Considering that Google has revamped the way people connect with the creation of both Gmail and Google Voice, there’s one major area where the company has had a failure to communicate. Google has tried standalone messaging clients with Google Talk and Google Messenger. Then there are the chat add-ons to other services, like Hangout and […]
When AOL first built AIM back in 1997, the messenger was well received as a major contender in the popular new genre of instant messaging clients. By 2006, AIM had more users than any of the other major competitors. With the more recent growth in popularity of “one client connects all” IM software, the ubiquitous […]
I’ve been petty rough on Facebook’s Android messaging in the past, but it looks like things may be about to change. Courtesy of the developers from group messaging app Beluga, which Facebook acquired in March, Facebook has released a new dedicated messaging app for Android and iOS today. The app has more in common with […]
Last week, Facebook decided to tweak the site again, this time altering the chat sidebar to show only the people users primarily interact with, whether they’re available to chat or not. Fortunately for us, Israeli web dev Tal Alter has already figured out a fix!
