Facebook has quietly started testing a new way of interacting with friends on your desktop without visiting the Facebook website. Some select users today have started seeing prompts to download Messenger for Windows to bring the Chat and Ticker sideboard right to their Windows 7 desktops. The new app is fairly straightforward, it takes the more »

Facebook had their big announcement today and their “something awesome” arrived as many had expected — they announced Skype powered video chat. And while many in the tech world will make the comparison to Hangouts on Google+, I would go as far as saying that many who are not in the tech world will be more »

Facebook users that also happen to be sporting something webOS flavored may be happy to hear an update is available for the Facebook for webOS app. This update brings the version up to 1.5 and it can be found in the App Catalog. With that comes a bit of good and a bit of disappointing. more »

Facebook announced their new messages system the other day and that included mail. Or more accurately it included the ability to get an @facebook.com email address. If you missed the announcement you can read our earlier post here. But in short, you will be able to give out and receive email sent to a Facebook more »

In the past year, Nimbuzz, a universal communications platform (think Skype but for more devices), has past 3.65 billion mobile minutes used and seen 150 million downloads. Compatible with Symbian, iOS, Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry, J2ME, as well as Windows and Mac desktop computers, Nimbuzz offers both free calls as well as Nimbuzz Out calls more »

Back in April we learned how Google was rumored to be internally testing a desktop app for Google Voice. Well, flash forward to today, and it looks like Google has begun to test Google Voice integration with Gmail. According to the Google Operating System blog; “Google tests a new feature that makes Gmail chat more more »

And here I thought we were protected by the first amendment against this sort of bologna. Apparently the ruling of this brilliant notion has come down to two cases. One of these cases has already been completed (and could possibly be appealed) while the other is scheduled for some time later this year. The Obscene more »

Google Talk already supports file transfers in its downloadable desktop app, and it will soon be available to other instant messaging pipelines. Today updated chat in iGoogle and orkut chat to support file transfer between users. Clicking the “Actions” menu and then selecting “Send a file” will make it possible to share files with a more »

Google is once again looking to expand the features of Google Talk, and the latest will make it more of a conferencing tool as opposed to something simply used to chat with a friend. In other words, it looks like Google Talk will be getting more professional features. According to a recent report in the more »