Earlier in the week I wrote about the wind up of the Windows Live Messenger service but it appears that there is a bit more to this event. What will happen on 15th March, 2013 is that the Windows Live Messenger client software will be barred from authentication with the service which will force existing users to migrate …
Tag: Instant Messaging
Aug 19 2010
Cross-Platform Instant Messaging – Do We Really Need It?
I have used various forms of instant messaging over the years and as one service has come to the fore others have paled into former shadows of themselves. For me, it all started with ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before MSN Messenger really started to absorb users in the later half of 1999 and the following …
Jul 19 2010
Shorten URLs with Bit.ly
Just a brief one tonight. Sometimes you might like to share a link with someone but have been turned off by the length of some URLs. Sites that utilise content management systems are notorious for incredibly long URLs which can also break if you attempt to send one in an e-mail or perhaps via instant …
Feb 23 2010
Real Life Social Interactivity vs Social Media
Just a quick one today as I was out at the SCG watching Australia summarily thrash the West Indies. Warner and Watson had fantastic knocks much to the enjoyment of the crowd and dismay of their competitors. I attended the cricket today with a colleague from work with his sister and her two kids. On …
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