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People Can’t Stop Talking About Google Babble

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:20:10 +0000

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 […]

Facebook Android App Update Offers New Toys, Fails At Basics

Matt Algren — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:04 +0000

Facebook updated their Android App to version 1.9 last Friday, offering two new icons, a slightly refreshed interface, and some performance improvements. As always, Facebook wants to make it easier to stay immersed in their social network, and the two new icons do just that. With Facebook’s billion dollar purchase of Instagram less than two […]

AIMing For A Comeback?

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:45:29 +0000

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 […]