Digsby

I was suddenly taken aback the other day when I realised just how many different online communications services I used. I have five email accounts though I actually only use four of them. I have four IM accounts though I only use two of them, and one of those is Facebook Chat. I am registered with five social networks though only use two of them regularly. And then there's Dooyoo as well, which doesn't fall into any of those categories. So, how do you keep up with all the updates to all of these services? I'm sure I'm not alone in this dilemma. As with many faced with the same problem, I am looking for the perfect solution. My perfect solution is ...  Read the complete review

Up to about a year ago I was fairly inexperienced when it came to instant messaging (IM). When I was working IM systems were kept at bay behind a very strong firewall and, when at home with a baby the need to IM didn't seem to be there. I did, however, have several IM handles acquired over the years as a result of fairly unsuccessful dabbling in the world of instant messaging. Then, two things happened, I became a customer of the 3 mobile phone network and my phone allowed me to IM for free and my husband's work relaxed their IT environment to allow IM to be used. Overnight IM became a whole lot more relevant to me. I started off using Yahoo! Messenger as ...  Read the complete review

Once upon a time, I had one IM client (AOL). After a bit, I acquired a couple more AOL addresses. Some time after that, I got myself a yahoo address, and then eventually an IM handle from there. Then googlemail took the world by storm, and with it, another email address and another IM handle. Then msn messenger came with added functionality, including video. So yet ANOTHER email address to check, and another IM program. Facebook came along, with its own updates, and email type messaging. And, to top it all off, we have Twitter, which of course, you want to keep on top of. What's a girl to do?! For a while, it seemed that Pidgin was the answer. Pidgin ...  Read the complete review