Chat on IRC Like It's 1995 With HydraIRC [Windows]
You may be taking your Skype instant messaging and video calls or your iPhone FaceTime for granted, but way back before the standalone IM client was even an idea, there was one major solution: IRC (Internet Relay Chat). There are a lot of multi-IM clients that support the IRC protocol, but nothing really beats the efficiency and oldschool feel of a standalone chat client.
5 Google Talk Chatbots That Are Still Useful
Recently, I started exploring the potential of using bots on my website to interact with my visitors. After accomplishing that task, I thought that it might be worthwhile to explore what other bots still exist out there that might have some useful features. Most people have their chat client always open and sitting off to the side or at the bottom of the screen, so why not put that chat client to use while it's open?
imo.im - Multi-Protocol Instant Messaging Nirvana [Android 1.6+]
Google Talk is great, but not if you have friends scattered across MSN, AIM, Yahoo, Facebook and every other chat network ever created. You don’t have to run eleven different apps to stay in touch; just use imo.im for Android and get every protocol in one slick app. It integrates nicely with Android and has a simple, clean interface.
Send Text Messages From Your iPhone/iTouch or Desktop With Textfree
One of my biggest pet peeves is having to constantly check through text messages while I'm on my desktop or laptop at my desk. I've always thought it was be so much easier to have texts forward to one of my instant messengers, but a concept like that doesn't exactly exist (or at least not to my knowledge). We've shed light before on how you can replace your texting plan with a few free apps, but Textfree from Pinger really goes a step beyond that.
How To Get An Automatic Text Message When Your Favorite TV Show Is On
Almost everyone enjoys watching some TV at one time or another. It is a terrific way to take your mind off the world around you and relax. The problem for me is that I always seem to forget when the shows I want to watch are on. I will be sitting around playing some Call of Duty or Skyrim, and the next thing I know, the show I was waiting for has come and gone.
Get Better Multi-Platform Multimedia Group Messaging With WhatsApp
One of the most popular methods of direct mobile communication is SMS. It's short, cheaper than a direct phone call, non-intrusive, and most importantly, multi-platform. To overcome the text-only limitation of SMS, MMS also appears. But both services have one main disadvantage.
WhatsApp - The Perfect iPhone Messenger App
If you want to message friends on iPhone, there's nothing better than WhatsApp.