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Pidgin: A Free Multiple Instant Messaging Client

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Prasanth Chandra.

Pidgin is a freeware which enables you to access multiple chat protocols simultaneously. This means you can take part in a group conversation on Google Talk, hang in a Yahoo Chat Room or chat with a friend on Skype, and you can do all these tasks at the same time on a  single chat interface which is the most amazing feature about Pidgin.

Let’s learn more about the great features of Pidgin.

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How To Add Twitter To Pidgin

Posted on 05. Jan, 2009 by Keshav.

Pidgin is a multi-platform and protocol chat client that supports more than 15 protocols. You can chat with your Yahoo, MSN, Google and AIM friends all at the same time, saving you time and system resources, as you won’t need to install different applications for different protocols.

Twitter, as you may already know, is a microblogging service that is quite popular and has made huge strides in web 2.0. Twitter used to have their own chat bot that you could add to your messenger and post and receive messages from Twitter.  However, they had to bring it down, as they were facing huge loads and outages on their servers.

Today, I will tell you how you can add one such bot to your Pidgin messenger. This works for both Windows and Linux.

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