Cerulean Studios has begun beta testing Trillian for the iPhone, and BigBlueBall has new screenshots.
The closed beta began tonight, and requires the iPhone OS 3.0. I’ve been running this Trillian beta on my year-old iPhone 3G for less than an hour, and I’m already impressed.
Trillian for iPhone allows you to swipe to switch between open chats. Like the Trillian Astra web client which is now in public beta testing, this retains the groups you have already setup for your Trillian account and keeps them in sync.
Of course, it supports push notification so you can appear signed in even after you close the app (it’s configurable) and receive incoming ...
Cerulean Studios is celebrating the 9th birthday of their multi-network instant messenger Trillian, and giving all of us a present. They have opened up their web-based version of Trillian Astra for beta testing. Unlike their Trillian Astra desktop client for Windows, the web version will also work on other operating systems, include Linux and Mac OS X.
This new beta is open to anyone with a Trillian Astra account (which you can get for free), however they plan to make the web version a premium service when it is officially launched. No word on what the cost might be.
If you already use Trillian Astra, the web version will look very ...
Skype is a terrific, free program for voice chat (and text or video chat, for that matter). I’ve used Skype to stay in touch with my son as he travels overseas in the Navy (Skype-to-Skype calls are free!) and to stay connected with my granddaughter on the other side of the country.
TeachingDegree.org has come up with 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom. Their list has helpful advice for teachers, parents and students. If you are an educator, be sure to check it out.
Twitterbegan as a simple way to post 140 character text messages for others to follow. But the Twitterverse was not content. So sprung a whole new lexicon of @ symbols and hash marks meaningful to only the Twitterati. It wasn’t long before people found ways to share their photos via Twitter, using third-party services like TwitPic and yfrog. These services are great, but for the millions of Flickr users, it was a pain to post some photos one place, and another if they wanted to share on Twitter. Or to have to grab the URL and shorten. It turned into a chore.
I want to extend a personal thank you to all the Facebook users who joined our BigBlueBall Fan page. We quickly passed 100 fans, allowing us to register our own BigBlueBall Facebook URL: http://www.facebook.com/BigBlueBall
If you are a Facebook user and haven’t joined our fan page, please stop by and click the “Become a Fan” button at the top of the page. Then leave a comment on our wall and introduce yourself!
By the way, not long ago we added the ability for you to sign in to comment via Facebook, both here in our news section as well as in the BigBlueBall forums. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Twitter today quietly rolled out a rather nice update to the Following and Followers pages. Now instead of a simple list of who you are following (or who is following you), you have a number of actions you can take, including toggling SMS notifications, unfollow, block and direct message.
You’ll also see their most recent tweet, making it a nice way to see their latest activity at a glance.
As I originally posted on patndoris.com back on June 1st, there is the distinct possibility Vista users who install Service Pack 2 will experience a problem with Windows Live Messenger (WLM) no longer launching. Since Service Pack 2 is set to start rolling out via automatic updates on June 30th, I thought it might be a good idea to repost this information again.
Problem: After installing SP2 for Vista, there is the possibility WLM will not launch. Clicking on the WLM desktop icon produces no result. No error. No hourglass. No running process in Task Manager. Nothing. Not even an error that the shortcut points to a program that is no longer valid. Nothing.
On June 30, 2009 (yup, just a couple days away now) Microsoft has decided to put an end to MSN Web Messenger. The Web Messenger service has been around for years, and was an alternative for those who didn’t want to, or weren’t able to use the full instant messaging client. With the web-based integration of instant messaging right from the Windows Live People page in Hotmail (fondly called your “contact list”), you can now chat right from Hotmail.
Just sign into Hotmail, and you should see the familiar Messenger Icon towards the upper right hand side of the screen. Click ...
I have experience using the Internet since it was first made available for commercial use. And after working in online marketing over the last seven plus years, I have noticed that keeping in touch with all your friends and family every day has become so routine, we almost take it for granted. Over the years, it has gotten much more simple to drop a line, say hi, or find out what’s new throughout the day, regardless of what part of the world they’re in. There used to be a time when this wasn’t the case – people didn’t have the technology available to them in such a user-friendly way to do so, and a result, it never occurred to them that it would be possible. The way we communicate has changed…and for the easier.
If I think back and compare now to 10 years ago, it’s interesting ...
Multi-network instant messenger and social network tool Digsby today released a long-awaited update. Build 60Â dramatically improves efficiency, reducing CPU utilization by about 50%.
Here’s a full list of the features.
Performance: We’ve optimized performance from the ground up, reducing overall CPU usage by about 50%
Buddy List Search: Press Ctrl+F to easily search your buddy list or the web
Emoticons: Added four new emoticon packs to choose from
File Transfers: Improved the reliability of AIM, ...
Cerulean Studios has begun beta testing Trillian for the iPhone, and BigBlueBall has new screenshots.
As I originally posted on 
I have experience using the Internet since it was first made available for commercial use. And after working in online marketing over the last seven plus years, I have noticed that keeping in touch with all your friends and family every day has become so routine, we almost take it for granted. Over the years, it has gotten much more simple to drop a line, say hi, or find out what’s new throughout the day, regardless of what part of the world they’re in. There used to be a time when this wasn’t the case – people didn’t have the technology available to them in such a user-friendly way to do so, and a result, it never occurred to them that it would be possible. The way we communicate has changed…and for the easier.
Multi-network instant messenger and social network tool Digsby today released a 
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