Tag: INSTANTMESSAGING

Sure, the iPhone has had various ways of letting you chat with friends via just about any instant messaging network you want. And hey, there are even a number of solutions out there that will let you manage all your chats from one application, like eBuddy, Meebo, and Fring. But what if you want to limit yourself to one instant messaging network. And one with as few people on it as possible? In ...

The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) announced earlier this month that it is taking to the Web in an effort to broaden its reach to Web savvy teens who are more comfortable with chat-rooms than traditional hotlines. RAINN, the largest anti-sexual-assault organization in the nation, has run its popular hotline for more than 14 years, but the concept of a phone-in hotline is alien ...

It is well established that we are a culture driven by connectivity. And its not just Americans that check E-mail on the john. or text while driving -- it turns out hat even the Italians and British are choosing TV over sex. But some out there are choosing fight back against their (our) addiction. Sharon Sarmiento realized she had a problem when she started blogging in her dreams and hearing ...

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 ...