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Live from Facebook's Email Messages Launch

in Social on November 15, 2010 at 10:04 am PT

Facebook has called the press to yet another launch event, this time in San Francisco for a new Facebook email system. Luckily, they brought their own cafeteria chairs so our butts will feel right at home after a long summer of launches at the company’s Palo Alto, Calif., office.

Social-Networking Software Becomes Neighborly

in The Digital Solution on August 5, 2008 at 2:32 pm PT

We tested Meebo, Adium and Digsby, free instant-messaging programs that work by being a one-stop shop for online communication. All three are straightforward and work without much effort or instruction.

Don’t Tell Your Boss, But There Is a Way to IM Despite Blocks

in Personal Technology on October 11, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Internet-based instant-messaging services Meebo and KoolIM circumvent barriers to downloadable software and are far less vulnerable to viruses.

Alternatives to Instant Messaging

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 8, 2005 at 12:01 am PT

There’s no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help. Here are a few questions about computers I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a [...]