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Google Inc. is developing a new online communication tool and hopes independent computer programmers will help expand the vision of the free product.The tool, dubbed "Google Wave," will run in an Internet browser and will combine elements of instant messaging, wikis, photo sharing, and e-mail.  Google hopes Wave will simplify the way people exchange ideas across the Internet.On Thursday, Google offered the first look at the product at its annual conference for software developers. ...

Internet giant Google blurred the lines between e-mail and instant messaging Thursday, introducing Google Wave at a San Francisco conference. The program, developed by Google Maps team engineers, allows multiple parties to join instant messaging sessions, by adding both typed content and graphics and scrolling back to review previous messages added to the wave, PC Magazine reported. Think of an open-source version of Gmail constructed via instant messaging, PC Magazine said. The program also...

STUTTGART, Germany and BOSTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- SHAPE Services announced today the support for Facebook chat and avatars in its best selling IM+ All-in-One Messenger for BlackBerry. Facebook users are now able to exchange text instant messages with smileys, send files, log in into multiple accounts simultaneously and preview avatar images of their buddies in contact list. IM+ 7.0 supports eight instant messaging services: AIM(R)/iChat, MSN(R)/Windows Live(R), Yahoo!(R), MySpaceIM,...

Google announced on Thursday its new Google Voice service, which mixes traditional phone features with email capabilities that could provide a strong challenge to Skype and similar online phone services, Reuters reported.Google Voice allows users to store transcripts of voicemail phone messages in their email inbox which they can search for specific information within a phone message.Google Voice is essentially the re-branded technology of GrandCentral Communications, a company that Google...

HANOVER, Germany, March 4 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- faceVsion Technology Limited (FVT), a market innovator in empowering consumers and SMEs with face- to-face communications experience anytime, anywhere, on any screen, today announced the availability of 720p/HD video chat service on standard broadband network. The company will also showcase in CeBIT its innovative FVfone(TM) solution, the first ever full function DECT phone system that allows users to enjoy HD video chat and multimedia...

NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Binary Tree announced today the general availability of CMT for Google Apps(TM), the newest addition to its award-winning suite of enterprise email migration products. CMT for Google Apps v1.0 enables Lotus Notes/Domino customers to leverage proven Binary Tree technology for high-fidelity migration of email, calendar and contact data to Google Apps, the suite of collaboration and communication applications that include Gmail(TM), Google Calendar(TM),...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinger, a leading provider of mobile communication services, today announced Pinger Phone, a new mobile application that provides a simple interface for managing and communicating with phone contacts as well as with friends on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. People can see IM presence in their contacts or their social network feeds, and then decide whether to call, text, instant message, mail or even send a Facebook, MySpace or Twitter message,...

Google is rolling out a bare-bones voice and video-conferencing service to be embedded in the Gmail interface. The service is expected to compete against eBay's Skype.Gmail Video and Voice, is unable to connect to normal phone networks, and is lacking other features, such as a voice call recorder.When tested, the application drained available CPU resources making other applications slow to respond.  Unlike many similar applications, Gmail Video and Voice does not use Flash, but uses a...

GTalk2VoIP, the free and publicly open voice gateway for major Instant Messenger clients, today announced the availability of the ultra-simple to use FreeRinger, powered by Talkster. FreeRinger, available at www.freeringer.biz, is a web-based telephone service that lets anyone, anywhere in the world place free international calls from PC-to-phone to more than 35 countries. Now people anywhere in the world can use their computers to place free long distance calls to their family and...

By Edward C. Baig Here's a closer look at the G1: Will the first Google phone become the apple of your eye? We'll have an inkling in six days when the much-anticipated T-Mobile G1 with Google goes on sale. The G1 is a highly capable handheld computer with a responsive touch-screen like Apple's hot-selling iPhone has. It also packs a slide-out physical keyboard. And it has multimedia picture messaging, a removable battery and other features the iPhone lacks. The mobile operating system at its...