Anything for managing a conversation, like IM or Twitter, which is a big omission.

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Email is good at some things that IM is not, like composing a long, thoughtful reply, writing poetry or essays, or really anything where you need more than the granularity of a single line of text in which to compose your thoughts.

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Alongside the growth of social networks, use of communications tools like IM and webmail applications continued to grow at a significant rate.

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Chorus.im is different because it works through a mobile browser like Safari, Opera or Firefox.

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Well, you know, I mean, Im a huge fan of old-fashioned country music, like Kitty Wells and that sort of thing, but Im not sure why I get pigeonholed into country music because I have always had a very energetic rock band.

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They might point out that email-compatible systems like PGP provide a much better proof of identity than an IM handle.

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With instant messaging gaining in popularity, companies would like to find a way to initiate casual conversations about their products and services within the IM chat boxes.

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