The app is dog shit and only getting worse.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jones" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 10:14:03 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: IM Services i use hangouts to communicate with my boy, its handy On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:04 PM, Brian Webster < [email protected] > wrote: One to consider is Google Voice. You sign up for a free phone number account but it also has a chat client. Can be app based on the phone or browser based as well. One nice feature of the Google Voice chat is that you can also be texting/chatting with mobile users just like texting between phones. Make conversations, with those in the office easier because they don't have to use their phone, they can be on the computer using a full keyboard. Supports full MMS, pictures, hyperlinks etc. There is a chrome plugin as well. Side benefit is that is have the voice/phone features including voicemail and voicemail to text transcription, call screening and call forwarding based on rules or no answer conditions. Still is the evil empire and them tracking al that you do so there is that drawback https://voice.google.com Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto: [email protected] ] On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 3:26 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] OT: IM Services With the demise of AIM, and not being on any social media sites, what's available for Instant messaging apps these days? Basically so I can send the boss Hyperlinks without having to do everything through email while we're on an intercom call. It looks like Trillian.im offers a service that is ad free for $2/user/mo But I thought I saw that there was a $10 minimum somewhere. Nate
