Instant Messenger News

One major difference of web application use from traditional application use is the inherent delays in navigating from one web application page to another. These delays are typically caused by network traffic and computation. It takes more time to serve the pages to the browser if the web server is on a distant network and [...]

Seth Sternberg, Meebo’s CEO, invited me over on Friday to talk about a new open standard that Meebo is proposing and supporting called xAuth. What does it do? It lets any client developer call it to find out what social networks you are on. This lets toolbar vendors, like Meebo, ship a better experience because [...]