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SMS on Wheels: CarPong Is Vehicle-to-Vehicle Messaging
Written by Jolie O'Dell / December 27, 2009 8:26 PM / 31 Comments
Did you just get cut off? Is a professional driver behaving badly? Was your car towed? Or better, did you see a cute driver (or a really cool car) in Continue reading »


Gmail Users Better-Connected, More Likely to Tweet than Members of other Webmail Services
Written by Sarah Perez / November 19, 2009 7:22 AM / 10 Comments
The social media data company Rapleaf has just released the final parts of their 3-part study involving the demographics and online behavior of webmail users. In the first part of Continue reading »


Twitter, LinkedIn Cut Deal - We're Still Waiting for the Big Announcement
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / November 9, 2009 9:00 PM / 24 Comments
Twitter and LinkedIn are announcing a deal tonight that will allow LinkedIn users to publish status updates to their Twitter profiles and pull in some or all Twitter updates to Continue reading »


All Your Messages Belong to Us: Silentale Prepares to Launch
Written by Sarah Perez / July 30, 2009 7:56 AM / 2 Comments
Silentale is a soon-to-launch startup whose goal is to consolidate your conversations and contacts from all the platforms you use including webmail, social networks, and even your mobile phone. Running Continue reading »


In Soviet Russia (or Iran), Multi-Language Chat App Simultaneously Translates YOU
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 19, 2009 2:48 PM / 20 Comments
Yesterday, Google Translate announced the addition of Persian into their roster of supported languages in order to facilitate online communication within and from Iran. Now, at least one team - Continue reading »


From Post on Site A to Chat on Network B: Cross-Platform Shares Via Meebo
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 9, 2009 10:00 AM / 15 Comments
Embedded chat for real-time communication has been a core part of Meebo's offering for a while. Their latest release of new features focuses on integrating social platforms to allow for Continue reading »


Is This Why Twitter Changed Its Replies Policy?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 13, 2009 11:47 AM / 34 Comments
Yesterday afternoon Twitter made a fundamental change to the options available to users by eliminating the option to receive messages from our friends sent publicly to people we are not Continue reading »


This Messaging Fragmentation is Crazy
Written by Bernard Lunn / April 14, 2009 3:00 AM / 32 Comments
Full Disclosure: this is an opinionated rant. Why do I have to go to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to send messages? Why do people insist on using these non-standard messaging Continue reading »


Adium to Integrate Twitter by IM
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 12, 2009 1:29 PM / 10 Comments
Popular Mac multi-service IM software Adium will include sophisticated support for Twitter in its next version, Adium has announced on its blog. Instant messaging access has been shut off for Continue reading »


ClikBall: A Slick New Way to Share Links, From the Creator of Userscripts.org
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 16, 2009 3:38 PM / 15 Comments
ClikBall is a handsome looking new application built in part by Jesse Andrews, the man responsible for Greasemonkey script repository Userscripts.org. Described literally, ClikBall is a browser plug-in that allows Continue reading »


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