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Office 365's Lync Online to gain interop with consumer IM networks
Lync Online, the instant messaging, online meeting and PC-to-PC voice and video communications tool in Office 365, will gain interoperability with non-Microsoft IM networks.
By Juan Carlos Perez | 04 February, 2012 06:21
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Google adds WebRTC to Chrome for in-browser voice, video chat
Google has built the WebRTC technology into a test version of Chrome to let the browser run voice and video chat applications within the browser interface.
By Juan Carlos Perez | 19 January, 2012 10:04
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Yahoo Messenger flaw enables spamming through other people's status messages
An unpatched Yahoo Messenger vulnerability that allows attackers to change people's status messages and possibly perform other unauthorized actions can be exploited to spam malicious links to a large number of users.
By Lucian Constantin | 03 December, 2011 00:12
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Vodafone buys unified communication consultant Bluefish
Vodafone's Global Enterprise is strengthening its professional services arm by acquiring British consultant Bluefish Communications, which will form the basis of a new unified communication and collaboration practice, the operator said on Thursday.
By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 December, 2011 22:57
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AOL revamps AIM with Facebook, Google chat apps
AIM, AOL's seminal instant messenger app, just received a preview update to pull it out of obscurity and compete with other more popular chat apps like Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Skype and a slew of others that aggregate disparate clients and boast features like video and picture-sharing.
By Brennon Slattery | 18 November, 2011 04:32
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Who’s using Twitter? Some surprising answers
Eight percent of online Americans may use Twitter, as the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported on Thursday. But does that mean your small business should use the service in its marketing and communications efforts?
By Katherine Noyes | 11 December, 2010 06:20
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Did e-mail and the Internet kill the 9-5 workday?
Have you checked your work e-mailtoday? If you're like most employees in the United States and United Kingdom, the answer is yes despite the fact that it is not only the weekend, but an extended holiday weekend for most workers in the US. A day off is becoming an increasingly foreign concept as workers stay connected virtually 24/7.
By Tony Bradley | 06 September, 2010 23:43
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Instant messaging etiquette: Five simple rules
The popularity of instant messaging has grown exponentially in the past decade, but the communication platform's immediacy presents users with endless opportunities to come off the wrong way. These tips will help you stay in the good graces of your IM buddies.
By Christopher Null | 12 August, 2009 14:34
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Unifying unified communications
Integrating enterprise communication tools -- from telephony to e-mail, conferencing and instant messaging -- is the key to delivering a richer collaboration environment that increases productivity. But deployment and management of unified communications systems can be daunting.
By Francois Depayras | 13 August, 2008 09:21
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