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Why Skype Chats Are Never Not Awkward

It’s not the choppy connectivity, it’s not that your webcam is a blurry mess, it’s not that you keep mispronouncing “mauve”. The reason your Skype conversation is so awkward? We’d all rather look at ourselves than talk to someone else.

September 1, 2011
News

That Stolen Laptop Might Be Intercepting Your Sex Chat

Gizmodo AU

Laptop recovery software can help you recover stolen goods, but one laptop recovery firm may have stepped (or perhaps stomped) over a privacy line when its agents intercepted images from an explicit webcam session between the holder of a stolen laptop and her boyfriend.

August 30, 2011
Software

We Need Another Messenger App Like We Need Extra Nipples

BlackBerry Messenger, GroupMe, iMessage, Facebook, Google Voice, and now Samsung’s ChatON. These message apps (and many others) promise to deliver us from the tyranny of SMS messaging. Let’s talk about why this, too, will suck.

August 26, 2011
Mobile

Skypey Wi-Fi Sweetness Coming To Mango

Enough Apple talk! Let’s move on to a more tropical fruit. WP7 Mango is coming very soon, and more and more goodies are being revealed. Skype video? Wi-Fi hotspot? Delicious!

August 25, 2011
Online

My Morning With A Robot Sex Worker

There’s nothing better than showing up to work, signing into AIM, and engaging with a sexy stranger, right? Those are the principles America was founded on! But how to know if you’re talking to a heartless chatbot? Make ‘em laugh!

August 17, 2011
Online

The Only Safe Place In GChat Is Invisible

Come on, already. You know that fancy away message isn’t going to protect you. You can sass it up with as much urgency and/or bile as you want, but the yo-yos are still going to come knocking. And you know what? It’s your own fault for not doing an Invisible ninja vanish when you had the chance. [The Doghouse Diaries]

August 10, 2011
Software

This Is The Facebook Messenger App You Can’t Get Yet

As you may have heard, Facebook just released a standalone Messenger app in the US (not yet released in Australia). It’s their effort to invade your phone with a messaging platform that everyone has access to (because ‘everyone’ has a Facebook). And even if you don’t use Facebook, you can use it to SMS!

Mobile

Facebook’s New Messenger App Aims To Kill SMS, BBM

AIM’s downfall owes largely to the ubiquity of Facebook chat. And now, the company’s going after the mobile crown — texting. Facebook Messenger will do text conversations, privately share your location, and beam around photos. To all of your friends.

August 6, 2011
Online

How To Instant Message And Not Waste Time Or Be A Jerk

You’re working. A chat window pops open. It’s your mum. “How are you today?” Another window fires; your roommate. “Bro, check this video!” Oh, here’s one from your boss, he wants to know if you’ve seen his pen. Goodbye, productivity.

August 3, 2011
Software

GroupMe, The BBM Usurper, Expands Internationally

GroupMe changed our lives in Vegas. Now it’s poised to change your lives around the globe — provided you have friends there. The newest version of the group chat giant adds cross-client support, a new UI, direct messaging and global reach.

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