RIM’s widely popular messaging platform BBM just got updated to version 6 which introduces a lot of social features like Foursquare check-ins, third party app integration and sharing and discovering apps with friends. Most of these features are aimed at young BlackBerry users rather than RIM’s loyal corporate clientèle. The third party app integration is a key feature which will enable...

In September 2010, when Microsoft announced a feature that would let Hotmail users chat with their Facebook friends from their hotmail accounts, it was restricted to 6 countries – US, UK, France, Brazil, Germany, and Russia. Yesterday, they announced that the feature would be available to all hotmail users worldwide. This means that the 250 million Facebook users who also use Hotmail can now...

There’s a reason I use gtalk and not the integrated talk in gmail – notifications. I can’t constantly keep on checking my browser to see if I have received a new mail or if someone has pinged me. It seems Google has finally decided to alleviate the sufferings of people like me. A nifty new feature in HTML5 enabled Chrome browser allows you to be notified on your desktop through pop-ups...

Facebook has achieved yet another big milestone in the Social Media World. According to an official release, more than 100 million people are actively using Facebook from their mobile devices every month. This has happened in less than a period of six months after Facebook had announced a figure of 65 million people using Facebook via their mobile devices. The Mobile website of Facebook is one...

After introducing a universal plan and cutting-edge tariff rates for local and STD calls, Reliance Communications will soon add chat services to its kitty. Reliance subscribers now get an international chat service on their mobile after the recent tie-up between Rcom and Moko.mobi. This alliance would be a revenue-sharing integration that will comprise of all Moko.mobi services including interactive...

A couple of months from now when you’re sitting at a corporate quiz, a question will appear on the screen which will ask you to connect the African animal more popularly known as an anteater and a exciting new web portal that uses the wisdom of the crowds. The answer you should scream out should be Aardvark. And the Aardvark roams about freely in The Mechanical Zoo, the start-up which introduced...

Sify Technologies Ltd., one of India’s largest companies providing enterprise data services, which also provides consumer internet services and has an online presence in the form of a Portal Sify.com, has today announced a tie-up with internet search giant Google to power the company’s Email and Chat services. According to the announcement, the Sify’s offerings such as Email and...

After Facebook added ‘Chat’ as one of the features of the site in April,  the feature was quickly welcomed by the members. However, this made the other social networking sites scramble into ‘think-think-think’ mode, since none of them had this feature.   Apparently, 3 months after facebook’s announcement, Seth Sternberg, CEO, Meebo whom we interviewed last year,...

Microsoft India recently launched a new email domain just for Indian users. The new email domain name is @live.in. This means that your email id will be yourname@live.in apart from the normal yourname@hotmail.com. Microsoft is on the rampage of introducing this new email domain name globally with country specific extensions. This new domain name remains to be the default domain name located at web...

Mundu IM the worlds first IM for mobile phones that provides a cross conference capability for users across messenger services like AIM, MSN, ICQ & YAHOO through a single chat window.  Users can also share files over their mobile phones using the messenger. Users can take pictures form their mobile camera and share them with others. Video & Audio Sharing is Also Available.  Users...