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Talk Jabbers A Jingle Specifications created by Google and Jabber for carrying VoIP and video will be released as an open set of extensions to the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). Two specifications published by the Jabber Software Foundation with Google's support will enable applications like Google Talk to carry VoIP and other multimedia traffic, the Foundation announced on its... Date: 2005-12-22 AOL’s Sending AIM To College America Online, better known as AOL started an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) ad campaign designed to resonate with that most desirable of demographics, college kids. AOL, in its campaign to revitalize, has attempted to create both a top-notch portal environment but also to become one of those habits of life. Date: 2005-10-26 VoIP Gets 911 Extension From FCC Providers like Vonage that have over 90 percent of their customers notified of 911 limitations won't have to disconnect customers. The FCC had set a deadline of September 28 for VoIP companies to have 100 percent of their customers notified and familiar with the limitations of emergency 911 service over VoIP. Date: 2005-09-28 Yahoo Messenger Features Questioned In Reports Some of the extras provided with the free instant messaging client have a few outlets crying foul. Date: 2005-09-02 GoogleTalk Update Google's barebones IM service has received a minor release update, taking it from 1.0.0.64 to 1.0.0.66. According to Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped, the update appears to be inconsequential, at least on the surface. Date: 2005-09-01 Microsoft Snaps Up Teleo The instant messaging market just shifted up a few gears with the news today that Microsoft has acquired Teleo, the Skype-like internet phone/chat service. Date: 2005-08-31 Google Talks About Big Change Before the internet disappeared on me yesterday, I was able to try out the new Google Talk VOiP phone service launched by Google yesterday. Date: 2005-08-25 Microsoft Chats Up MSN Messenger Version 7.5 of MSN Messenger quietly debuted recently, with support for text, voice, and video chat. Need to IM? Got it. Voice chat? It's a feature. How about video? Date: 2005-08-24 Today Google Searches, Tomorrow Google Talks Rumors of a forthcoming Google instant messaging and voice platform get a boost from the LA Times. This may be the best heads-up yet about a new Google IM and voice service. Date: 2005-08-23 Yahoo Messenger Calls On Voice Feature A few updates to the Sunnyvale company's messenger client adds support for voice calls and other features. Date: 2005-08-18 AOL AIMing For New Screens And New Younger Users AOL announced on Wednesday the launch of AIM.com and redesigned AIM Today companion screen. AOL went for a change in the aesthetic of their instant messaging, allowing users to both communicate and look over headlines and such. Date: 2005-08-17 Web Service Messaging Web services are revolutionizing the Internet by enabling applications to speak a common language: XML. While Web services technology enables the execution of remote functions, it does not provide a robust infrastructure for handling information. Date: 2005-08-03 The Next Wave In Video Communication I received a press release in my email overnight from Stuart Jacobson at Santa Cruz Networks announcing vSkype, what looks to be a very cool tool for holding video conference calls via Skype. Date: 2005-06-21 Why Your Business Should Consider SMS! As an organisation, the use of SMS might seem too innovative or unprofessional. So why are "forward-thinking" organisations throughout the world welcoming SMS open-heartedly? What's so good about SMS? Date: 2005-05-11 Choose Mobile Data Service Providers For SMS Enterprise Text Messaging Need SMS Enterprise Text Messaging Services? Choose Mobile Data Service Providers and not Mobile Operators. This article gives a brief comparison between SMS Service / text messaging by Mobile Data Service Provider (MDSP) and Mobile Operator (Mobile Operator) SMS Service / text messaging service. Date: 2005-04-19 Yahoo IM Phishing Attack Might Be Glimpse at Future Users of Yahoo's (Nasdaq: YHOO) free instant messaging service have been targeted by a phishing attack, one of the first widespread attempts to use the messaging medium to pilfer personal information. Date: 2005-03-30 Instant messaging security incidents soar Every month of this year has seen a 50 per cent increase in reported instant messaging security incidents with more than 30 newly detected IM threats including viruses, worms and spam-over-IM (spim) malware. Date: 2005-03-10 Why Mobile SMS/Text Messaging? Mobile text Messaging, or Short Message Service (SMS), as we all know it, is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile telephones. Date: 2005-02-14 |
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