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With drop.io, real-time collaboration in the cloud

Is cloud computing a load of bull or the real deal? For drop.io founder and CEO Sam Lessin, it's everything...literally. Without it, his company and its eponymous service -- which allows two-click sharing of anything with anyone, privately -- might not exist. I spoke...

Tags: Cloud, XMPP, ZD, SL, Drop.io, Groupware, Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Operating XMPP Over Radio and Satellite Networks

XMPP, the Internet Standard eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is being widely adopted for Instant Messaging IM, Group Chat and Presence services in military networks. This paper starts by looking at the military tactical requirements for IM, Group Chat and Presence. It discusses briefly why XMPP is ideal for these...

Tags: Network, Radio, Satellite, Isode, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Networking, Internet, Online Communications

White papers 2009-01-07

The power of standard protocols

I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...

Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-09-04

50 questions asked and answered on Android

At the very end of the Google I/O 2008 conference last week the Android development team hosted a great fireside chat on the new mobile platform. The session was free-form, completely driven by questions from the audience. Although Google was trying to keep mum on a number of issues, several...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Application, Google Android, Phone, Device, Platform, OEM, App, Question, Q., A., XMPP, A. Goal, A. Qemu, Thing Cert, Apk, UMA, A. Compatability, A. Distribution, Android Device, Linux, Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Android+developers+fight+for+XMPP+support

Android+developers+fight+for+XMPP+supportDoD and XMPPI guess Google's taking the "do no harm" mantra to extremes by virtually guaranteeing that Android will have an uphill battle to be adopted by defense contractors as they rush to develop XMPP-capable wireless devices for the DoD.RE: Android developers fight for XMPP supportThanks Ed for the coverage....

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, XMPP

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Android developers fight for XMPP support

In early versions of the Android SDK, Google supplied an implementation of XMPP for peer to peer communication and for an always-on connection for push services. In M5 it was replaced by a Google branded GTalk service, and a number of Android developers are not too happy about it. ...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Phone, P2P, Possibility, XMPP, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Isode's Presence, Real Time Messaging and XMPP Strategy

Isode plans to add an XMPP Server to its product set, in order to provide presence and real time messaging services. XMPP is the Internet Standard eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, sometimes referred to as Jabber. This paper sets out: why Presence and Real Time Messaging are important to Isode's...

Tags: Messaging, Isode, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-01-01

First, it was the me generation. Now, it's the IM federation.

By way of Eric Norlin, Om Malik talks about a Google led federation of XMPP-compliant companies that are connecting their VoIP and instant messaging systems: What this means is that now Google Talk’s XMPP servers can talk to other XMPP servers such as Earthlink and Gizmo Project....

Tags: Google Inc., IM, XMPP

Blog posts 2006-01-18

What Libjingle means for Google Talk

Colleague Richard MacManus blogs TechCrunch reports that Google has released a set of components called Libjingle, which will allow third party applications to interoperate with Google Talk's peer-to-peer and voice calling capabilities. He wonders how this will square away with Skype's own third-party developer community....

Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, XMPP

Blog posts 2005-12-17

How GTalk plays into Google's identity strategy

With the release of GTalk this week, the blogosphere has been talking about what it all means. In fact, there's been way more talk than "yet another messaging system," in world with 3 or 4 too many already, deserves. Clearly, Google is positioning itself as an Internet operating...

Tags: identity strategy, Google Inc., Google Talk

Blog posts 2005-08-26

Additional Resources

JBuddy Messenger 3.1.091026 (Mac)

JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client. JBuddy Messenger supports popular public instant messaging protocols as well as enterprise instant messaging servers and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other Java-enabled desktop environments. System Requirements: JBuddy Messenger requires a Java Runtime Environment JRE...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screen Name, IM, JBuddy Messenger, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Pidgin Portable 2.6.3 (Windows)

Pidgin Portable formerly Gaim Portable is the versatile Pidgin instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. It has all the same great features as Pidgin, including support for AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Jabber networks, but there's...

Tags: Google Inc., IM, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, PortableApps.com, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Google Wave: Begging for a classrom

Using Wave to interconnect academic institutionsI think, the first large-scale Wave deployment should be used to interconnect all academic institutions around the world.This would be attractive because:1. younger generations are very adaptable, to new technology.2. there is a great deal of collaboration, in the academic world.3. technical glitches are likely...

Tags: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Google Inc., classrom, IRC

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Twhirl 0.9.4 (Windows)

Twhirl is a desktop Twitter client, based on the Adobe AIR platform. It connects to multiple Twitter and Friendfeed, Seesmic Video, and laconi.ca accounts, pops up notifications on new tweets, shortens long URLs (using digg.com, bit.ly, snurl, twurl or is.gd), cross-posts updates to Jaiku and many other sites like Facebook,...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Twhirl.org, Twhirl, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-29

Zoho's Next Big Thing

Moving the Point of AssemblyKudos to Zoho. Their efforts remind me of the early days of the Microsoft Productivity Environment where core MSOffice editors expanded their reach through DDE, OLE, rich copy/paste, data binding, merged content and data, VBA scripting and the infamous recorder, and a developer API that...

Tags: Channel management, Collaboration, Groupware, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., productivity environment

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Google Chrome 4 launches with bookmark synchronization

Google has just announced a brand new version of Chrome (4.0.201.1) in the Dev channel that includes Bookmark synchronization. To use the new feature, launch the "dev channel" version of Chrome with the --enable-sync flag, and then enable the feature in your options. Bookmark sync uses...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Storage, Hardware, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-08-17

SOA services: stop worrying about protocols, worry about the business

Richard Watson says there is too much hand wringing over service protocols and standards (REST, WS-*, etc.), and not enough thought given to why a service may be needed by the business in the first place. In a new post, he states that while "debates about whether to use REST...

Tags: Watson Co., SOA, Service, Service Modeling, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Research & Development, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Google Wave too complicated? I don't think so

"Solution" looking for a problem?That's how it looks to me.RE: Google Wave too complicated? I don't think soToo Complicated? It will make everything easier. All of my communication in one spot!people have said the same thingabout a number of the major technological advances in the last hundred years.And they...

Tags: Right Now IT, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?Won't workThe only way News will get their revenue offset is if 'the pipe' is charged; in other words ISPs get charged and pass along the cost to you in the form of an increase surcharge on your broadband account.When a...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operational accounting, grand subscription plan, minimal revenue, News Corp., Much Ado, subscription plan, Rupert Murdoch, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Jabbear Messenger 1.0.0.158 (Windows)

Jabbear is a brand new messenger client using Xmpp Protocol. You can chat with your friends whether they are using another messenging program or not. With Jabbear you can speak simultaneously with your MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, and Gtalk friends. It is easy to use and it has a lot of...

Tags: Friend, V.I.P. Solutions, Jabbear, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Applications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-03