July 11th, 2006 | by RC11 | published in Google Talk
When I first started using Google Talk with fellow Googlers, I enjoyed its incredible voice clarity and reliability. Unfortunately, when I came home to share this cool new Google tool with my friends and family, I realized that I was limited in the am…
May 17th, 2006 | by Mary Himinkool | published in Google Talk
Nokia has just announced that the upcoming N770 Internet Tablet OS release will include Google Talk. The WiFi device enables Google Talk messaging and VoIP calls between N770 tablets and PCs (or of course with other N770s). You just connect to a WiFi…
May 16th, 2006 | by Bob Day | published in Google Talk
We are pleased to announce the beta release of Google Talk in 13 new languages: UK English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, and Turkish. Check out the language se…
April 26th, 2006 | by Jeanne DeWitt | published in Google Talk
When we first launched the Google Talk blog, Mike, the product manager, had encouraged the support team to contribute posts as well. Since support does more of the behind-the-scenes work (answering email, creating the Help Center, investigating proble…
April 17th, 2006 | by Jon Perlow | published in Google Talk
In response to Joe’s post, yes, it is true that I said “This is the worst feature ever.” Unfortunately, my passion often gets the best of me and I am prone to hyperbole. What I really meant was that I think the feature can be a lot better.Google has a …
April 17th, 2006 | by Joe Beda | published in Google Talk
I remember long road trips with my family when I was a kid. Partly out of boredom and partly to annoy Mom and Dad, my sister would start in on the familiar “Are we there yet” refrain. After a while they would just tune us out. (You’ll see how this rela…
April 12th, 2006 | by Gayle Laakmann | published in Google Talk
Dear friend with the ugly dog picture (you know who you are),We begged, and we pleaded, and we finally got a set of thirty great pictures to give away free with Google Talk. You could have been a frog, a rose, a shamrock, a sun, or one of many other sn…
April 10th, 2006 | by Brian | published in Google Talk
If you’re anything like me, you’re probably a big fan of Google Talk’s simple, uncluttered interface. A sleek roster, and a chat history that reminds you of Notepad. I know you’re thinking, “I love Notepad!” and hey, who doesn’t? But we thought some of…
April 6th, 2006 | by Scott Ludwig | published in Google Talk
Today we’re launching a new version of Google Talk with fun personalization features: Pictures and Chat Themes.Pictures. Now you can set your own picture and see your friends’ pictures, right from your friends list. It’s easy to use: simply click on yo…
March 28th, 2006 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Talk
Did you know that some airlines still issue paper tickets? Well, they do, and I received some in the mail about two months ago after I planned a trip to Fiji. Now, fast-forward to this morning, one day before departing, when I realized my ticket was no…
March 16th, 2006 | by Sean Egan | published in Google Talk
If you’re a developer interested in making voice calls compatible with Google Talk, you depend on two separate code components. First, you need an implementation of Google Talk’s signaling and peer-to-peer protocol, which is currently being standardize…
March 8th, 2006 | by Mary Himinkool | published in Google Talk
Back in January, we mentioned that RIM was working on a downloadable Google Talk client for the BlackBerry. Now it’s here! Download Google Talk for BlackBerry devices (most commonly accessed via your BlackBerry). You can still access email and other Bl…
March 6th, 2006 | by Gayle Laakmann | published in Google Talk
There’s only so much silly putty you can play with before you start finding globs of red goo under your fingernails, in your keyboard and caked into the carpet. You realize, then, that’s it’s time to find new toys.Of all toys, are there any more Google…
March 2nd, 2006 | by Rod Chavez | published in Google Talk
One of the things that’s been a lot of fun is seeing so many people use third party chat clients to log into the Google Talk Service. When we picked XMPP as our chat protocol we expected this to happen, but it’s one thing to expect something and anothe…
February 9th, 2006 | by John Abd-El-Malek | published in Google Talk
Today we launched Google Desktop 3.0 with even more integration with Google Talk. In the last release you could dock Google Talk in the Sidebar. Now you can share items from your Sidebar with friends. Try it out by dragging and dropping any item fro…