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Google's instant messaging (IM) service, which provides text messaging and voice calling. It provides a link to the user's Gmail account as well as displays the number of unread messages in the...

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Google's instant messaging (IM) service, which provides text messaging and voice calling. It provides a link to the user's Gmail account as well as displays the number of unread messages in the inbox. Google Talk is available as a stand-alone program and also as a component of the Google Apps package (see Google Apps). Google Talk is based on the XMPP/Jabber protocol (see Jabber).



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  • Google releasing Android Google Talk video calls for not very many

    Google announced today the impending rollout of Google Talk for Android that supports video calls over 3G, 4G and WiFi. The feature requires Android 2.3+, meaning not many will get to use it.

    Blog posts | April 28, 2011 3:27pm PDT

  • Call your mother on Easter with your new Apple iPad

    Truphone announced their new iPad-optimized version that is available now to give you VoIP calling and IM capability. This should be a great way to contact loved ones during the Easter weekend.

    Blog posts | April 2, 2010 9:13am PDT

  • ID thieves go phishing for GTalk, GMail passwords

    If you use Google's GMail or GTalk services, pay special attention to random e-mails or instant messages requesting your login credentials. There is a major spam run underway with a phishing scam...

    Blog posts | February 25, 2009 7:50am PST

  • Use Google Talk on your iPhone/Touch

    Google just released a new version of Google Talk that works on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's pretty nice looking, and it works well to boot. To use the new application, point your Safari...

    Blog posts | July 3, 2008 8:07am PDT

  • Google Talk optimized for iPhone

    A blog post by software engineer Adam Connors from the Google mobile team announces a new version of Google Talk for iPhone and iPod touch. In addition to sending your friends Gmail messages from...

    Blog posts | July 3, 2008 8:04am PDT

  • Google Talk isn't the only iPhone optimized IM client

    The news that Google Talk has now been optimized for the Apple iPhone web browser is all over the internet this morning. I also wanted to let IM users know there are other web browser based...

    Blog posts | July 3, 2008 7:52am PDT

  • New Version of Google Talk released!

    Google finally released a new version of Google Talk. It's been a long time coming, but the new application, in some ways, definitely worth the wait. This version includes all the great features...

    Blog posts | April 4, 2008 5:10pm PDT

  • Google Talk desktop client set for an update?

    It sounds like there is a new version of Google Talk in the works -- fears loomed that the client had all but been abandoned since the last update was over 16 months ago, and it was just to add...

    Blog posts | March 3, 2008 7:01am PST

  • Google Talk's new chatback badge: is there a privacy issue here?

    Now here's something I am trying to figure out. First, I go to the (non-Google) Google Operating System blog, and their new entry about how to chat with your site's visitors using Google Talk....

    Blog posts | February 26, 2008 4:39am PST

  • Chatback: Let people comment using Google Talk

    Most blogs let you leave comments, but often it's a hassle because you have to log in and/or create an account. This is one of the reasons Google launched "chatback" -- a badge that users can put...

    Blog posts | February 25, 2008 7:35pm PST

  • Go stealth with Google Talk in Gmail

    Google introduced a Google Talk gadget into Gmail quite a while ago, but some people didn't like that signing into Gmail also meant signing into Google Talk. For them, Google added a feature that...

    Blog posts | February 23, 2008 6:48am PST

  • News to know: Working with Android; XP activation; Google Talk woe; Apple

    Notable headlines: Ed Burnette: Getting started with Android Ed Bott: Microsoft to relax XP activation rules with SP3 Mary Jo Foley: There's still a lot of life left in desktop office suite....

    Blog posts | December 17, 2007 2:10am PST

  • New version of the Google Talk client disables voicemail and more

    Several people have noticed a new version of Google Talk (1.0.0.105) in the wild that is available to download from here. We've been waiting since January for a new version, and it's unfortunate...

    Blog posts | December 15, 2007 12:13pm PST

  • Google updates presentation application, still falls short

    You can't expect a product to transform into something amazing overnight, but the set of "updates" made recently didn't make any drastic improvements to the already less-than-spectacular service....

    Blog posts | November 21, 2007 7:08pm PST

  • Google Talk soon to work with AIM

    Trusted Testers have been working hard testing AIM interoperability in their Gmail accounts according to Ionut from Google Operating System. This anonymous source provided him screenshots of the...

    Blog posts | November 11, 2007 8:46am PST

  • Google's new APIs and their effect on Google Talk, Gmail and yes, Google Phone

    The way I interpret some newly posted information, Google could be preparing to allow developers to fashion applications that will run with Google Talk, Gmail, and more hot Google services such...

    Blog posts | September 22, 2007 4:00am PDT

  • Google Talk gadget gets multiple user chat

    The Google Talk gadget seems to be adding new features at a faster rate than the actual windows client these days -- today they launched a new multiple user chat interface. The feature is a bit...

    Blog posts | June 22, 2007 7:30am PDT

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