Archive for March, 2006

The joys of instant messaging are beyond words

‘Instant messaging is one of the simple pleasures of the Internet. You just type and send, and your online buddy has your message in an instant.
But now, many of the major instant-messaging services are making things more complicated by piling on audio and video chats, games, photo sharing, animated greetings, Internet radio channels and more. […]

Monday, March 13th, 2006

Instant messages get complicated

‘Instant messaging is one of the simple pleasures of the Internet. You just type and send, and your online buddy has your message in an instant.
But now, many of the major instant-messaging services are making things more complicated by piling on audio and video chats, games, photo sharing, animated greetings, Internet radio channels and more. […]

Monday, March 13th, 2006

RIM adds instant messaging to BlackBerry server

‘The latest version of Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server, introduced at Cebit on Friday, supports enterprise instant messaging and supports the development of applications that mobilize corporate applications, RIM said.
Enterprises that upgrade to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 can allow mobile Blackberry users to exchange instant messages with users of Microsoft Windows Messenger, […]

Monday, March 13th, 2006

Instant Messaging Market Share

According to the latest figures from Neilsen/Netratings, AOL still has a commanding lead in the IM market.

AOL: 53 million
MSN: 27 million
Yahoo: 22 million
Google: 866,000

Read more at IM Market Share

{Instant Messenger News}

Monday, March 13th, 2006

Myspace Messenger BETA

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MySpace is launching a totally new IM service!

Here’s what you get:
MySpace Messenger account with your own MySpace UserName!
IM your MySpace friends anytime!
One-click login to your mail, blogs, and more!
Get instant notification for add requests, messages, and comments!
Find and view your friends’ profiles with one click!
It’s FREE! And more features coming soon!

{Instant Messenger News}

Monday, March 13th, 2006

IM in the workplace - if you can’t beat it, manage it

‘According to analysts, corporate use of instant messaging (IM) is proliferating far beyond early expectations. Instant messaging continues to be the fastest growing communications medium of all time, and is invading the enterprise at a rapid rate. A recent report by IDC found that there are more than 28 million business users worldwide using enterprise […]

Monday, March 13th, 2006

AOL hops back into business IM

‘America Online is developing a version of its instant messaging service for workplace use, an attempt to fortify the consumer-oriented AIM with the security, collaboration, and IT management features that businesses require.
Developed with WebEx Communications, the new AIM Pro on-demand service will be available in the second quarter.’

Read more at AOL hops back into business […]

Monday, March 13th, 2006

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