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Brandon's Instant Messaging Blog April 2008 Archive

By Brandon De Hoyos, About.com Guide to Instant Messaging

IM Translator Makes Multilingual Chats Possible

Monday April 28, 2008
In this week's Reader's Mailbag, one reader seeks to bridge the language barrier via IM to find out more about her heritage. Q: This is a weird question, but is there ... Read More

The Year's Best Instant Messengers

Monday April 21, 2008
Dedicated to the year's best, brightest and most efficient instant messengers, IM on About is proud to present this year's winners of the IM Best Awards. More than 22,000 votes were ... Read More

IM Best Awards: Did Your Favorite Win?

Saturday April 19, 2008
We asked and you delivered. Six categories, 10 IM clients and an impressive 22,000+ votes later, the IM BEST AWARDS 2008 voting period has officially ended, but the fun of this ... Read More

Is Idesgo the Next Social-IM Phenomenon?

Friday April 18, 2008
.…………………………………..... Vote For Your Favorite Instant Messengers for the 2008 IM Best Awards! .…………………………………..... While Digsby users are clammoring over their six nominations for this year's IM Best Awards on im.about.com, another new ... Read More

Portable Instant Messengers: Just Plug In and IM

Thursday April 17, 2008
.…………………………………..... Vote For Your Favorite Instant Messengers for the 2008 IM Best Awards! .…………………………………..... In this week's Reader's Mailbag, one reader seeks help accessing IM after his school blocked his "IM lifeline." Q: ... Read More

VTech IS6110 IM User's Dream Phone

Monday April 14, 2008
.…………………………………..... Vote for Your Favorite Instant Messengers for the 2008 IM Best Awards! .…………………………………..... While cell phone-instant messaging integration is now widespread among wireless carriers in the U.S. and abroad, the next big ... Read More

Twitter Brings Status Messaging to the Masses

Thursday April 10, 2008
.…………………………………..... Vote for Your Favorite Instant Messengers for the 2008 IM Best Awards! .…………………………………..... follow brandondehoyos at http://twitter.com With the growing integration of social networking and instant messaging, a new breed of short broadcasts ... Read More

Vote Now for the 2008 IM Best Awards!

Wednesday April 9, 2008
In March 2008, we asked our readers to nominate their favorite instant messengers in six categories for our first ever IM Best Awards, a celebration of the best in the ... Read More

IM Best Awards Nom Call Extended

Thursday April 3, 2008
Have you told Brandon which instant messenger is the best? After a great many pleas from IM clients and their users alike, our call for nominations for the 2008 IM Best ... Read More

Client Watch: Say2GO Makes IM A Little Louder

Tuesday April 1, 2008
Want to be one of the first to try one of the industry's newest instant messengers? Then say hello to Say2Go, which has opened its new client to public beta ... Read More

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