave you Gmail-style chat in your iGoogle start page. Now they’ve expanded the chat functionality to include video chat right from the main iGoogle interface. More »
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Adium Updates With Security Fixes, Better Facebook Integration
2:30AM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Adium, the popular, open-source, multi-protocol chat application for OS X, updates today to version 1.3.6 with vulnerability fixes and a new and improved Facebook chat plug-in—that is, it’s a small but solid update both on the feature and fix front. If you’re an Adium user, go to Adium -> Check For Updates to get the latest and greatest. [Adium Blog]
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Trillian Astra Leaves Beta, Rolls Out Bug-Fixes And Features Galore
9:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If our recent coverage of the Digsby-debacle has you down in the dumps over the departure of Digsby from your hard disk, you might want to check out Triillian Astra—fresh from beta and ready to go. More »
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Digsby Joins The Dark Side, Uses Your PC To Make Money
8:00AM The How-To Geek | The popular Digsby instant messenger client not only bundles half a dozen “optional” crapware applications, it’s also using your computer to crawl the web, do stock market research, and more. It’s time to uninstall. More »
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TinyChat Doubles Video Resolution And Adds Moderator Tools
12:00AM Kevin Purdy | We’ve been fairly impressed with TinyChat, the instant multimedia chat service that offers video and audio connections for a dozen people at once. Now the video resolution and frame rates are better, and room creators have better controls. More »
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