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		r00fus on May 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The new Google Hangouts will not support XMPP Yay, the balkanization of chat. So much for babel/babble. Now you have iMessage, WhatsApp, Viber, Skype, Hangouts, etc. etc. The biggies will be the ones supported by large companies (ie, Skype, iMessage, Hangouts). So when will Amazon buy Viber or another smaller chat community?.

aspensmonster on May 16, 2013 [–]

So... we're back to the 90s? AIM and ICQ and YIM and MSN? I CAN'T WAIT.

drivebyacct2 on May 16, 2013 | [–]

Sadly, it means the same tech as in the 90s will win out, because it is TRULY platform independent.

SMS. And as much as I hate to say it, iMessage has the best support/transparency for it so far

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