Got iPhone or Android phone? Fancy free sms-es? HeyWire is here.

If you have an iPhone or any Android phone, why not try out HeyWire which allows you to text for free anywhere around the world (check coverage here - Malaysia's Celcom, Digi and Maxis are included). All you need to do is to download the app (AppStore / Android Market). With this app, you can use it for texting (or sms), Facebook Chat,  Twitter and IM (Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Chat) all under a single application. When you sign up for it, you will be given a real phone number as an identification and you can use it to text for free, so long as your family member/friend send/receive the message using HeyWire's app**. Now, if you have used it on your iPhone or Android phone, the have a beta version which you can use it on your Mac or PC.

HeyWire was featured on Mashable on the 26th of January 2011.

**For friends, family and co-workers standard text messaging rates will apply for receiving text messages from you and sending of text messages back to you through their mobile operator. (Source: HeyWire's FAQ)
p/s: I have not tried HeyWire yet. If you have any feedbacks, please do comment it below :D

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Windows Live Messenger 2011

Windows Live Messenger 2011 is out now. 

Get it from Microsoft now! GO!

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Windows Live Essentials Beta 2010 comes with NEW Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Essentials Beta now comes with the new Windows Live Messenger for Windows 7! Chat in HD! And Outlook is now integrated with Facebook! Available for Windows 7 and Vista only. The status button on the Aero Peek on your task bar is so cool!

It has a new sign in interface and allows you to integrate your messenger with Facebook and Myspace. What's more? The interface is very Facebook-like. And you can toggle between the old and new Messenger. You can comment on your friend's status on the new Live Messenger.

Multiple chats now appear in TABS form, like in ebuddy!!! No more complains on "where is that window? where is it on the taskbar?"' YAY!




This comes with a free Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta which allows you to edit and post photos up on Facebook and videos on Youtube easily. Windows Live Movie Maker Beta is also part of Windows Live Essentials.


Try it NOW! 


Download it from Windows Live Essentials Beta.

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Miranda IM - How to and Addons

Download : Miranda IM Downloads or Portable Apps

Addons : Miranda IM Addons

Recommended Addons by Techknew : 1. Sounds for Miranda IM
                                                                       2. Nice Layout

Homepage: Miranda IM

Fancy some portable messsenger that you can carry around in college, university or in the office without the need of retyping your username and password? Throw away ebuddy. Miranda IM is a portable messenger that I use everyday. It is easy to use and is lightweight as it is only around 5.5MB with two addons.

Here's some tips on how to use it:

1.Download Miranda IM either from Miranda IM Downloads or Portable Apps.

2. Extract it. Select "Portable Installation"

3. After extracting, create a new account for the messenger so that you can easily login without the need of retyping your username and password. You can choose the protocol, eg. MSN for Windows Live Messenger.

4. Then go to Options> Message Options > Messaging. At "Automatically popup window when:", tick all so that your message will popup when it is received.

5. For some addons :

Addons : Miranda IM Addons

Recommended Addons by Techknew : 1. Sounds for Miranda IM

                                                               2. Nice Layout

You can download them from the links to get a better layout as the default layout is very plain. By default, there will be no sound alerts, so download the sound plugin for improve experience. After downloading them, extract it into the Plugin folder for it to work. 

For the sound to work, you have to go to Sounds> Tick "Enable sound events" and click at the respective sounds> Change to set the location of the sound.

Wola! Copy the Miranda folder into your thumbdrive. You can use it on the go!

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