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Image Cache: Surprise IM
10:51AM Jason Chen | This is a good idea by dpstyles of Flickr: Max out your font and give a coworker a surprise message that will delight his coworkers. Can you do better? [Flickr]
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Trillian iPhone App’s Been Stuck In App Store Limbo For 60 Days
8:16AM Matt Buchanan | Trillian, you know, Trillian? They submitted an IM app for the iPhone over two months ago, and there’s been not-a-word from Apple about it. They musta made somebody mad, since Apple says the average review time is two weeks. [Cerulean]
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Email Is Dead? Oh Really?
6:01AM Jason Chen | The WSJ is making the call — email on its way out. Dying. Dead. It’s an interesting conclusion, derived from the fact that both growth and absolute numbers are on the side of social networking this year. But we disagree. More »
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Ping Is Like A Free SMS Client For iPhone And iPod Touch Users
10:00AM Jason Chen | This Ping app by the guy who made PushGmail is a mix between text messaging and instant messaging. What you need to know is that it’s free and it’s fast. More »
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A Brief Sunday Aside Featuring Me Directing You To The Best IMs
3:00AM Jack Loftus | My love affair with Lifehacker’s Sunday lists continues today as I bring you word of the five best Instant Messenger clients currently available for your pinging pleasure. And I agree with them: I really don’t know how I grew up in the 90s without this invaluable tool. Sheer willpower, I suppose. [Lifehacker]
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IPhone AIM App With Push Notifications Is Live
10:58AM Jason Chen | There are two versions of the AIM app in the App Store right now. The free one, with ads, and the $US2.99 one, with no ads. They both have push notifications. More »
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What Method Of 21st Century Communication Do You Prefer?
7:00AM Sean Fallon | From time to time I like to revisit the issue of communication because the options are constantly expanding and it is an interesting ongoing sociological experiment. So, the question is simple: which method of communication do you utilise most? More »
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iPhone AIM App Gets Background Notifications, Free SMS Messages and… Ads
8:20AM Matt Buchanan | The AIM iPhone app has never been great, but it just got some pretty solid features—it pings when you have new IMs, even after you quit the app, and lets you send free SMS messages. More »
Phones
12:31PM Nick Broughall | I don’t know what I was expecting from the INQ1, Three Mobile’s successor to the Skype phone and a tool for all almost all your social media needs on the go. But for some reason, the solidly built handset with its comfortable and intuitive interface actually surprised me. More »
Three’s INQ1 Social Media Phone Review
12:31PM Nick Broughall | I don’t know what I was expecting from the INQ1, Three Mobile’s successor to the Skype phone and a tool for all almost all your social media needs on the go. But for some reason, the solidly built handset with its comfortable and intuitive interface actually surprised me. More »
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