Social & Communication (114 programs)
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Medium Backup (Unofficial) varies-with-device
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- Free
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- English
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Medium Backup, as the name indicates, is an app that helps backup your Medium posts. Medium is a platform to publish online content. It is among...
- Pros: Medium publications can be backed up both automatically and manually
- Cons: Only last 10 posts can be retrieved from backup
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Goofy 3.0.3
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- Free
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- English
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Goofy is a free third-party Facebook messenger service. The open-source software connects to a Facebook account and provides notifications for new...
- Pros: Free and open-source
- Cons: RAM intensive
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Psi+ Varies with device
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- Free
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- English
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Psi+ is an absolutely free instant messenger program designed to be be used across multiple platforms. This is an excellent benefit in terms of...
- Pros: This is a free software package
- Cons: The last software update occurred in 2012
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HexChat Varies with device
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- Free
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- English
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The HexChat program is very similar in form and function to Xchat, except that it is completely free and open source. It works for Unix-like...
- Pros: It is free fully open source
- Cons: The starting GUI is pretty ugly
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irssi Varies with device
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- Free
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- English
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irssi is a free, command line IRC client. That means there's no graphical elements, no tabs and mouse use is limited to copying and pasting. If you...
- Pros: Extremely fast
- Cons: High learning curve
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Linphone Varies with device
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- Free
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- English
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Voice Over IP lets you make phone calls via the internet Linphone is a smallish, open source project which aims to provide that service for free....
- Pros: Full calling functionality over the internet
- Cons: You don’t get as much support as big rivals
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Confide 1
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- Free
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- English
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Confide allows you to communicate with other program users with complete privacy. Your messages are encrypted, so that hackers cannot gain access...
- Pros: Your messages are encrypted so they cannot be stolen while transmitting
- Cons: The paid version has very few extra features
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uTox 0.9.8
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- Free
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- English
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uTox can be thought of as the 'Tor' of the instant messaging community. It is intended to provide a free and secure means for two (or more) parties...
- Pros: This is absolutely free software and no advertisements are present
- Cons: This software is still under development some bugs may be present
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ooVoo 6.0.5.75
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- Free
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- English
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ooVoo is an elegant and powerful video conferencing and IM client that combines elegance with functionality. Unlike some video conferencing...
- Pros: Allows up to 6 video conference calls at once
- Cons: Automatically adds itself to your startup items without prompting
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Amazon Chime 4.0.5.5522
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- Free
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- English
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Competing with Google Hangouts and Skype, Amazon Chime is a new communication tools that makes it easy to connect with people regardless of where...
- Pros: High-quality audio and high-definition video
- Cons: Most features require a paid subscription
Articles Social & Communication
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(Updated) Can Ello keep its promise to users after getting more funding from investors?
Social network Ello got a lot of publicity due to its 'you are not the product' manifesto that styled... See more
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Facebook Q&A - why was Facebook Messenger forced on users?
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hosted a Q&A session on the social network for users, and... See more
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Skype? What are the most and least secure messaging services?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has tested a range of call and messaging services, like... See more
