10 Most Popular Online Communication Tools

Although very popular in Vietnam, Yahoo Messenger is not chosen by Internet users in the world as one of the typical chat programs of 2008. Nearly 2 million readers of CNet technology site have selected 100 excellent Web 2.0 services, including 10 online contact support applications below:

AOL Instant Messenger

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is the oldest and most popular instant messaging program today. The service supports chat, file exchange and chat by tab (chat with multiple people on the same window). The latest AIM version is combined with the Twitter blog service.

Gmail

Google Gmail and is one of the first webmail to provide 1 GB of storage per account (other popular services only have a few tens of megabytes). Gmail is equipped with a smart filtering system: Instead of placing messages in each folder, users can bookmark and categorize e-mails right in the Inbox. Gmail currently has a capacity of 6 GB and integrates Google Talk and AOL AIM instant messaging services.

iChat

The iChat instant messaging program, which works on Apple's Mac OS X operating system, is constantly being improved to compete with other 3rd party chat services. It has many interesting features like tabbed chat., icon, download multiple files at once. iChat allows chatting with friends using AIM, Google Talk, Jabber and Bonjour.

Meebo

Meebo supports multi-network instant messaging and works on browser windows. It does not require downloading and installation, but it feels like you are using software located on the computer hard drive. In addition, Meebo offers Rooms: paste Metacafe video links, YouTube or Flickr photos, Photobucket. into chat windows and friends can view the content directly without opening a new window.

Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger chat software is compatible with Yahoo Messenger. Users can chat as text (text) or video or create free calls to each other. Live Messenger has a mobile version and is also included in the Xbox 360 game console.

ooVoo

ooVoo is also a chat application that supports both text and video. Up to 6 people can attend video conference or more than a dozen people with voice chat.

Pidgin

The Pidgin open source messaging application, once known as GAIM, is an interesting option when users want to chat with friends on different networks, including Google Talk and MySpace IM.

Skype

Skype - the platform for text, voice and video chat - is not only installed on the desktop but also works on mobile phones and fixed when Wi-Fi is connected. This is also a low-cost and international voice over the Internet (VoIP) service.

Windows Live Hotmail

Windows Live Hotmail is the latest upgrade for Microsoft's webmail. Users can drag - drop messages into folders or right - click to select features. In addition, Live Hotmail allows you to change the color of your mailbox, equipped with spell-checking and RSS reader.

Yahoo Mail

The new version of Yahoo Mail feels like an e-mail application that works on the desktop. People don't have to open each page to read messages, just drag the scroll bar to find the old e-mail. Yahoo Mail now includes instant messaging and RSS reader software.