Five Best Instant Messengers

Instant messaging has become so ubiquitous, an entire generation of internet users is probably unaware there was ever life without it. Check out the following five most popular instant messengers to to help you communicate across networks and the world.

The following instant messengers all support multiple IM protocols, more than we could reasonable list in every single entry. 

Digsby (Windows, Free)

 

Digsby's widespread popularity has recently taken a few lumps after they began including crapware in their installer and offering affiliate money to users who help them spread said crap. Despite these two moves, which have left quite a few users grumbling, Digsby is still a chat client with quite a lot to offer (and you can skip the bloat with the right download). Digsby supports multiple chat networks and allows you to merge your friends' multiple usernames into one unified entry on your contact list. When you have Digsby minimized to the system tray, you'll receive notification-style pop-up bubbles when messaged that you can reply right in. Digsby also supports email notifications for popular web-based email services through IMAP and POP3. Social networking isn't left out, either, as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn can all be viewed and updated via Digsby.

Adium (Mac, Free)

Adium is an open-source chat client for Mac OS X. Adium supports multiple chat and social networking services like AIM, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, MySpace, and Facebook, among others. Thanks to integration with the Mac OS, Adium can pull from your address book to populate your contacts list, use system themes, and issue system notifications including Growl notifications. Adium also has support for all kinds of plug-ins and the hundreds of "Xtras"—Adium's label for customization packages. If you'd like to keep things private, Adium also supports encrypted chat via Off-The-Record Messaging and is the only client in the Hive to have native support for it—though Pidgin and Trillian can take advantage of it via plug-in.

Pidgin (Windows/Linux, Free)

Pidgin is another open-source offering with a great feature set and support for popular chat networks such as AIM, ICW, Google Talk, and MSN Messenger, among others. You can download a variety plug-ins to enhance your chat experience by keeping spam away, encrypting your conversations, connecting to social networks, and more. Pidgin doesn't have the most bells and whistles of the clients represented in this Hive, but its open-source code, cross-platform availability, and portable version keep many people coming back to use the streamlined tool. If Pidgin is the apple of your IM eye, be sure to check out our ten must-have plug-ins to power up Pidgin.

Meebo (Web-Based, Free)

Meebo is a web-based instant messaging solution. Rather than requiring you to install a client on your computer, you handle all of your instant messaging affairs through the Meebo web site (although they do have a lightweight system tray notifier available for Windows users). Registration is optional if you're using a single service like AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, or MSN Messenger; you can simply use your credentials for that service to log into it through Meebo. If you want to build a more fleshed out profile that logs into multiple services at once, you'll need to sign up for a free Meebo account. One bonus for people behind a corporate firewall, assuming that your firewall isn't blocking the actual Meebo site, is that as long as you can use secure web sites (those with the https:// designation), you can connect to all your favorite chat services.

Trillian Astra (Windows, Basic: Free, Pro: $25)

Trillian seemed to all but disappear from the instant messaging scene for a while there, but it's come back in full force with the beta-release of Trillian Astra (which most were suspecting may have been vaporware). Trillian Astra has an extensive feature list, although some of the juicier features are disabled after 30 days if you don't upgrade to the Pro edition. Trillian supports the regular customers like AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and MSN Messenger, as well as Facebook, MySpace, Skype, IRC, and Twitter. While video and audio support are notably lacking from most of the entries in the Hive, Trillian circumvents the problem of trying to play nice with 3rd party protocols by sporting its own video and chat service that is run through the Astra network.

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Kidlogger Android spy app

 

Kidlogger is the software which you can use to spy on any Android cell phone without having to be all around it. Regardless of where in the entire world you do you think you're will be able to see all of that goes with in the phone being checked. The individual activity logarithm is secretly recorded along with converted in HTML data files so you could easily understand them. You can even upload log files from your Android OS phone for the KidLogger account. Once this can be done, you may then browse the files. Could that you do not have all time in world in order to stalk thus KidLogger volition report whenever you are totally free and ready to look.


To begin with, it will certainly record each activity going on in the phone. No telephone calls, text messages, web webpages being surfed, apps, or areas can possibly be hidden out of this ultimate adware. We recognize all that happens in the marked mobile's existence; well, providing all from it is within your Operating system phone. Furthermore, the activeness log is uploaded for your requirements at KidLogger.net. Just remember, all with this is totally free! You do not have to pay for this app – really amazing!

