Communications app Nimbuzz has pushed out an update to its Android app which offers Push notifications and message delivery notifications. You’ll need Android 2.2 Froyo or higher in order to receive push notifications. Nimbuzz is a cross-platform chat app that lets you send messages to your AIM, Windows Live, Google Talk, Facebook, or other instant messenger contacts. The app also lets you make free voice… Read more »

We knew it was coming, but now it’s official: Trillian 1.1 for Android is now available as a free download from the Android Market. Cerulean Studios used to charge $4.99 for the mobile app, which allows you to chat with your instant messenger contacts on AIM, Facebook, Google Talk, Windows LiveYahoo, Jabber, ICQ, and MySpace. But version 1.1 is available as a free ad-supported download…. Read more »

A few years ago the key reason to get a BlackBerry smartphone was because of push email, strong security, enterprise support, and the excellent BlackBerry Messenger service. Fast forward to today and honestly most smartphone platforms offer the majority of those features: with the exception of BlackBerry Messenger. Sure, you can use Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, or any number of other IM clients on… Read more »

Skype has already stated that it has no plans to develop an official app for Windows Phone 7 (unless Microsoft changes the tools available for third party developers). But that hasn’t stopped independent developers from trying to create their own VoIP apps for Windows Phone 7… including one that will add support for the Skype service. Xda-developers forum member Jefis says that right now the… Read more »

Once upon a time Trillian was the go-to app for anyone who wanted to chat with contacts on AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and other services using a single instant messaging client. Those days are pretty long gone, as dozens of other companies have released software that serves this niche, but Trillian is still chugging along, and in recent years the company has been adding… Read more »

Facebook has pushed out a new version of its Android app, and it finally has all the same functionality as the Facebook app for iOS. In addition to viewing your Facebook Feed, friends, groups, messages, events, and Places, you can now use Facebook Chat on Android to IM with your contacts who are online in real-time, whether they’re using Android, an iPhone, or a PC… Read more »

First Fring, and now Nimbuzz. Skype has asked Nimbuzz to remove support for making Skype calls using the Nimbuzz instant messaging client for mobile phones. Nimbuzz first added support for using Skype to make phone calls a few months ago. But it looks like Skype is on a mission to discourage third party apps from using its protocol tomake voice and video calls. Incidentally, Skype… Read more »

Meebo is a multi-protocol chat service that lets you keep up with your contacts on AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and a number of other services. The company’s initial claim to fame was its web-based software that lets you login and chat from any computer with a modern web browser. But Meebo also offers one of the best chat clients for iPhone… Read more »

Nimbuzz is an app that lets you chat with your contacts on instant messaging services including AIM, Google Talk, and Windows Live Messenger. It’s available for PC, Mac, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. And today Nimbuzz seriously powered up its Android app with the launch of Nimbuzz 2.0 for Android. The biggest change in Nimbuzz 20 is that it now lets you make VoIP calls. That… Read more »

Campfire is a web-based app that lets you create chat rooms, share files, track transcripts, and do all sorts of other things that have made the service popular with business users and software developers. You can access Campfire using a web browser — or up until today you could use a 3rd party app called Ember for $9.99 if you were on an iPhone, iPod… Read more »