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Yahoo! Messenger for the Web
Catching up to Google’s and Microsoft’s browser-based Ajax chat offerings, Yahoo just released a browser-based Flash version of Yahoo! Messenger at webmessenger.yahoo.com. Avatars, emoticons, history, and MSN Messenger integration available at launch; VoIP to follow. As always, Microsoft is the loser in this area: both Yahoo’s and Google’s Web IM offerings are snappier than theirs.
On a country-specific note, this’ll be a hit here in the Philippines. The vast majority of online Filipinos use Yahoo! Messenger, and either go to dinky Internet rental shops or sulk behind medieval corporate firewalls.
(Via Michael Arrington.)
First Look at Meebo Killer Wablet
I’ve been testing startup Web IM service Wablet for a while now. Wablet currently connects to Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, ICQ, and AOL Instant Messenger, plus its own network. Despite a few bugs to fix in alpha, this thing looks like it’ll do exactly what TechCrunch says it will: rock Web IM. Read on to see how. Click here to continue reading “First Look at Meebo Killer Wablet”…
