OVERSATISFYING BEIJING Still, there was outrage at the extent of a cooperation that many saw as another example of once-admired Western Internet giants bending their principles in order to do business in China. The problem with Skype is that they did more than what people expected. They over-satisfied the government, said Isaac Mao, one of China’s earliest and best known bloggers. Yahoo Inc.
Oct
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A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.’s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including democracy. The revelation is not only of interest to rights groups that monitor Internet censorship. The discovery also likely intrigues law enforcement and intelligence agencies in other countries, because they have been bothered by the growing use of Skype, which claims 338 million users across the world.
Oct
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Based in Denver, Colorado, Jabber specializes in enterprise messaging software. The company’s messaging offering supports such products as AOL AIM, Microsoft Office Communications Server, IBM Sametime and instant messaging software from Google and Yahoo. Upon completing the transaction, Jabber will continue to function in its current offices as a member of Cisco’s collaboration software group. The company hopes that the adaptability of Jabber will increase the appeal of its collaboration suite.
Oct
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc said on Friday it plans to buy privately held Jabber Inc, which specializes in instant messaging software, to bolster its own line of Internet-based communications products. The two companies did not disclose financial terms. Denver-based Jabber provides open instant messaging technology that supports different devices and applications, and allows users on separate networks, such as Google Talk or Yahoo Messenger, to connect with each other.
Oct
14
October 13th, 2008 Instant message aggregator Meebo is now providing its technology to other sites . Called CommunityIM, the unlaunched service has been racking up an increasingly long list of large and small new partners. Today, the Mountain View, Calif. company is announcing 11 new additions, including IBeatYou, OrangeShark, PerfSpot, UGAME.net, Yaari, Zinch, Zorpia, Bleacher Report, Dhingana, Fanpop and GlobalGrind. CommunityIM is basically white-label IM .
Oct
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Adam Ostrow1 Comment Later this year, Meebo will launch Community IM, a product that enables websites to add their own instant messaging and chat service. Back in July, the company announced an impressive list of initial launch partners including Flixster, MyYearbook, and Piczo.
Oct
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Denver-based Jabber makes an open source instant-messaging software that supports an assortment of devices across a business’ IT network. Jabber also makes it possible for users to talk to one another across different instant-messaging platforms. For example, a user on Yahoo Messenger can connect with another user on Google Talk.
Oct
13
Internet gear giant Cisco has announced a deal to acquire privately-held Internet messaging and “presence” company Jabber for an undisclosed amount. Based in Denver, Jabber develops and provides communication services, including instant messaging technology that’s interoperable between different platforms and applications and can, for instance, act as a gateway between normally isolated services like Google Talk, Microsoft’s Office Communication Service, IBM SameTime, and Yahoo Messenger.
Oct
12
KUALA LUMPUR: Innity, Malaysia’s largest premium advertising network and the market leader in online advertising in South East Asia announced today that it has been appointed the exclusive regional sales representative for eBuddy, the world’s leading independent provider of web and mobile instant messaging (IM). Innity is now the exclusive sales representative for eBuddy in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
Oct
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Jabber provides instant messaging software that is compatible with other networks. The product allows users to communicate on a variety of networks including Google Talk, AOL AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Office Communications Server and IBM Sametime. Cisco plans to use the technology to enhance its existing Internet-based communications products. It will allow Cisco to use the product across multiple platforms including Cisco WebEx Connect and Cisco Unified Communications.