Google Talk Ichat Free Services Offered

The new program, Google Talk, will compete against similar free services offered for several years by America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo Inc. All are vying to increase their presence on PCs to boost online ad revenue and name recognition.

AOLs messaging program has about 41.6 million U.S.

Yahoo Messenger with 19.1 million and MSN Messenger with 14.1 million, according to ComScore Media Metrixs July report, Fordahl reports.

Users of those services are unlikely to switch unless the friends and colleagues on their buddy lists do the same.

Text messages can be exchanged with users of Apple Computer Inc.s iChat, Cerulean Studios Trillian and the open-source Gaim program, Fordahl reports.

Google Talk, which is being released in a beta test version, works only on PCs running Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Google Talk Ichat Mac OS X

Eventually, the company plans to release a version for Apples Mac OS X.

Google Talk also requires users to have an account with the companys free Gmail e-mail system.

I dare say, buy their stock now as they have much up their sleves towards making the world even flater.

It is good to see them using open source and integration with other systems.

Of course what features they add in due course will determine how good it really becomes.

For simple messaging Ill use it at work if I need to and its cool it works with adium and ichat so thumbs up for me.

On Tuesday, the company announced a new fitness subscription platform called Apple Fitness.

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