Google has acquired Emu, a new mobile messaging application that just exited beta earlier this year. Emu was at heart an IM client, but it differentiated itself from the crowded market with smart feat
Yesterday, we <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/18/web-or-mobile-facebook-tests-a-new-chat-feature-that-shows-where-friends-are-online/">wrote about a new Facebook feature</a> that was getting s
In case you thought <a target="_blank" href="http://www.skype.com">Skype</a> may be slowing down while settling into being a part of Microsoft and recently celebrating its <a target="_blank" href="htt
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.quicklychat.com/">QuicklyChat</a>, a Y Combinator-backed startup participating in the Summer 2012 program, has an interesting take on video conferencing. With its n
<a href="http://www.shapeservices.com/">SHAPE Services</a>, makers of the popular, cross-platform IM+ mobile instant messaging applications, is today launching its first video chatting app: <a href="h
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/aimbuddy.png" />Has <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/twitter/">Twitter</a> killed instant messaging? That's one possible explanatio
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Nearly five months after launching a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/ebuddy
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What are the top Twitter apps on the iPhone? It's hard to say because th
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Unlike <em><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/why-i-dont-use-twitter/">some people</a></em> around these parts, I
Dutch startup Nimbuzz , which bills itself as the “mobile Skype” have just announced an IM application for Android phones which ties together multiple messaging tools (Skype, MSM, Yahoo, I
While there may still be a lot of confusion surrounding the future of AOL, that didn’t stop the folks in Northern Virginia from recently overhauling their popular AIM instant messaging app for i
IM+ is an application created by ShapeServices, which aims to replace the instant messaging application that comes out of the box with Android. Hoping that there were some differences between the 7-da
If you’re a devoted IM’er and have owned a BlackBerry or a pre-App-Store iPhone, you probably know of BeeJive – or at least know it by its previous name, Jivetalk. Their BlackBerry I
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Expressivo 1.4.2 from IVO Software integrates speaking capability into Skype functions. As Skype has grown from just a cheap way to make calls, they have added features such as IM and video calling. N
People with landline phones take notice for VTech has announced something pretty cool. Their latest cordless phone, the IS6110, does IM between phones and comes with a QWERTY keyboard. When the base u
Did you hear the awesome news? Facebook Chat launched at the weekend for some folks, myself included. Apparently the rollout is on a network-by-network basis, and one of mine, NYU, was a big winner. Y
“E-mail is so dead,” said the Slate writer, “that I have to tell the world how old I feel.” Seemingly every other day, we read studies suggesting that e-mail is dying, not with
MySpace users will soon be able to call and/or instant message anyone else on the network with the click of a button, thanks to Skype. The service will be called "MySpace IM" and will be rol
About a week ago, we got to sit down with T-Mobile and play with the Sidekick Slide, Sidekick LX and a few other upcoming devices. Unfortunately, due to an embargo, we couldn’t utter a peep R
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