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Tagged Buys Digsby Instant Messenger Software

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:36:21 +0000

Social networking company Tagged.com has acquired dotSyntax. dotSyntax is best known for developing the Digsby instant messaging service. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. All seven of dotSyntax’s employees will be joining Tagged.

Tagged CEO Greg Tseng said that they plan to keep developing Digsby as standalone software. “They have expertise and technology in real-time communications which we want to use to push into instant messaging, group chat, video chat, etc. IM is our most requested feature on Tagged,” stated Tseng.

Digsby has about 3 million registered users and dotSyntax has raised about $500,000 in funding. Tagged has over 100 million users.

[TechCrunch]

Digsby Update Statuses On Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn In One Go

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:28:24 +0000

Digsby has released a new version of their software that allows people to simultaneously update their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace status messages in one go. This is extremely useful for those that are on all the social networks. The newest version is called Digsby 61.

The new feature on Digsby 61 is called the Global Status dialog. The Global Status has a URL shortening service built in. The link shortening service does not cross into IM windows. The shortened URL on Digsby links to the content but has a Digsby toolbar connected to it. To avoid the Digsby toolbar, add a – sign at the end of the URL.

In the new version of Digsby, there is also skins available for the buddy list. Digsby has support for AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, GTalk, ICQ, Facebok, GMail, AOL, IMAP, POP, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace.

[via CNET]

Even Though Meebo, Digsby, and Pidgin Exists, AOL Launches Web Version of AIM Based On Flash

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:18:43 +0000

AOL has had a web version of AIM for quite some time now. I haven’t used it in a long time, but I remember it was powered by Java last time I used it. Recently Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) sent out a press release stating that AOL launched AIM Express, a Flash-based version of AIM. The URL for the new AIM Express is at: http://www.aim.com/aimexpress.adp.

“AIM Express raises the bar with its streamlined design and lightweight messaging experience,” stated David Liu, SVP AOL People Networks. “It’s now even easier for AIM users, especially those on-the-go, to connect with friends whether at home, at a coffee shop, the library, or wherever they have Web access.”

The new version of AIM Express includes tabbed IM conversations, status messages, text message mode, buddy rollover, and browser compatibility. AOL also launched an AIM platform that is compatible with the Windows Mobile operating system.

When I heard about this news, the first thought I had was Meebo already exists. Why switch to AIM Express from Meebo? I can understand why people would use the mobile version of AIM Express, but the Flash-based online version seems pretty useless compared to Meebo. Using Meebo, users can sign on to AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, and Jabber at the same time.

There are several other services that took Meebo’s offerings and one-upped them too. For example, Digsby is another instant messenger and social network aggregator. Digsby supports AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, GTalk, Jabber, Facebook Chat, etc.

Pidgin is another example. Pidgin supports Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, GTalk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, and Zephyr.

Will a lot of people use AIM Express? Even though there are a plethora of alternatives for AIM Express, many people will end up using it because there is a link to it directly on AIM.com. And everytime someone logs into the AIM desktop software, AIM.com is opened in the default browser unless it is switched off. This increases the overall awareness of AIM Express.