Digsby Debuts New Ad-Infused Installer; It’s Not That Bad.
Digsby, the desktop instant messaging application that’s more than just a desktop-IM app, updated their primary installer last week. Following the update, Download Squad hastily tossed up an overly negative review of the new installation process. Many other users followed suit and began complaining as if someone had just thrust a shiv in their collective [...]
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Digsby Debuts New Ad-Infused Installer; It’s Not That Bad.
Digsby, the desktop instant messaging application that’s more than just a desktop-IM app, updated their primary installer last week. Following the update, Download Squad hastily tossed up an overly negative review of the new installation process. Many other users followed suit and began complaining as if someone had just thrust...
Three Years of Flock (and Three Years of Fans of Tech)
Let me first start by saying that I have a bit of a soft spot for the Flock browser. You see, three years ago, before Automattic opened up WordPress.com for public use, it was in a private beta phase and invites were difficult to come by. Upon the arrival...
Beejive: An Instant Messaging Client for Windows Mobile That Doesn’t Entirely Suck
Currently in beta, BeejiveIM for Windows Mobile 6 (and only for v6, WinMobile 5 is not supported) is the first decent-looking, intuitive IM client I’ve dealt with to date. I’ve previously used Agile Messenger (ridiculously priced at $45) but there was nothing intuitive about it at all. BeejiveIM, on the...
Taglocity Debuts New Beta; Borrows a Page from Xobni
Taglocity, the company behind the Outlook organizational add-in of the same name (which we’ve covered before) just debuted a new beta of Taglocity for Outlook. This time, they’ve drawn a little bit of inspiration from Xobni. Taglocity, for those of you that don’t know, is a simple add-in designed to allow...
Better Tech for Living: Akoha - a Social Reality Game
Akoha, according to the company website, “is a new type of ‘social reality game’ inspired by the idea of pay it forward where players play real-world missions that can be tracked online at http://akoha.com.” (They also just happen to be the first nominee for our Better Tech for Living...
Manage Your Multiple Social Personalities with Flock Profiles
First off, for those of you new to Flock, check out what all the browser can do for you by viewing their quick (beautifully-designed) introduction on the Flock home page: flock.com. Now, are you one of those people that have multiple user accounts on sites like Facebook, Flickr or YouTube? ...
Meebo Launches “Applications”
On Monday, the ever-growing meebo launched meebo applications: mini-apps designed to bring advanced voice and video chat options to you and those with whom you chat - all inside the meebo.com Web interface. The first four applications to be launched present options for voice chat (via Pudding Media,) video/audio calls (via...
