instant messaging

IM + Pro now supports Mail.ru Agent

8 years

IM+ Pro, the Pro version of the multi-protocol instant messaging app, has been updated to version 1.9, bringing new features, principally amongst them being support for the popular Russian service Mail.ru. IM + provide ‘alwa...

Kik Mango update awaiting certification

by Surur

8 years

One of the frustrations of the Kik IM app is that it does not support Mango yet. From their twitter account however we now know their Mango version has already been submitted, and is currently awaiting certification. The mango upd...

Kik Messenger: Windows Phone 7 numbers small but influential, worth developers time

by Surur

8 years

Kik, the cross platform Messenger app people, have released some data to TechCrunch indicating that the launch of their Windows Phone 7 app seemed to have boosted the sign-up of users on other platforms also. They indicate for eve...

Facebook to launch Skype-based video chat

by l3v5y

8 years

According to rumour, next week Facebook is to launch a new in-browser video chat based on Skype technology. The product has been built on Skype and will include a desktop component. Itâ€™s not clear to me whether that means i...

IM+ now available in Marketplace for $9.99

by Surur

8 years

IM+, the cross platform IM client, is now available in Marketplace. The client supports Yahoo!Â®, GTalkâ„¢, AIMÂ®, MySpaceâ„¢, Jabber, ICQÂ®, FacebookÂ® and Skype on the go. The only protocol missing is Live ...

IM+ multi-protocol Instant Messenger app coming in April

by Surur

8 years

Windows Phone 7 is desperately in need of a good multi-protocol Instant Messenger app. When last we wrote about IM+ the rumour was of the software dropping in January/February. This of course did not happen, but it seems the...

CrossTalk multi-protocol IM client coming to Windows Phone 7

by Surur

9 years

We posted recently on the puzzling absence of a Microsoft IM client for Windows Phone 7. Fortunately it seems a third party is coming to the rescue with a pretty good alternative. CrossTalk, native to Android (pictured right...

Where is Messenger for Windows Phone 7?

by Surur

9 years

I may be embarrassing myself here as some-one who does not really have his pulse on Windows Phone 7, but as far as I can recall, and a quick search did not reveal ever, we have yet to see a Windows Live Messenger for Windows Phone...

ICQ for Windows Mobile now available

by Surur

10 years

Way back in the dawn of time ICQ rules the IM roost. It has taken that long for this AOL to make a Windows Mobile client, but they have finally delivered (in beta form at least). ICQ for Windows Mobile is now available from AOL, b...