The Vulcan mind meld between AIM and your Gmail buddies is in effect – though it doesn’t appear to have been officially announced. Sending a message to a friend on the other side is just as easy as we’d hoped.
Skype is the latest mail-order bride to join Microsoft’s stable up in Redmond, Washington. But unlike some of Microsoft’s has-been acquisitions (Danger, I see you!), Skype is an internationally recognisable name. How will they fit into the world of Microsoft?
In the updated Meebo iPhone app you can now click links or scan QR codes to virtually “check in” (buzzwords, woohoo) to your favourite websites. There’s also a real-time feed which will show Facebook, Twitter and Meebo updates too. [iTunes]
Android: Those of you waiting for a more stable client (or with phones that didn’t allow sideloading) can finally test out Trillian for Android, on of our favourite (and your favourite) multi-protocol IM clients.
Kik, the got-very-popular-very-fast cross-platform messaging app, was booted from BlackBerry’s App World because of a breach of “contractual obligations,” presumably breaching an obligation not to drive people away from BBM, RIM’s own messaging platform which they hold near and dear to their hearts.
