Late last week, we reviewed a unique newcomer to the iOS Google Talk scene. “Verbs”, as it is called, doesn’t offer all that much in terms of functionality. After all, it is a simple Google Talk app. On top of that, the one staple feature that any time-based communication app should feature as default — Push Notifications — is not currently supported. What Verbs does do well, however, is design. Verbs looks amazing. And tonight, version...
Two years after Apple unveiled the App Store and over 150,000+ apps later, it may seem rather redundant and useless to release another chat client in to the midst. But there’s one thing above Verbs that’s very different — it looks amazing! From a design perspective, it puts all other chat apps to shame. Though, that awesome design doesn’t come without a few caveats. Hop inside for the review… I’ve been following Verbs for several...
When it comes to multi-chat apps on iOS, “a dime’s a dozen” certainly rings true. It’s not very hard to tie together a bunch of IM protocols and display them in one window. And after testing out pretty much every multi-chat app on the App Store, I’ve come to the conclusion that the hard part to building a multi-chat app isn’t the functionality — It’s the design. To some people, design is nothing more than an afterthought. ...
Facebook and Twitter are considered the top dogs in the social media realm. It is with these services the vast majority of earthlings around the world communicate and share their ideas, thoughts, and beliefs. Gmail operates much the same way — though it is far from the traditional social networking. I mean, you trade the exact information via Gmail but in a much more private manor. A project deep within Google however is aiming to make Gmail and it’s...
Users of Gmail who like to take weekly strolls through the Gmail labs area of the the gCloud will notice a new feature has popped up dubbed “Green Robot”. The word “Green” and “Robot” coming from anything Google could only mean one thing: Android. Activating this feature will simply make your Gmail contact chat dots who use Android devices display as color coded Android icons instead of the typical colored dot. By no means is it a...
