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more about #instantmessaging more comments → jinushaun: With phones like the iPhone, email is basically instant. So a lot of the arguments for IM and such are gone. more » ninjagin: I read the article earlier today. Summary: "With superfast twitter and facebook and instant messages, who needs pokey-slow attachment-oriented email?"... more » Intelext: Most things now have gone online, it's quite unlikely that the use of emails will ever die. more » fluidexistence: ...In other news, this same columnist also was quoted later that day. "Franks and Beans!" Or less subtlely put, that person's retarded, in the freef... more » Spotz: I think the WSJ needs to worry about the decline of printed newspapers more than the decline of e-mail. Just saying... more » OMG! Ponies!: First of all, if it's registration for websites and I may get spam in return, there's a decent chance that I'll randomly register with the email addy ... more » Hiphopopotamus: @CuteyKatKate, @MarkDeFonte, Please report to the Human Resources office immediate. #sexualharrassmentpolicy more » jahmaicherry: I love that The Wall Street Journal, an icon of a dying medium that was built upon reporting about the institution that caused the recession, has the ... more » 92BuickLeSabre: This sounds sarcastic, but it's not. What am I missing here Chen? Because I'm reading: (1) Not going to pull out the old argument of "X isn't dead,... more » Nick: oh, and i will take it a step further and say the "@" has drawn its last breath. more » jakebathman: But for it to be truly ubiquitous—and it has to be in order to replace email—it can't be hosted by just one company. Wave is open sourced and the... more » nutbastard: email will only be dead when there is either no one left to email, or nothing left to email with. so if the WSJ is predicting a global mega-catastrop... more » Bandit: Actually, faxes are pretty much dead, replaced by e-mail. I'm in an office setting and our use of the fax machine has to be down by 90% since we star... more » Nick: i know someone that works at the WSJ. i'm gonna e-mail her. more » Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Is "Jesssica E. Vascellaro" Mossberg's new pseudonym? more » -
#rants
Email is Dead? Oh Really?
The WSJ is making the call—email isn't as important as social networks. It's an interesting conclusion, derived from the fact that both growth and absolute numbers are on the side of social networking this year. That's kind of weird. More » -
#iphoneapps
Ping is Like a Free SMS Client For iPhone and iPod Touch Users
This Ping app by the guy who made PushGmail is a mix between text messaging and instant messaging. What you need to know is that it's free and it's fast. More » -
#questionoftheday
What Method Of 21st Century Communication Do You Prefer?
From time to time I like to revisit the issue of communication because the options are constantly expanding and it is an interesting ongoing sociological experiment. So, the question is simple: which method of communication do you utilize most? More » -
#iphoneapps
iPhone's Beejive 2.0 IM App Now Does Voice Messaging, File Sending/Viewing
Beejive's already quite usable Beejive IM iPhone app just got an update to 2.0, adding file transfer and voice messages to its multitude of IM connectivity. More » -
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#gadgets
Picture Frame Shows Which of Your IM and Skype Friends Are Online
We absolutely love it when cyberspace and meatspace intersect, which is why we're enthused over this Online Notification Picture Frame. It's a DIY project that connects via some interface (the guy doesn't say) to a computer, which feeds online status information back to the display. If a person's online, the LED next to his photo lights up. We'd prefer it if this were a more digital solution like an actual photo frame that dynamically displayed the pictures of people who were online, but this is a good start. [Volunteer Lab Rat via Hacked Gadgets]