It's simple to know whom the goal is getting in touch with and a caller's identity him/your ex; you doesn't just be alert to the number of the company but in addition their get in touch with name. Also you can read the incoming text messages and the particular clipboard wording data. Furthermore, you can view regardless of if the Wi Fi, USB, Card and/or even GSM have been in use. Kids-logger enables you to see this applications which were accessed from the target telephone.Also, you can observe the earphone activity life cycle and all of the websites that have been visited for the monitored cell phone – URLs involved. You need to know what is being typed or maybe said about the phone? KidLogger Seasoned makes this possible for you. You could enter some keywords which when used are going to be informed to your account of. Today your children can't manipulation foul language without letting you know – though, involuntarily.Even when you are busy doing other points in your PC system this specific app is fine in the background but this particular feature is available in the Professional version your app. To create your existence easy, KidLogger restarts instantly when the product is restarted. Other than this, by way of the KidLogger Expert settings you can include password security which may restrict any kind of unwanted entry. Moreover, as a result of your account you can certainly browse every one of the log data files on the marked phone with any rush. You also can set the option which orders the cellphone to add log documents to your account so there is no need to consult for them yourself.

Kidlogger Android spy app

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TalkBox Voice Messenger

TalkBox Voice Messenger

Developer(s)	TalkBox Limited
Initial release	January 18, 2011
Stable release	iPhone v1.94, Android (varies depend on devices), Windows Phone v1.2 and BlackBerry v1.1
Operating system	iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry
Available in	multilingual
Type	Instant Messaging Client
Website	http://talkboxapp.com

TalkBox Voice Messenger (formerly named TalkBox) is a smartphone application that enables users of iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry to easily communicate via push-to-talk instant voice messages as well as sharing geo-location, pictures and group chat with one another. Users’ voice is carefully curated and delivered by TalkBox voice bubbles of maximum 1 minute in length. TalkBox also integrated with different social networking elements which enables users to post voice post using Agent Twitter or Agent Facebook. It can also be applied to different business scenario from talking to an oversea business acquaintance without having to schedule an appointment to brainstorming a new product ideas with the team using group chat. The first version of the program was released in January 2011.

 

                                  

 

 

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iMessage

iMessage

The Messages app in iOS 6 running on the iPhone. When the sender is sending an iMessage, the button will appear blue notifying the message that is about to be sent is an iMessage instead of an SMS.

iMessage is an instant messenger service developed by Apple Inc. for iOSand OS X Mountain Lion.

 

History

iMessage was announced by Scott Forstall at the WWDC 2011 keynote on June 6, 2011. A version of the iOS Messages application with support for iMessage was included in the iOS 5 update on October 12, 2011.
On February 16, 2012, Apple announced that a new OS X Messages application with support for iMessage, replacing iChat, would be part of OS X Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion, with Messages, was released on July 25, 2012.
On October 23, 2012, Apple CEO, Tim Cook announced that Apple device users have sent 300 billion messages using iMessage, and delivers an average of 28,000 messages per second.
On November 12, 2012, Chetan Sharma, a technology and strategy consulting firm, published the US Mobile Data Market Update Q3 2012 noting the decline of text messaging in the U.S, and suggested the decline may be attributed to Americans using alternative free messaging services such as iMessage.
On December 14, 2012, Apple dropped support for Messages Beta for OS X Lion.

Features

iMessage allows users to send texts, documents, photos, videos, contact information, and group messages over Wi-Fi, 3G or LTE to other iOS or OS X users, thus providing an alternative to standard SMS/MMS messaging for all users with devices running iOS 5 or later.
iMessage is accessible through the Messages app on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 5 or later or on a Mac running OS X Mountain Lion or later. Owners of these devices can register one or more email addresses with Apple, and, additionally, iPhone owners will have registered their phone numbers with Apple. For iPhone users who have an active data connection, Messages will check with Apple if the recipient has iMessage set up. If they do, it will seamlessly transition from SMS to iMessage.
In Messages, a user can see if the other iMessage user is typing a message. A pale gray ellipsis appears in the text bubble of the other user when a reply is started. It is also possible to start a conversation on one iOS device and continue it on another. iMessage-specific functions operate only between machines running iOS 5 or later or running Mountain Lion or later, but, on the iPhone, Messages can use SMS to communicate with non-iOS devices, or with other iPhones when iMessage is unavailable. On iPhones, green buttons and text bubbles indicate SMS-based communication; on all iOS devices, blue buttons and text bubbles indicate iMessage communication.
All iMessages are encrypted and can be tracked using delivery receipts. If the recipient enables Read Receipts, the sender will be able to see that the recipient has read the message.
iMessage also allows users to set up chats with more than two people - a "group chat". However, the group chatting features do not integrate very well with members in the group who have a different type of phone.
If the iPhone is running iOS 5 or greater, the messaging app will send text messages as an iMessage instead of the usual text message. This means that if you are sending text messages with an other iOS 5 user, there is no SMS charge associated with the messaging. It is merely treated as an additional data transfer.
iMessage is very similar to MMS: it not only allows the user to send plain text, but also allows the user to send pictures, movies, locations, and contacts.

