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Nimbuzz VoIP/IM App Has huge Apple App Store Marketshare

With yesterday's news about the new Nimbuzz for iPhone app and the launch of a Nimbuzz Mac client, I contacted Tobias Kemper, Head of Communications for Nimbuzz and asked him a question about DTMF/touch-tone support in any pending release. Any... Full Story

Posted on July 16, 2009 9:58 AM

Flash VoIP calls to Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk

Flashphone is a web-based SIP softphone, while gtalk2voip lets you make or receive calls to/from all SIP phones and SIP services, including Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk. Both Flashphone and gtalk2voip are free. Now combine the two and... Full Story

Posted on September 25, 2008 4:59 PM

How much data does fring consume?

Ever wonder how much data fring consumes when making a VoIP call or even when idle? Personally, I really like fring which I like to call "the Swiss army knife of mobile VoIP and IM", since it works with Skype,... Full Story

Posted on August 5, 2008 11:15 AM

Yahoo Messenger for Vista

According to the Yahoo! Messenger blog, the Yahoo! Messenger for Vista has arrived - well at least the preview release anyway. Yahoo! Messenger for Vista, is built from the ground up for the Windows Vista operating system. Since this is... Full Story

Posted on December 6, 2007 9:06 AM

Getting Snagged Typing While on the Phone No More!

Ok, show of hands - who hasn't been on a conference call or talking with a spouse, family or friends, and they heard you pecking away at the keyboard? [crickets in background...] Ok, even if they didn't say anything, I'm... Full Story

Posted on November 30, 2007 2:59 PM

Gizmo offers VoIP on Blackberry with Free Calls

Gizmo just announced a beta version (Gizmo for Mobile Beta) of their software for BlackBerry devices. The Gizmo Project gives you IM and VoIP to not only fellow Gizmo users but also Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Google Talk... Full Story

Posted on September 27, 2007 2:53 PM

New Yahoo! Mail integrates IM and text messaging

Tomorrow, Yahoo! will announce the general availability of the new version of Yahoo! Mail. The new service includes two new major features: free text messaging to mobile phone numbers (available in the US, Canada, India and the Philippines), and integrated... Full Story

Posted on August 26, 2007 11:07 PM

Mundu IM iPhone Edition

Ok, so you got "Skype on" with your Apple iPhone (thanks to your truly) but no doubt you're looking for some IM lovin' on your iPhone that works with MSN, Yahoo, AIM, and Google Talk. After all, IM on... Full Story

Posted on August 6, 2007 6:00 PM

Windows Live Messenger Now works with Xbox LIVE

Beginning today, Xbox LIVE, the most popular online gaming network now works with Windows Live Messenger on the Xbox 360. We knew this was coming, but this is exciting news nonetheless. Now you can VoIP or IM your XBox... Full Story

Posted on May 9, 2007 10:38 AM

Yahoo! Integrates Messenger with Mail

Starting today, Yahoo! Mail users will be able to chat in real-time using a new instant messaging feature that is integrated into the Mail beta. Sweet! This new integration will allow users to see their friends' statuses and Avatars, and... Full Story

Posted on February 12, 2007 6:24 PM

Hotty.com SIP Phone for Phone Sex over IP?

I recently discovered Hotty.com, a website that is offering a new SIP VoIP Softphone, Megapin Inc. has developed a few SIP and Jabber products that they offer to service providers and wholesalers to OEM, with full "skinning" capabilties. One of their... Full Story

Posted on February 2, 2007 3:52 PM

Yahoo Messenger revamps for Windows Vista

Yahoo! Messenger today announced its plans to deliver a next generation version of its real time communications service designed specifically for the Windows Vista operating system. I spoke with a Yahoo representative and he told me that this will be... Full Story

Posted on January 8, 2007 3:23 PM

Linksys CIT310 Phone for Yahoo Messenger

Linksys has partnered with Yahoo to offer a new dual-mode cordless phone called the Linksys Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (CIT310). Linksys sent me a review unit to check out and put through the paces. Similar to... Full Story

Posted on November 8, 2006 8:00 AM

Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live interoperate - out of beta

It's official, Yahoo Messenger and Microsoft Live Messenger now interoperate! As of today, the limited beta is no more and it's fully available to all users. That's right, starting today the combined community approaching 350 million user accounts (arguably the... Full Story

Posted on September 27, 2006 12:29 PM

Sony mylo personal communicator

Sony's Mylo ("my life online") personal communicator is a new gadget that provides users access to online instant messaging services, Web pages (fully-featured Opera browser), e-mails, play music, and view photos. Most interestingly, the mylo communicator comes with Skype software... Full Story

Posted on August 8, 2006 7:22 AM

Yahoo Messenger with Voice launches

You remember the beta announcement about Yahoo Messenger offering PSTN IN & PSTN Out, right? Well, it's no longer beta - it officially announced today. You may also recall the recent announcement that Yahoo interoperates with Micrsoft MSN Messenger, so... Full Story

Posted on July 28, 2006 7:22 AM

Windows Live Messenger Launches

Windows Live Messenger finally launched. I've been playing around with the "invite only" beta for awhile, but now it's available to everyone to download. Some in the media claim this is Microsoft's answer to the popular Skype VoIP client, but... Full Story

Posted on June 20, 2006 9:12 PM

Be a VoIP DJ using Yahoo Messenger with Voice

Yahoo! Messenger with Voice on Tuesday will introduce custom plug-in features and will now allow developers to custom made applications. Some of the hghlighted plug-ins include plugin applications for Amazon.com, Yahoo 360, and eBay. My guess is we'll also see... Full Story

Posted on June 19, 2006 10:04 PM

Lycos Phone blows away Skype and Yahoo Messenger?

Lycos Phone is launching on Monday the Internet's first-ever "virtually" free VoIP integrated communications platform, combining IM, video chat, real-time video on demand streaming content (including IPTV channels), and an MP3 player. That first sentence certainly sounded marketing-speak didn't... Full Story

Posted on March 26, 2006 11:59 AM

Yahoo Messenger launches U.S. Phone In and Phone Out

A new public beta of Yahoo! Messenger with Voice is launching today, which you can download here. messenger.yahoo.com Yahoo launched the international roll-out of Yahoo Phone In and Yahoo Phone Out back in December, and now today they are... Full Story

Posted on March 21, 2006 3:00 PM

Yahoo undercuts Skype pricing

Yahoo said yesterday that a new version of its Yahoo Messenger software (http://voice.yahoo.com/) to be launched in the next few days will include "Phone Out," (eerily similar to SkypeOut) with low per-minute charges for PC-to-phone calls, and "Phone In,"... Full Story

Posted on December 8, 2005 9:41 AM

Yahoo and MSN Messenger IM clients interoperate

Hell has finally frozen over and the IM interoperability wars are nearing an end. The MSN and Yahoo instant messaging clients now interoperate. Both MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger will support using a single ID to contact/IM people located on... Full Story

Posted on October 12, 2005 4:19 PM

Google Talk Just a "Me too" product - for now

In yesterday's blog post, I wrote about Google Talk's impending launch today. I tried to test Google Talk as quickly as I could and blog my testing experiences here. Further, yesterday I pondered, "...the ability for Google Talk to do... Full Story

Posted on August 24, 2005 2:12 PM

Yahoo Messenger Launches Today

I just wanted to share this email I received yesterday about Yahoo Messenger's announcement made today (officially it's called Yahoo! Messenger with Voice). I had made some inquiries to them about how their Dialpad integration was going. I'm under deadline... Full Story

Posted on August 9, 2005 9:36 AM