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Skype 2.8 for Mac adds screen sharing, better audio and video

By: |Jul 22nd, 2009 at 03:03PM
Filed Under: Apple, Mac OS, VoIP, Wi-Fi
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Who doesn’t love a little bit of Skype action? If you’re a Mac user, though, Skype 2.8 Gold adds (or improves on if you were using a beta version) some awesome features like screen sharing (you can even share just a part of your screen for privacy reasons), Skype Access, and improved audio and video support. Skype Access is a way to pay for Wi-Fi hotspot access using your Skype account balance which can simplify things for those on the move we guess. Here’s a couple more updated features:Imp...

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About that new BlackBerry Messenger… It’s coming to all devices on OS 5.0, newer version revealed

By: |Jun 17th, 2009 at 08:55PM
Filed Under: BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Exclusives, Our Favorite Software, RIM, Software
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You read the headline right, kids — the new and insanely hot BlackBerry Messenger that we exclusively showed off to the World looks to be headed to all BlackBerry devices that will receive the OS 5.0 treatment. How do we know? Because we’ve been playing around with a recent build of OS 5.0 on a Curve 8900, and well, let’s just say that it and some other pretty awesome stuff is in there. But since we’re talking about BlackBerry Messenger, let’s just get right into it. We’ve ...

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BlackBerry’s newest BlackBerry Messenger client is beautiful, functional

By: |Jun 12th, 2009 at 08:33PM
Filed Under: BG's Corner, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Exclusives, RIM
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Barely any major updates since launching way back on those now sure-be-stuck-in-a-landfill BlackBerry 7290s, RIM’s latest version of BlackBerry Messenger — unreleased to the public — is absolutely awesome. They’re finally getting hip, people. Here’s some of the new features and enhancements we’ve find while quickly playing with it:Avatar support — set your own avatar using the Camera or saved photo on your device (this is displayed locally as well as shown next to you...