Technology

While there are sources that claim the iMessage protocol is based on XMPP, the protocol is actually based on Apple push notifications (APNS) - a proprietary, binary protocol. Just like APNS it sets up a Keep-Alive connection with the Apple servers. Every connection has its own unique code, which acts as an identifier for the route that should be used to send a message to a specific device. The connection is encrypted with TLS using a client side certificate, that is requested by the device on the activation of iMessage.

          

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KakaoTalk

KakaoTalk

Developer(s)	KAKAO Inc.
Stable release	iOS 3.6.2 (June 8, 2013; 7 days ago) Android 3.8.3 (June 10, 2013; 5 days ago) BlackBerry OS 2.5.3 (June 11, 2013; 4 days ago) Samsung Bada Unknown (April 3, 2013; 2 months ago) Windows Phone 1.9.0.0 (May 26, 2013; 20 days ago)
Operating system	iOS, Android, Bada, BlackBerry, Windows Phone
Available in	Korean, English, Spanish, Chinese(Traditional), Chinese(Simplified), Indonesian, Japanese, Thai, Turkish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese
Type	Mobile Messaging App
Website	kakao.com/talk/en

KakaoTalk (Hangul: 카카오톡) is a free mobile messenger application for smartphones with free text and free call features. It is available on iOS, Android, Bada OS, BlackBerry and Windows 
Phone.
KakaoTalk provides free call and text messaging service. In addition, users can share diverse contents and information from photos, videos, voice messages, URL links to contact information. Both one-on-one chat and group chats are available over Wifi or 3G, and there are no limits to the number of friends to join in group chat. Recently, users in group chats can do free call. Furthermore, if someone doesn't want to call in group chats, he or she can push ignore button.
KakaoTalk automatically synchronizes with user’s contact list and find friends who are on the service. Users can also search friends by KakaoTalk ID without having to know each other's phone number. The KakaoTalk service also allows its users to export their messages and save them for future reference if the user so desires.

History

KakaoTalk was released on March 18, 2010 by Kakao Corp. Kakao Corp. was founded by Beom-Soo Kim, the former CEO of NHN Corporation (founder of Hangame, which merged with Naver.com to create NHN), the biggest IT company in South Korea. Kakao Corp. is based in Seoul, South Korea and Jae-Bum Lee and Sirgoo Lee are the current Co-CEOs. It reached 57 million users registered on August, 2012. An average of 24 million users are estimated to be using the app on a daily basis and over 3.4 billion messages are sent everyday. Kakao Corp. was named a "Top Developer" on Google's Android Market. and KakaoTalk was chosen as No.1 Free SMS App by Cnet.
On April 2013, KaKaoTalk released a beta version of KakaoTalk PC.

Kakaotalk and Globalization

Kakaotalk also is evolving as a handy tool of global communication. Internally, Kakaotalk is realizing the importance of expanding their performances in global market in order to keep sustainable growth and increase corporate value. 
On July 26th 2011, Kakao Corp. established Japanese Corp., Kakao Japan and appointed Cha-Jin Park as a representative. According to company officials, Kakaotalk appears to be very actively used in Japan.Especially when Strong Earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, voice call traffic in Japan surged as millions of people sought to confirm the safety of friends and family. Kakaotalk played as an important data network-based communication method and successfully replaced disabled wired and wireless network and helped connect people. Kakaotalk will expand their service in various languages. Especially, they newly opened Spanish Q&A section and Spanish app to target Spanish-speaking users in South America and Europe. Kakaotalk also prepares to establish American Corporations by servicing Blackberry-only app. Currently, among 20million Kakaotalk users, about 20% are oversea users.
Starting from March 17th 2013, Kakaotalk began TV commercials in Indonesia and Vietnam by joining hands with famous Korean K-pop star, Big Bang. In the commercial, local celebrities and BigBang appears together on the screen and promote Kakaotalk. Also Kakaotalk is trying to attract global consumers by introducing its new voting system ‘Kakao Poll’ or multichannel technology in foreign markets earlier than in Korean market. The intention behind these attempt to achieve recognizable position outside of domestic market appears to be started out from fear of remaining only as a domestic demand-oriented firm. If they cannot show distinguished accomplishments in an oversea market, they would experience various ordeals or being left behind as a domestic oligopolist such as Naver, the popular search web in Korea. One venture company official claims, “I am not sure how successful the newly releasing contents distribution platform Kakao page will be, but they can no longer expect remarkable growth in a domestic market anymore, instead, to experience the great leap once again, oversea market will be a key.”

Features

Besides those listed above, KakaoTalk has also these features:

• Free call and conference call (up to 5 people) named VoiceTalk.
• Photo, video and contact information sharing
• ‪All data encrypted ‬
• Support for 12 languages
• K-pop & Local Star Friends (Plus Friends)
• Walkie-talkie
• First ISO 27001 certified mobile messenger.
• User's own KakaoTalk theme (iPhone and Android Themes)
• No banner ads
• Game platform

   

   

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