Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Instant Messaging clients: Stop the insanity

<p>Skype. AOL IM. Yahoo IM. Google Hangouts. Facebook Chat. Twitter DMs. The number of instant messaging accounts that I have to deal with on a daily basis is absolutely mind-numbing.</p><p>It's not that I necessarily choose to have all these accounts, it's because the people who I have to interact with on a daily basis have these accounts and have their allegiances to specific services.</p><p>Things have gotten a little better over the years. Microsoft shut down MSN Live Messenger recently and folded the Live account stuff into Skype, and Skype now can talk to Lync with some limitations and vice-versa.</p><p>But I still need to use several distinct IM programs to manage all my accounts.Image Credit: Jason Perlow</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/instant-messaging-clients-stop-the-insanity-7000017643/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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