Meebo Discontinuing All Services Except for Meebo Bar 121
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from the and-you-thought-microsoft-was-fast dept.
An anonymous reader writes with news of Meebo's fate, a mere six days after being acquired by Google. From the article: "Meebo, which began in 2005 as a browser based instant messaging program, will now cease most of its services by next month. The IM service supported various IM platforms such as Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, ICQ, MySpaceIM, Facebook Chat, Google Talk, CafeMom and others."
Their cash cow, the Meebo bar, will "...continue to be available to site publishers and will see continued improvements and new features in the weeks and months ahead." With Meebo killing off their messenger, are there any good Android chat alternatives that aren't tied to Google Talk?
Chat alternatives... (Score:2, Funny)
Hmm, chat alternatives on a phone. Have you tried voice?
Re:April fools? (Score:3, Funny)
Admittedly, I've only been around for some few weeks
Only a few weeks old and already writing? That's amazing.
Although it's very sad to see you discovered slashdot. I hate to think what will happen to your developing brain.
Re:Yes, there is. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:April fools? (Score:1, Funny)
WTF does that mean?
Re:embrace and extinguish? (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder what the motivation behind this is... is it to take a competitor out of the road? Or maybe it's more bening, such as gaining qualified employees?
I think it's definitely Bennings. [youtube.com]
Re:April fools? (Score:5, Funny)