For gamers, WinMe incorporates DirectPlay voice chat for real-time chat while gaming.

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The real-time chat service is widely seen as an answer to the mobile messaging apps becoming wildly popular among young smartphone users.

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The company's original app, which has been downloaded about 3 million times, allowed people to check in to shows and join a real-time chat with others that did the same.

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So far, it's at tech-oriented conferences like this where people are most aware of the "backchannel, " or the real-time electronic chit-chat going on about presentations as they occur.

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In 2008, the company launched YY, a voice-based gaming communications service, which enabled gamers to voice chat over the Internet and text chat in real-time while slaying monsters or coordinating gaming missions.

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Booktype also has social capabilities, with Twitter-like functionality that allows users to monitor what their collaborators are talking about and sharing, and chat for real-time conversations.

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With women in business flocking to Twitter to get real-time advice and counsel, the chat focused on how women are changing the world of work.

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Borders and boundaries have ceased to exist as people tweet, blog and chat online in real-time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week with just about every country on the planet.

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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Mozilla recently demonstrated Chrome to Firefox browser chat connectivity recently, talking up tools developers can use to build Web real-time communication apps.

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