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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
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Category Archives: IM
Instant Messaging Convergence Is Coming
The lack of Instant Messaging (IM) interoperability has been a major roadblock for the creation of true end-to-end, provider-independent desktop and mobile IM applications. IM networks and services have been closed systems, closely guarded by their “owners”. But this may … Continue reading
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MSN + Yahoo! IM = A Large but Still Closed IM network
With MSN and Yahoo! partnering on IM, two closed systems now make one very large, but still closed, system of 275 million users. The main issue with IM has been 1) the lack of interoperability between IM providers and 2) … Continue reading
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