Instant Messaging

BitlBee Review: The IRC Addict’s Dream Come True

by Mike Mansell August 15, 2011
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I am by all means an IRC addict.  My IRC client, Textual (written and maintained by BestTechie contributing author Michael Morris) is the first application that I open and look at in the morning and is the last application I check before closing the lid on my MacBook Pro at night.  That said, a great [...]

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Digsby Partners With MySpace And OneRiot

by Jeff Weisbein August 12, 2009
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Today, Digsby is announcing a partnership with MySpace and OneRiot to bring real-time social activity to the desktop. “People want instant access to the content their friends are sharing,” said Steve Shapiro, president of dotSyntax, “Our partnerships make Digsby the premier desktop client to discover and participate in social conversations that are taking place right [...]

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AIM Scammers Suck

by Jeff Weisbein August 5, 2009
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Believe it or not AIM scammers are still around.  I was a little surprised when my brother came calling for me because he supposedly got an IM claiming he was infected with malicious software and that his AIM account would be deleted within 8 days if he didn’t verify it was his account by providing [...]

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Digsby Passes 1 Million Users

by Jeff Weisbein July 24, 2009
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Digsby the multi-protocol IM client which allows you to connect to various instant messenger platforms such as AIM, Yahoo, and MSN, email services such as Gmail, as well as a number of social networking services such as Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace has passed the 1 million user mark.  According to the press release from Digsby [...]

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Digsby IM – Love / Hate Relationship

by Jeff Weisbein May 1, 2008
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Digsby the IM + Email + Social Networks instant messaging client – the true all-in-one IM – seriously.  Forget Trillian.  I first heard of Digsby while I reading a TechCrunch story a number of months ago and noticed one of the comments mentioned this IM client called Digsby, it caught my attention and I began [...]

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