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- Jabbify: Embed a text-chat on your site and interact with visitors
- Twitly: Create groups with your Twitter friends and start posting messages
- DukaDial: Call any US landline phone number for free
- TorChat: Instant message with people through this USB portable client
- Jabbify
Jabbify is a free text-chat system that you can embed on your site. With a simple HTML code, you can can embed a text-chat are that floats on the right bottom of your site, to let your visitors interact with you. You can monitor new incoming messages directly through Jabbify, or using a Jabber client like GoogleTalk or Spark. The chat area is fully customizable and the service is free to use.
https://jabbify.com/
- Twitly
Twitly is a new service that lets you create groups on Twitter. All you need to do in order to create a group is to enter your Twitter credential and email: then, just enter a name for the group in the “create a new group� text box and add any person you want. Once a group if finished, you can start sending messages to the subscribers of that group, creating a sort of private message board. Free.
http://www.twitly.com/
- DukaDial
DukaDial is an online service that enables you to make free calls to North America landline or mobile phones (the latter are not free). After a free registration, you can start making calls: just enter the other person's and your phone number, click start, and wait for your phone to ring. You will then be automatically connected, and you will be able to talk for free. Free to use.
http://labs.jaduka.com/dukadial/
- TorChat
TorChat is a light-weight encrypted instant messaging software that can run from any USB drive on any operating system (Windows, Mac, or Linux). The interface is really simple, made of a clean contact list with basic status indicators. Soon, TorChat will also support file transfer, multi-chat, and other options. The service is obviously free to download and use.
http://code.google.com/p/torchat/
