I have one Gmail account and two Google Apps for Domain accounts. I’ve been using the former a lot and really liked having Google Talk running for the latter two.
This tip finally helps me achieve this.
In order to run multiple instances of Google Talk, all you need to do is pass the parameter nomutex to [...]
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In the time of progess, India gets ready to take a step forward … or is it back?
Citing security concerns, the Department of Telecom (DoT) now plans to bring messenger-based telephony services such as those offered by Skype, Yahoo, MSN, and Net2Phone, under the scanner.
However, from what I read this has nothing to do [...]
Users of 3 Group will now be able to make free Skype calls to other 3 Group Skype users and to PC-based Skype users around the world.
This is part of the initiative by Skype in collaboration with 3 Group.
As of now it will only work with the Nokia N73 and for users on particular plans [...]
Yahoo! Messenger rocks and so does Windows Live.
AIM used to be the ugly duckling but today it has turned out to be a beautiful swan!
Check out newly released version of AOL Instant Messenger 6.0.
The inteface has received a major overhaul and so has its features.
For starters, you can now send offline messages to your buddies. [...]
Google has now started distributing Skype with Google Pack
Skype 3 Beta was today released. The major change is a brand new User Interface.
The version number is 3.0.0.106 and here are latest changes from the change log:
known issue: call quality in video call can be low
known issue: http/socks proxy connections do not work
feature: Public chatrooms
feature: Extras Manager
feature: Sound Settings Widget [...]
Google has been busy integrating a lot of its services in the past few months and Orkut has been one of them.
For those who don’t know, Orkut is a social networking community run by Google and Google Talk is their messenger software that runs on the Jabber protocol.
There has been talking of the two being [...]
New on the Windows Live Messenger activities list is integration with Window Live Search.
All you have to do is open a messenger window and select Search from the Activities list. A side window is opened where you can perform your search.
This is a single user activity, i.e. the person you are chatting with has no [...]
Today the folks at Meebo released an update with major changes:
For those who don’t know,
Meebo is a web based IM that lets you log into your IM networks from any computer with a browser and internet connection with no firewall issues. It employs technologies (like AJAX) to make it act more like a desktop application, [...]
The Google Blog reports that you can now have Offline Messages on Google Talk.
This is one feature that Yahoo! Messenger has supported for years and that was added to Windows Live Messenger recently.
With this update, Google Talk has implemented a top requested feature.
For this to function your Google Talk account needs to have a Gmail [...]
