In Depth: 10 best alternative Android apps

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As great as Android is, the default experience and app selection can be a little bit…
Trillian’s multinetwork IM app with tabbed browsing makes its way to Android phones. (Credit: Trillian/Cerulean Studios) If you’re into instant messaging in a big way, you’ll probably want to take a look at the free Trillian chat app, which, like others, lets you IM with friends on multiple networks, like Yahoo, AOL, Windows Live, Google Talk, and so on
Google has made a substantial cash offer to buy up VoIP firm Global IP Solutions, prompting speculation about what the search giant has in store for the company. Google has been tight-lipped about the proposed acquisition, merely saying in a statement that: “The web is evolving quickly as a development platform, and real-time video and audio communication over the Internet are becoming important new tools for users. “GIPS’s technology provides high quality, real-time audio and video over an IP network, and we’re looking forward to working with the GIPS team at Google to continue innovating for the web platform.” Bring out the GIPS Google has laid down an offer of $68 million (£47 million) and while this needs to be approved by 90 per cent of GIPS board, it is likely to go through.
After Yahoo Messenger was introduced for the iPhone Platform in August last year, Microsoft bucked up and has now launched Windows Live Messenger app for the iPhone Platform. Neowin , a technology news portal, got lucky to get the exclusive first screenshots of Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone OS.
The long-promised Meebo IM app for the iPhone and iPod touch [iTunes link] is now available in the App Store, and it’s both free and awesome. Meebo is a primarily web-based IM client — a place you can go in your browser to access almost every IM network you might want to use: Google Talk/Jabber, Yahoo!, AOL Instant Messenger, MySpace IM, Facebook — you name it. Meebo demonstrated its app in the main presentation of the Apple event last March when iPhone OS 3.0 was announced, which finally added push notification support to iPhone apps.
We are happy to announce a new mobile platform that allows its users to chat and connect with friends via Skype, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ, and through Fring Add-ons, which connects your phone to Facebook and Gmail, among others. Fring offers email updates Skype calling within iPhones, Windows Mobile devices, Nokia phones, and others and [...]
Google Friend Connect allows website managers to get social features on their websites without the hard work of code writing or searching for third-party applications designed by the OpenSocial developer community. The visitors of sites that are using Google Friend Connect can easily see, invite and interact with new people or, with secure authorization APIs, [...]