Communication

Real Time Collaborative Editing with EtherPad

19 nov 2008

EtherPad seems to have solved a major issue with online collaborative editors – the lack of real time updates. To start, you click on the “Create New Pad” button, and EtherPad creates a unique page whose URL you can send to your group members to collaborate.

Google Trends to track Diseases

11 nov 2008

Google Flu Trends uses Google search trends to track and warn people about the spread of communicable diseases. Currently it only provides US based trends for influenza, but Google plans to make it available world-wide for more diseases.

Get a free India specific SMS Short Code Keyword

05 nov 2008

SMSMeOn allows you to register a keyword on their SMS Short Code 56070 for free. You start by searching for an available keyword (labnol, for example), and associating a mobile phone number to it.

Friendfeed’s URL shortening service ff.im

31 oct 2008

Instead of relying on a external URL shortening service like TinyURL, FriendFeed have created their their own service called ff.im.

Manage Group Messages with Notifu

30 oct 2008

Notifu makes it easy to send group messages and handle their responses via email, SMS or Instant Messaging. To use Notifu, you first compose a question, add valid options as answers, and a list of recipients.

Twitter IM support – Not anytime soon

11 oct 2008

Twitter, which killed off the ability to send and receive tweets via Instant Messaging (AIM, Google Talk) some time ago, is not likely to support it anytime soon. Instant messaging, being a perfect fit for Twitter’s real time nature, was always a popular option on twitter.

Run Two Google Talk Clients Simultaneously on your Desktop

14 jul 2008

This simple workaround may help if you maintain two different Google Accounts and have to connect with Google Talk friends who are spread across both these accounts.

Use Google Talk for iPhone in Firefox & Other Desktop Browsers

02 jul 2008

Google today launched a new version of Google Talk for iPhone and iPod Touch that has no new features but definitely looks more pleasing than the regular Flash based Google Talk gadget.

Google Talk & Yahoo! Messenger Users Can Talk To Each Other Soon

12 jun 2008

The newfound bonhomie between Yahoo & Google is not just about AdSense, the two companies are connecting their popular IM clients as well.

Jajah, Jaxtr, Jangl – How Are These Skype Alternatives Different ?

27 nov 2007

Jajah, Jangl and Jaxtr have very similar-sounding names and what further adds to the confusion is that all of them are in the web-calling (VoIP) space each trying to make their presence strong on online social networks and at the same time, grab a piece of pie from big daddy Skype.

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