Tag: INSTANT MESSAGING

It was bound to happen eventually (if for no other reason than MySpace did it first) -- Facebook is finally offering up an instant-messaging service. Ironically, Facebook's new IM service may have the effect of killing off a couple of chat applications already available on the social-networking site. Initial rumors claimed that the new Facebook IM service, which is to be embedded into people's ...

For a society so obsessed with productivity, we're pretty bad at actually being productive. Sure, services such as Google and Wikipedia have been described as being time hogs, but apparently the real killer is multitasking. 2008 is being dubbed the "year of information overload" by Basex Inc., a research firm. The human brain is not hardwired for paying attention to several things at once or ...

The success of sites such as YouTube and Revver means entertaining videos are never more than a few clicks away -- a great diversion when you have a few minutes to kill. Sometimes, though, watching these videos alone on your computer can be an awfully lonely affair, a far cry from the social heydays of piling a bunch of friends in the living room to watch 'The Real World' together. That all ...

While Web-based mail sites like Gmail and Hotmail make it easy to access your messages from anywhere -- even mobile devices -- instant messaging on the go isn't always so easy. Web-based solutions like Meebo have sprouted up to allow you to use several IM clients from almost any computer without having to download software. But point your mobile phone's browser to Meebo's site, and you'll find ...